I have a desktop (my "anchor" machine that I do the data entry) and two laptops (one that accesses local network and the other that is on the web for only one purpose -which will be explained).
I use the cloud feature when backing up my data. Whenever I open a database, regardless of which computer I am on, the first thing I do is to restore from the cloud my database. But I also have an external drive that I save to twice a month from my anchor machine (after doing a restore from the cloud) and I have several flash drives. I might explain that I do NOT have all of my families on 1 database. I have 4 databases based on my four grandparents who do not overlap until they get to me. The flash drives get updated as I work on a particular family The other laptop - it is older and slower, like me - but I get on the web only to update the program and once a week to update the 4 databases (from the cloud of course). This is the only time this computer is being used. This may seem like a lot of overkill - but in the beginning, I entered a large number of family members back in the 1980's. The computer crashed and my TAPE had become corrupted. And Commodore was out of business. At least I had printed copies. New computer; I re-enter this large family again, from scratch, only to have it become corrupted a few years later due to a lightening storm/power surge when our neighborhood took a hit. By now I was starting to hate this family! So, 30 years later, I have back ups and more back ups. I will not re-enter this family from scratch again - not that it is that much larger - just a lot more information on each individual. (But I still have my most current paper copies - yep, I support the ink and paper industry.) So long story made shorter - use the backup/restore buttons to work between computers. But remember, that is only for the database - not the media. That has to be done manually. Linda
-- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [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]/
