Anne,
you should be able to get over the different Dropbox path for each
person for the media easily enough.
You could all have the same path to Dropbox if you all moved it.
See Dropbox Preferences - Account - Location.
I have mine at D:\Documents\Dropbox but if it were important to have the
same path on different machines, I'd put it at D:\Dropbox.
Cathy
Anne Lo Forte Willson wrote:
I have been using Dropbox for several years now. I maintain our main
Legacy file there. Each family member can access it (my father, my
sister, my brother) Legacy automatically saves backups to each
person's local computer drive but the master file is in the cloud.
There are three issues that I know of. 1. Two people working in the
file at the same time, 2. Media files with exact addresses, 3. Syncing
So, for #1: Dropbox allows two people to work on the file at the same
time, but whoever closes their file first retains the master name,
while for the person who closes second Dropbox creates a second file
and adds the additional name of 'Anne's conflicted copy' to the main
file name. If this ever occurs, you can use Legacy's compare files
tool to see any differences between the two files. Google Drive
doesn't allow two people to have the same file open. I'm not sure how
Microsoft OneDrive works.
#2: Legacy uses exact addresses for media files, so if I log in on my
computer it looks like the files are in
c://Windows/users/Anne/Dropbox/Pictures...but if my brother logs in,
the pictures are in c://Windows/users/brother/Dropbox/Pictures, so
Legacy doesn't have the correct address and cannot find them.
Both of these issues are not a problem if you are the only person who
uses the Legacy file and you have the same file structure for any
system you log in on.
#3: syncing can be automatic or not it depends on how you set it up.
If you have it off, then you will need manually sync your files every
time you open or close Legacy so that whatever system you use is using
the latest version of your file. With automatic sync on, you only need
to be connected to the Internet and it will keep your cloud file at
the latest version.
Anne
Sent from my iPad
On May 20, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Martha Graham <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello,
I have been using Legacy with the 'core files' in my dropbox for many
years.
I have Legacy 8-Deluxe installed on two pc's - one is a laptop.
By having the core files in the db, they sync automatically and are
available on either system. It works very well - I also have a
separate backup folder in the db and one on an external hard drive -
this way if the external hd goes belly up, I still have my backup's
in the drop box. And a GedCom folder in two places as well.
Martha
In Los Osos, CA
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