Susan Yes, I am retired so there are days I work for hours on the desktop. So I do redundant backups occasionally during those intervals.
So before I shut down all done even flash drive and media files as explained. In the morning I may have somewhere to go maybe do some genealogy at the library. So I start up the laptop bring all utilities up to date and make sure Windows has finished updating. Then I transfer the applicable files from the flash drive to the laptop. If I follow this procedure I probably won’t go wrong. By the way bring the flash drive with you because if you work on the laptop then you need to reverse the procedure to update the desktop when you get home. Regards Henry From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Larson Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 10:34 PM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcom Henry, thanks for the advice. Do you do this each time you add something to your genealogy? On June 23, 2017 at 1:23 PM "Henry T. Peterson Jr." <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Susan I have a routine that has worked for me for decades. I do the majority of my work on my desktop. At the end of each session I copy the fdb file to many different locations (dropbox, BoxSync, OneDrive, etc.) also other folders and an external hard drive and a flash drive. This way I have many redundant backups of my working file. I also do backups naming them carefully and saving each backup in a separate Sub-folder under my backup folder (like \backups\2017\189062317) Which gives me the build and the date of the backup. As for media when I find a media file I want to use I have developed a routine to copy the file to the media folder but I first copy it to a subfolder so that the contents can be later copied to a flash drive.(like \LegacyFamilyTree\to_upload) I can know that that flash drive with the latest fdb file(my working genealogy file) and all the media that I have linked recently the that working file. The can insert that flash drive into the usb port on my laptop and copy the files to the appropriate folders. All that said… I would NEVER merge the two files. I would probably rename one of the files and then use the files compare tool. Then I would decide on which file I would keep. Then carefully using the file compare tool mark by tagging so the information can be edited to the file you intend to keep. Or worst case I would count my losses and move on. The whole process of merging two files while possible is a very large task. In my case it would be too much the undertake. I hope that the little bit of guidance (above) can help in your decision. Hoping you all the best luck Henry From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Larson Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 2:34 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [LegacyUG] gedcom I use both a laptop and desk computer and here is the problem. I didn't backup each time I used either of them and so I have different information on each one. I would like to make a gedcom and combine the two but have never done this before. If I do that would the two programs combine and pick up all the information on one computer or am I looking at opening a can of worms? -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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