It does not move files, it makes copies in the destination. It will update the links for all media to point to the new location.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 23/04/2014 6:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: > So if you use Gather My Media, will it move where you currently have your > photos from multiple folders? Will you have to relink everything from > everywhere individually on your own? > God bless, > Ellen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Gray" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:23:32 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Location of images in v8 - not what I expected > > > > Bill, > > > > I agree with you. I have my multimedia collection organised (well, sort of > organised) the way I want it in a series of folders and subfolders. I do not > use the “Legacy Multimedia†folder. > > > > · Some of the images are genealogy related, others not. > > > > · Only a very small portion of even the genealogical images will ever be > linked in Legacy. I have many photos of Grandma, but not all of them are > linked to Legacy. > > > > · I have a backup strategy which backs up all of my multimedia at once, > regardless of whether it is genealogical or not or whether it is linked to > Legacy or not. For this reason, I find the Legacy multimedia backup very > limited (and I don’t use it) because as I understand it, it only backs up > those images that are linked to a person, event, or source. I want to back up > all photos of Grandma, not just those linked in Legacy. > > > > My two cents……. > > > > Paul Gray > > > > > From: William Boswell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: April-22-14 10:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Location of images in v8 - not what I expected > > > > > I prefer for mine to be where they've always been in my own folders and > subfolders. Mine are all categorized. I don't like them all lumped into one > folder. It's too hard to find images if they're all in one place. > > > > William Boswell > > > > > From: Paula Ryburn [ mailto:[email protected] ] > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Location of images in v8 - not what I expected > > > > > > Okay, so I've finally upgraded to v8. > > > I see that my database has been copied to My Documents and converted. > > > However, none of my charts or pictures have been moved out of the old Legacy > folders. > > > Did you guys all move your images over to the My Documents area? Pros/cons of > doing so? > > > > > > I guess I expected the old Legacy folders to go away... or at least that once > I had successfully upgraded, they were obsolete & could be deleted. What's > the strategy behind this sort of split implementation? Some stuff in the new > location and some stuff in the old location? > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > --Paula in Texas > > > > 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
