Replying to Gene, Thank you for the extra information. I agree with what you say concerning backups, although I do not have more than the 1 extra external hard drive at present, 1 other has copies of files. I have a 3Tb one and it is encrypted - it took me a while to be persuaded to get the NAS but I love it now as it is so simple for both computers to access the Shem, hence the reason for wanting to move the photographs!
Thank you for your interest and the added information. Marion On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 at 2:21 AM, Steve Quaife <[email protected]> wrote: > H Everyone > I would like to see Legacy update their program so I can(we Apple users) > can use our APPLE'S. That is without the hassle of having to get the Word > conversion to apple. I had a PC but it died so now I a\have an apple now > all I can do is watch everyone’s chat and comments and wish I still had a > PC Word. > Please push Legacy to move forward and get their program on a Apple format > > Steve > > On Nov 26, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Gene Rampale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob did a nice job explaining that. > A UNC - Universal Naming Convention doesn't depend on drive letters. In > business it can be easy to run out of drive letters A-Z. > It just point the drive to a location the \\name. > > When you hear cloud computing or cloud storage, just remember it means > someone eles's computer or storage. A NAS Network Attached Storage is your > personal cloud storage. Wow your friends with that one. "I have a cloud > storage system I setup at home" > > Good practice to have a second or third portable drive for backups. I use > those Western Digital 1TB Passport drives in different colors. One travels > with me at all times. They are encrypted so losing one does not expose your > life to anyone; just make the password the same and put it in your will or > someplace your next of kin can get to it. A second is stored in at my dad's > house, and a third is locked up in the vault at work. I just rotate them on > a monthly basis. > > Gene > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 4:53 PM, marion wimsett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Bob, that makes eminent sense actually. I will possibly try the > first method (def not a professional!) and see if I can organise it that > way - what you have said rings a bell somewhere. I use the NAS for > everything nowadays and have another external h/d for back up - so much to > think of each day!! > Your help is greatly appreciated. > Marion > > > On 26 November 2016 at 03:21, Robert57P_gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > > A NAS system is more like a local harddrive than Dropbox or OneDrive (in > my humble opinion). > > You basically have 2 methods of access items on a NAS drive. > * On each PC, map a drive letter to the NAS drive. I'd suggest something > "higher" than the default - by default it will normally pick the next > available letter. That can create havoc later if you add an additional > harddrive or DVD drive or memory card reader to your system. So rather > than letting it default to D:, maybe pick N: (for NAS) or some other letter > in the middle of the alphabet. And I suggest you use the same letter on > both PCs (that way if you copy a Legacy configuration from one PC to the > other, the media will not have to be relinked). Doing the mapping will > make your computer basically think the drive is on your own PC and any > software should be able to use it. > * The other method us to use the UNC(?) (Universal Naming Convention?? > Not sure if that's the right initials/name). If you use this method, > instead of "D:\mr1" you would use something like: "\\Qnap-xyz\mr1" The > first part is whatever your NAS system is known as, 2nd part is your normal > directory path (of course the path part could include more folders just > like when you use a drive letter, it is not limited to just the first > level). Be careful with capitalization, some NAS systems are case > sensitive while others don't care. > > I believe the 2nd method (UNC) tends to be preferred by most > professionals, but I'm not sure why. Bottom line, use whichever you are > most comfortable with and whichever method the software (in this case, > Legacy) prefers. I have both Legacy and a NAS, but I've never tried storing > Legacy data there (I use my NAS strictly for backups). I just did a QUICK > test with Legacy, and it appears it only allows for drive letters, not > UNCs. But my testing wasn't very involved so I could be wrong . . . but it > looks like you may be better off mapping a drive letter to your NAS drive > for Legacy. > > Hope this helps, > Bob > > On 11/25/2016 08:36, marion wimsett wrote: > > Thanks Cathy - will have a look at that link. > Marion > > On 25 November 2016 at 19:41, Cathy Pinner <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > Marion, > > I think there's some trick with NAS servers. I've not used one. I > don't think it's as straightforward as keeping them in Dropbox or > One Drive and setting the top folder on both in Options - > Customise 6.2 to that cloud service folder. > Try: > > http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00889/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Sharing-a-media-folder-or-a-family-file-on-a-network-drive.html > < > http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00889/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Sharing-a-media-folder-or-a-family-file-on-a-network-drive.html > > > > Cathy > > > marion wimsett wrote: > > > I know this has probably been asked before and I have a nasty > feeling > I may have been one of the "askees" but - I have all of my Legacy > pictures stored in various different folders in my C drive. I would > like to move these to my NAS server so that both computers can > access > the photos, if I move them and then tell Legacy to relink them > and set > it up for future photos to be filed under the NAS server will this > work and will both computers be able to pick up the photos (not > at the > same time of course!). 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