Do you have to do that for every family file? In my One Name Study as family historian, I have over 25 lines which I could do if necessary. Until we send our book to the printer, I don't want to upgrade. We're too busy until then, but I want to get my mind prepared.
God bless, Ellen Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2014, at 8:41 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Gather My Media changes the links so that you > don't have to relink everything yourself. Note > that it only works if all the links are good. If > some aren't it will tell you to run the Media Relinker first. > > Exactly how it works depends on the options chosen within it. > > It copies media that are not in YOUR default > media folder you've selected at Options 6.2 to YOUR default media folder. > If the default media folder has sub-folders, > media there is left alone unless you check: > Copy files from Sub Folders within the Media Folder up to the main Media > Folder > That's the option that flattens your sub-folders. > > To say that in a different way as it's vital. > > Note that if you haven't designated the parent > folder of your sub-folders as your default media > folder, then all the media will be copied to > whatever folder Legacy thinks is your default > media folder and the sub-folder structure will be > lost whether this checkbox is checked or not. > > You MUST tell Legacy that the parent folder of > your media sub-folders is the Default Media Folder. > > Cathy > > At 06:28 AM 24/04/2014, you 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 >> >> >> ---------- >> 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 âLegacy Multimediaâ 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 donât 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]>mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:08 PM >> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[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? 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