Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud backup registration

Contact Support.  supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Cathy bobstree2 wrote: Is Cloud Backup still broken?  In any case, I am unable to use it. I am unable to initialize a Cloud Backup.   I completed registration.  Received authorization email, responded to it, got an account confirmation screen

[LegacyUG] Cloud backup registration

Is Cloud Backup still broken?  In any case, I am unable to use it. I am unable to initialize a Cloud Backup.   I completed registration.   Received authorization email, responded to it, got an account confirmation screen message, but never got a final confitmation email. When I try to do Cloud

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead

. Regards, Ian Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Kathy Almquist Sent: Friday, 10 May 2019 10:19 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead What about those

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead

yUserGroup *On > Behalf Of *Ian Thomas > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2019 8:41 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead > > > > For those using *Microsoft Windows* (all versions) - isn't everyone? - > OneDrive gi

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead

3206 Australia -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Brian Kelly Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2019 9:24 PM To: Legacy User Group mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups The

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead

> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On > Behalf Of Brian Kelly > Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2019 9:24 PM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups > > > > There has been much talk on the Facebook Users Group about fai

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups --> use OneDrive instead

: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Brian Kelly Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2019 9:24 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backups There has been much talk on the Facebook Users Group about failure of Cloud Backups in Legacy 9.0. The Legacy rep

[LegacyUG] Cloud Backups

There has been much talk on the Facebook Users Group about failure of Cloud Backups in Legacy 9.0. The Legacy rep announced a few days ago that the server which provides this service failed and has to be replaced. She did not know how long the server would be down but she urged all users to

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

t;Legacy User Group" Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage Has anyone had experience using Evernote for their cloud storage? My genealogy library recommended the free version of Evernote over Dropbox but I haven't found it easy to use. I gave up using it last year, and can't remember why exac

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

AM To: Legacy User Group; Gloria DeSousa Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage Gloria, You've mentioned 3 completely different tools the cloud offers. Carbonite is a true backup system. Its equivalents are Back Blaze and iDrive, etc Dropbox is a convenient way to share files between your own

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

restore it, if needed, is a great bonus option offered by Legacy. Mary From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 8:07 AM To: Legacy User Group; Gloria DeSousa Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage Gloria

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

rgroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf     Of *Joyce Herzog     *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2018 1:01 PM     *To:* Legacy User Group     *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage     I use Dropbox for my data so I can use it on my Laptop. I     don't have any experience with th

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

away) then copy the laptop file back to the desktop once you get >> home and everything will be up to date. >> >> Please be aware of syncing cloud based data, especially if this is your >> main file source. The cloud based data is NOT a multiuser program. I would

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

erzog *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2018 1:01 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage I use Dropbox for my data so I can use it on my Laptop. I don't have any experience with the Media filee. They take too much room. I just save the file to Dropbox and then retrieve

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

On 27/07/2018 21:38, Bob Austen wrote: I use DropBox but ONLY for backup.  If you are switching between your laptop and desktop and DropBox is your only file source I believe you are looking for trouble. If you use a desktop for your primary research then make a copy of your file to a media

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

: Friday, July 27, 2018 1:01 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage I use Dropbox for my data so I can use it on my Laptop. I don't have any experience with the Media filee. They take too much room. I just save the file to Dropbox and then retrieve it in Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

I use Dropbox for my data so I can use it on my Laptop. I don't have any experience with the Media filee. They take too much room. I just save the file to Dropbox and then retrieve it in Legacy on the Laptop, like normal. I don't know about the other services because I don't use them. On Fri,

[LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

We will be traveling this winter and I am investigating using cloud based stoarage for our Legacy Data. What is the best cloud based storage to use with Legacy? Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Mega, other? What is the prcess to move Legacy data to a cloud location. Thanks in advance for your

[LegacyUG] Cloud

I know that I have a cloud account that I have backed up to but it is not showing when I go to restore. No files. Roxanne -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud

Yes, Chinese iCloud accounts. -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Juergen Amling Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 1:04 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud The way I understand it, only information

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud

The way I understand it, only information of users in China are going to be stored on Chinese servers - not from other countries. And personal opinion is, that the data on servers in the US are not that much safer. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 28, 2018, at 18:13, David Cripps

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud

On 01/03/2018 10:27, Henk wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Without wanting to alarm unnecessary but born out of cluelessness > about the Cloud or iCloud, I do want to put this question on the > Legacy table: With the latest news about Apple moving it’s China > iCloud accounts to China government ran

[LegacyUG] Cloud

Hi, Without wanting to alarm unnecessary but born out of cluelessness about the Cloud or iCloud, I do want to put this question on the Legacy table: With the latest news about Apple moving it's China iCloud accounts to China government ran servers, what are the overall guarantees that our

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backup

I finally got this to work this morning. I was able to register my account using Chrome. I had to refresh the screen a few times and there it was. I did a cloud backup after the registration process. It went very quickly. I have about 20,000 in each of 2 databases and it took less then a

