I really agree with Mike on the use of the cloud. I use Dropbox for backup, but NOT my main file.
The cloud is not a multi-user system. If you have Legacy on more than one computer and make a change in your file on one then you have to wait for the files to sync before you can open it on another. You cannot have both computers open at the same time on the same file. Anything that happens to the file on the cloud will also happen to your computer file once it syncs - including losing everything if it happens to be deleted/corrupted. I keep my main working file on my home computer. I have a DropBox folder on my home computer with a copy of my Legacy file. So it is a backup file on the cloud. I can copy my working file and paste it to my Dropbox folder and it will then be synced to my backup on DropBox - I don't even have to close Legacy to do it. If I want to use the file on another computer then, as you would have to now, I wait for the files to sync (to both computers) and then I can copy the file from my DropBox folder to my working file on the second computer. If something happens along the way I have corrupted/lost everything - I still have at least one good copy. Even if something drastic happens while working on my Legacy file I will still have a backup on the cloud and on my home computer. You may operate for a long time with you working file on the cloud without any problem but I don't trust my files to anyone else. If you continue with the cloud make sure you have another backup on your own computer, and SD card, and... Hope this helps. Mike can probably add a few more reasons. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Nancy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropbox / Legacy problem So what do you suggest to use or how to use it for two computers? Sent from my iPad > On Nov 10, 2014, at 4:07 PM, MikeFry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10 Nov 2014 23:39, Ron Goodwin wrote: >> >> Does anyone have a solution; what am I doing wrong? > > Never use a cloud folder as your main storage folder. Cloud folders > should be used off-site backup folders. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry (Jhb) 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
