It could be used in the way you describe but the tool was conceived as a one time thing to get scattered media into the one folder.
When you link a file from outside your default media folder Legacy can be set to give you the option of copying the file to your default folder so you will have copies of new files added to your media folder as they are linked. The setting for this prompt is on Options > Customize > Other Settings > Message boxes. Click the optional reminder buttons then select the questions tab. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 03/04/2014 7:24 PM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > > Brian: > > You say that the 'Gather Media' copies the files them but does not move > them. If I have my pictures in C: drive under Family Genealogy in a file > 'Fabyan Pictures,' will those stay there? And, if they do and I add pictures > to that file, should I run the Tools > Gather Media monthly (i.e., when I > save my files) or whenever to make sure that all of the pictures are in both > files? > > Howland Davis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support <[email protected]> > To: legacyusergroup <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 6:14 pm > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] where to store images > > > Legacy 8.0 has a new "Gather my Media" Tool that will gather all the > media linked to your file into one common folder (the default media > folder). That tool will be perfect for you to find media wherever it is > stored and copy it to the media folder. > > Go To Tools > Gather Media to start the process. It can also create a > list of the media it copied. Note that it copies the files it does not > move them so the originals will remain where they were. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > On 03/04/2014 5:49 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > snip >> >> 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 > > > > > > > > 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
