Replying to Steve, Your comments have nothing to do with this conversation. If you wish to start a new "thread" please do so but it is considered as rude to jump on to a conversation that has nothing to do with the original posting. You would be better off starting your own "thread", or better still putting in a request to support. Marion
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 at 6:24 AM, marion wimsett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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