On 03-Apr-2014 3:30 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
>
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I use a directory structure for my images, one for photos an one for
documents. I actually use two identical structures; one for permanent
storage and one for use with legacy. Not every document nor every photo
is used within Legacy.
So - \Genealogy
\Documents
\FamilyName
\Photos
\FamilyName
\LegacyData
\Documents
\FamilyName
\Photos
\FamilyName
In the Legacy Photos directory I store only WEB format JPG files. These
are usually never more than 450K. I keep my originals in the GENEALOGY
set as TIFF format.
One reason I don't use the Media Center gathering tool is that even in
reduced format, my Legacy Photos take nearly 3GB. If copied to a single
directory I would now have 6 GB out of my precious HD space.
My LegacyData directory is on its own 300 GB drive. I do an image copy
of this drive once a week. I do a backup of the working database every
time I close legacy. This goes to Dropbox.
Wes
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