You should back up the Family File (File > Backup File) rather than export to gedcom if you're planning on using it for backup. A gedcom will lose shared events, SourceWriter sources and your history list, and when you import the file back into Legacy, all the dates modified and added will be reset to the date you imported the gedcom.
Gedcoms should only be used to share your Family File between other genealogy programs or website requiring gedcoms or to open in earlier versions of Legacy. Our Knowledge Base seems to be down right now, but the correct way of moving your data to another computer is to back up the Family File and Media files (File > Backup File) and then restore the backup of the Family File on the other computer. Media files need to be extracted using the compression program on your computer - right click on the file and select "Extract all". There's an article in our Knowledge Base (when it's back up again) - just search on "Moving" and it'll find the article for you. On our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com, go to Help Center > Tips or Troubleshooting Help to access the Knowledge Base. You can also get it through the Legacy Home tab in Legacy by clicking on the appropriate links in the Support section. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 6:35 PM, gerald <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not very clear what you mean by moving "my file", but I am assuming > that is your data file. When you close your session, you are always prompted > to make a backup of your data file, and you should be able to save it > anywhere you want. But I always export my data file as a GED formatted file > to an external storage device, just for safe keeping, and can then import it > into any other computer anywhere if I put it on a memory stick, and with any > genealogical program. That seems to be the simplest method. I hope that is > what you were looking for. > > Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 10:50 AM > From: "Nancy Paget" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Moving file to another computer > I know I can use either Drop Box or a USB Drive to move my file to another > computer, but what file do I copy? Is it the latest one that ends in sqz? Do > I look under programs to find it? 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
