Thank you for all the good advice. I’m printing it all out and studying it before I do anything so hopefully I will get it right this time. Nancy
From: Cathy Pinner Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 2:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File Name Hi Nancy, If your file is in the folder you've spelt out, then you've been opening the file from within a zipped backup. That is not what you are supposed to do. Legacy makes a backup that is a .zip file. In that is the .fdb file and others depending on what choices you make when you backup. When you decide to open the fdb from within the zip file, the computer goes "Help, what will I do with this?" and puts it in the Temp folder. If you need to use a backup copy of your family file, you use Legacy to File > Restore it. You need to find the latest copy of your file that you are happy with and save that somewhere sensible. The best places are: Documents/LegacyFamilyTree/Data/ OR Dropbox/LegacyData/ RE using Dropbox. How you use Dropbox with Legacy depends to some extent on the speed of your internet connection and you r patience. You can keep either your actual working file in Dropbox or the backups or both. The important thing when anticipating switching computers is to make sure that the first computer isn't disconnected from the internet before it has finished uploading the file. The next important thing is on the second computer, you have it connected to the internet for long enough for it to finish updating Dropbox before you open your file in Legacy. Otherwise, if you have your working file in Dropbox, you end up with a lot of conflicted copies. Or if you are relying on restoring your latest backup, you may not have the latest one to restore either because the first computer was shut down or disconnected from the internet before the file uploaded OR you haven't given the second computer time to download it. The speed of your internet connection means that some people don't even have to think about this time thing because their connection is always r eally fast - and others have to consider it all the time as their connection isn't so fast. My backup file usually takes 2-3 minutes to upload. Cathy Nancy Paget wrote: I tried to change the my file name to Nancys Legacy Family Tree. Something simple and easy to read. This is was shows at the top of my program: [C:\Users\Nancy\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_tmgged080122014-12-13-6.03.58_PM[1].zip\Nancys Legacy Family Tree.fdb] How do I do to make it look like it should? Why do I have it buried behind all that stuff? A 2nd Question: What do I put in Dropbox in order to use it on my other computer as well? 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
