Excellent description and explanation Cathy! On Feb 8, 2015 11:04 PM, "Cathy Pinner" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Keith, > You may want to look at the archives as this is often discussed. (see link > at the bottom of email) > > Whether or not keeping your working Legacy file in Dropbox ( the .fdb and > all the related files) is a good idea depends on two things. The speed of > your internet access and your degree of discipline and patience. > If you're not switching computers, there's no problem. The problem arises > if you open the Dropbox file on another computer before: > a) the latest version has fully uploaded from the other computer > or > b) before the latest version has fully downloaded to this computer. > If you don't wait for both processes to complete before using the file, > you end up with conflicted copies. > > If you decide to keep your family file in Dropbox, you need to tell Legacy > that that is where it is. So you go to Options > Customise - 1.2 and choose > the D ropbox file to be the one to open on starting Legacy. > You might also want to go to Options > Customise 6.1 and make your Dropbox > Legacy sub-folder the default data folder. > > Note that this doesn't mean you don't need Documents\Legacy Family Tree\ > Your settings will still be held at ... Documents\Legacy Family > Tree\_AppData\ > > I don't keep my working family file in Dropbox but do keep the backups I > make in Dropbox and my attached media. (I don't use the Legacy backup to > backup the media). > > If my internet connection was always fast (I get variable speed) AND I > often switched computers I would probably keep my working family file in > Dropbox. > > Cathy > > Keith wrote: > > > I recently heard (my computer wasn't able to pick up the pictures) the > Webair on using Legacy and Dropbox. Unfortunately they didn't seem to > give a step by step way of doing that and this evoked a few questions. > (1) Geo ff indicated that he puts his.fdb in the dropbox and makes a > change in the customize area: is this the common practice and what > does one change within the program? (2) When I called the Legacy > techs, the reminded me that Dropbox is a third party program and > seemed to indicated that they really like people using this way of > operating -- but for me Dropbox works so well with my laptop and > smartphone and other programs --- what is the community's experience > with using Dropbox? and finally, can someone give a somewhat > inexperienced users an easily understood step by step way of doing this? > > Thank you > > /Keith > /[email protected] > > > > > 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
