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From: Wes [[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 04 April, 2014 04:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] where to store images
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
> I would love some input so I can get everything cleaned up properly.....
>
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> ....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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I'm just setting up a media directory and can't imagine the amount of
time it must take to find a .jpg in one large folder, but equally can't imagine
how you avoid exceeding path limits with sub-folders on the one hand or work
with folders for each family in one long directory of peer folders.
Wes, are those peer folders or are the FamilyNamefolders you list child
or sub-folders under LegacyData? They must be peer folders or the paths would
be too long but sounds like that would be a long directory with all the
FamilyNames you must have and take a long time scrolling to file one or another
set.
And why not keep the \Geneology originals in name subfolders on your
main hard drive or an external one if you don't have the space on a hard
drive--both backed up just as you do now.
Pres
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