Dave
Dropbox and iDrive are two completely different types of cloud service.
iDrive is primarily a cloud backup service.
Dropbox began as a cloud syncing service to sync a folder from your
computer to the cloud and optionally to other devices. So it has a
dedicated folder on your computer that in many ways works the same way
as any other folder but it also syncs to the Dropbox Cloud copy.
I use Dropbox and I have my Legacy linked media in a Dropbox sub-folder.
Then in Legacy I tell Legacy that is where my Legacy Media is using
Options > Customise 6.2
I backup Legacy data to a Dropbox sub-folder so my I have a backup out
of the house in a minute or less (used to take 5 minutes plus but I now
have a faster internet connection).
I don't use the Legacy media backup as my media is already organised
under one folder and it is already both on my computer and in the
Dropbox cloud. In addition I backup my Dropbox folder to external hard
drives periodically so I have a local backup.
I could keep my Legacy family files in Dropbox. If you do, you have to
make sure that they are only being accessed from one computer at a time
and you allow for the syncing up to complete and the syncing down to
complete before opening Legacy on another computer. Otherwise you'll get
conflicted copies.
It's also a good idea to pause syncing while doing File Maintenance >
Check/Repair. If you don't you may encounter errors.
If I kept my Legacy family file(s) in a Dropbox sub-folder then I'd tell
Legacy that's where they are at Options > Customise 6.1
What you can't do is move the whole ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\
folder into Dropbox and expect to keep your Legacy settings that are
saved in ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\ folder
When Legacy doesn't find that folder in your Documents folder, it
recreates it using Legacy default settings.
Learn how Dropbox works. It can now be used as a more extensive cloud
backup service but when you're thinking about Legacy it's probably the
syncing aspect that you are interested in so you can use Legacy on
different computers with both connected to the cloud.
Hope that helps explain the basics of using Legacy with a cloud service
like Dropbox.
If you just want backup, iDrive is fine. You leave Legacy stuff where it
is and just choose to backup those folders like your Documents folder.
Again you need to learn how it works.
Cathy
Dave Johnson wrote:
How would one go about setting up a cloud service such as dropbox or
idrive to contain all the legacy files?
Dave
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