Thanks, Jay, that answers that question, I will focus on getting this project done soon. I didn't realize that doing it that way would allow my images to be backed up and actually available for sharing. Of course, that is a 'no brainer' for me now that I have this bit of knowledge.
Now, could I copy my files in the same way they are in dropbox? Like in one mass copy/paste? I guess the bottom line question would be, can you create folders within the Legacy Media files folder? Or do all the images simply reside there together? If I could copy everything at once and then search/attach the appropriate files in my Legacy program, it would save a lot of work. Fingers crossed! Kathy On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:10 PM, J.M. "Jay" Ingalls <[email protected] > wrote: > Kathy, > > With Legacy8, it is easier to copy your "images" to the Legacy folder > for Media, and then when you backup your Legacy data you will also > backup the images linked to records in Legacy. I would not put images in > the Legacy folder that are not linked to a record in Legacy. > > If you send a backup (.zip files) copy of your data to a friend or > relative, send the zipped Legacy and Legacy Media files, and they can > restore the data and have an exact copy of your data and media. You will > not need to send copies of images separately. > > Everyone, have you watched where Legacy is copying images from when > doing a Legacy backup? > > Jay Ingalls > =========================== > On 4/3/2014 2:30 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > > I need to reconnect a bunch of images; they were never saved in the > > Legacy images file, always on my computer and I would just browse for > > the image in question. Now with version 8 I've been getting a pop up > > asking if I want to make a copy of that file to save in the Legacy > > images file (whatever it's called-that may not be exactly the name of > > it but it's in the Legacy program files I believe) It does give me > > the option so I can do it either way, but since I have a lot of images > > to get attached, I want to make sure I don't create future problems. > > > > What I prefer to do is to keep my images where they are, in my > > dropbox, where they are sorted so that I can locate what I want from > > any computer anywhere. > > > > Is there anything wrong with that? Is there a benefit to 'copying' > > the image to the Legacy folder as well? Should I copy all of my > > images to the Legacy folder? > > > > I would love some input so I can get everything cleaned up properly. > > > > Thanks, Kathy > > > > Kathy Meyer > > Orem UT > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
