YAY! That's what I want to hear. Thank you Gary :-) Do you know if there's a good reason to have DropBox's extended storage for a fee in addition to Carbonite? I'm wondering what the perks are, if any. Thank you, Gloria
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:21 AM Gary 'n Mic McFall <garyand...@gmail.com> wrote: > My laptop went belly up several years ago. Carbonite saved the day. Yes, > it took a long time to restore the files to my new hard drive, but I'll be > forever grateful. > > Gary > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:15 AM Gloria DeSousa <gdesou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Brian. I use Carbonite as my cloud backup paid service. Do you >> consider Carbonite* as one of the paid services you referred to? What do >> you use as backup? I store my media on the service and why DropBox sends me >> messages that it's full and no longer syncing but I don't know if it's >> worth paying the additional cost to have more storage on DropBox, and >> therefore drop Carbonite or have both. I also backup to a Toshiba external >> harddrive, that doesn't allow me to look at my files. This Toshiba >> harddrive was recommended by a computer repair person who also can't >> configure the hard drive to where I can open folders and files. *I have the >> lowest tier of Carbonite. It took over a week to download all the files >> from Carbonite to my computer when I had computer trouble, and why I'm >> shopping around. >> >> Thanks for all your tips and help! >> Gloria :-) >> >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 1:34 AM Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There are several cloud backup/storage services: >>> Some offer Free storage that is usually adequate for a Legacy Database >>> but may not be sufficient if you also store your media backups on the >>> service. My Media backup for example is a 2.7 Gigabyte file my Legacy >>> Backup is only 10 Megabytes >>> These offer free storage >>> Dropbox >>> OneDrive by Microsoft >>> Backup and Sync by Goggle (Goggle Drive) >>> >>> They also have expanded storage for a fee. >>> >>> There are also a number of paid services which provide cloud based >>> storage. >>> >>> For Dropbox, Goggle Drive and OneDrive there is a special folder on your >>> local hard drive set up by the service/App. Files stored there are >>> automatically synced to the cloud by the App. For those apps you only >>> need to set your backups to use the special local folder and the App >>> will send a copy to the cloud. >>> >>> Most of the paid services allow you to specify folders and/or files >>> which the service will backup to the cloud. Designating your Legacy Data >>> and Media folders in those services mean you can store your files and >>> backups wherever you wish and the service will sync them to the cloud >>> storage. >>> >>> Because those cloud storage services are syncing files/folders from your >>> local hard drive there is no need to have a second backup to the cloud >>> option once the legacy cloud storage shuts down. >>> >>> There is a suggestion to modify the backup to allow making backups in >>> multiple locations, you can add your vote for this by submitting a >>> suggestion using the Link on the Legacy Home Tab or by email to >>> supp...@legacyfamilytree.com >>> >>> Brian Kelly >>> >>> On 15-Dec.-20 11:08 p.m., scjo...@optusnet.com.au wrote: >>> > >>> > /I have been using Legacy Cloud, but as it is to cease, I am now >>> looking >>> > for recommendations for another cloud program. / >>> > / >>> > / >>> > /I liked on the back up screen, it also asked if you wished to back >>> up >>> > to the cloud. Would it be possible to enter the link to another >>> program >>> > there?/ >>> > / >>> > / >>> > /Many thanks/ >>> > /Susan Jones/ >>> > // >>> > // >>> > // >>> > /Researching; Pegrum, Aitchison, Armstrong, Mewburn, Elliott, >>> Crawford, >>> > Haggis, Rafferty, Price, Gough, Pearman, Foley, Whitelaw, Loftus, >>> > Frawley, Riddell, Watt, Hunter/ >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > Email sent using Optus Webmail >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> Archives at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > > > -- > No trees were harmed by sending this message, however a few million > electrons may have been slightly inconvenienced. > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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