[LegacyUG] Cloud Backup

I tried to register for an account on the cloud for backups. When I selct Register all I get is a blank screen. I tried IE and Firefox. Is the cloud working? -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backup

ld Bernier *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 April 2017 5:55 AM *To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backup My understanding is the cloud backup is for the database only. At present you can not backup the media files to the cloud. Ronald Bernier Woo

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backup

To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backup My understanding is the cloud backup is for the database only. At present you can not backup the media files to the cloud. Ronald Bernier Woonsocket, RI USA Sent from my iPad On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:43 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Backup

My understanding is the cloud backup is for the database only. At present you can not backup the media files to the cloud. Ronald Bernier Woonsocket, RI USA Sent from my iPad On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:43 PM, Dale Carmack > wrote: I just

[LegacyUG] Cloud Backup

I just noticed (after my initial setup) that when the backup occurs the Family file and media files are backed up to my computer but only the family file is backed up to the cloud. By the way I hope they add better cloud backup information in the Help system and also as a customization as I

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Thank you to Jennifer and Norris for replying with further details that clarified the situation. I'm not surprised to hear that they're dropping the XP version. Wendy Norris Taylor wrote on 23/05/2016 06:01: That's for users with Windows XP only. See: https://www.dropbox.com/help/9227

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Whew! I was wondering too, but that makes sense since it's for XP and Microsoft hasn't been supporting it for a few years either. The rest of Dropbox is still there for other platforms. On Sun, May 22, 2016, 1:03 PM Norris Taylor wrote: > That's for users with Windows

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sent: Sunday, 22 May 2016 5:38 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage Why do you say that Dropbox is going to stop working in August, please? Can you point to an announcement

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Why do you say that Dropbox is going to stop working in August, please? Can you point to an announcement from Dropbox? Wendy Steve Hayes wrote on 21/05/2016 20:55: Unfortunately Dropbox will stop working in August, so I'll have to revert to flash drives and batch files to transfer my working

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

This is all very interesting. I appreciate your input. Carol From: graypa...@outlook.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 11:52:54 -0600 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage See comments below: So, for #1: Dropbox allows two people to work on the file at the same

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

See comments below: So, for #1: Dropbox allows two people to work on the file at the same time, but whoever closes their file first retains the master name, while for the person who closes second Dropbox creates a second file and adds the additional name of 'Anne's conflicted copy' to

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Hi All, I use dropbox to store/share my tree without a problem. If the internet is down you still have the latest synced version of your tree and media on all the machines connected to it. It only requires a bit of common sense knowing what files may have changed since the last sync. As a

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

On 20 May 2016 at 13:45, Carol Boswell wrote: > Greetings, > Is it advisable and/or possible to use Legacy entirely from one's cloud > storage, such asGoogle.drive or Dropbox? Or is it only for storing and > retrieving media? Thanks, Carol Boswell > It

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

On 20 May 2016 at 14:10, Carol Boswell wrote: > Sounds good, but how do you make it automatically sync? > I use a flash drive when going to the Family History Library and download to > my PC. If everything is onGoogleDrive, can I work with it from there and have > it automatically back up to

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

I use Microsoft's SyncToy 2.1 to manage multiple backup copies. Official Microsoft download here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155 or Google SyncToy 2.1, but only download from Microsoft's site. You setup file pairs. My Legacy files are in my Family Tree folder on my

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Anne, you should be able to get over the different Dropbox path for each person for the media easily enough. You could all have the same path to Dropbox if you all moved it. See Dropbox Preferences - Account - Location. I have mine at D:\Documents\Dropbox but if it were important to have the

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

I have been using Dropbox for several years now. I maintain our main Legacy file there. Each family member can access it (my father, my sister, my brother) Legacy automatically saves backups to each person's local computer drive but the master file is in the cloud. There are three issues

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Hello, I have been using Legacy with the 'core files' in my dropbox for many years. I have Legacy 8-Deluxe installed on two pc's - one is a laptop. By having the core files in the db, they sync automatically and are available on either system. It works very well - I also have a separate

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

, Carol From: nodakgeneal...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 15:05:12 -0500 To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage I use Legacy on two different Windows computers and keep the data file in a local folder that syncs to Google Drive. On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 2:45

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

I use Legacy on two different Windows computers and keep the data file in a local folder that syncs to Google Drive. On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Carol Boswell wrote: > Greetings, > > Is it advisable and/or possible to use Legacy entirely from one's cloud > storage,

[LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

Greetings, Is it advisable and/or possible to use Legacy entirely from one's cloud storage, such asGoogle.drive or Dropbox? Or is it only for storing and retrieving media? Thanks, Carol Boswell -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc

Wendy, To solve the problem of slightly different paths to the media from one computer to another I put the dropbox folder in my root directory I.E. C:\Dropbox on both computers. Actually, that was in the past when I had two computers. Now I only have one so I just use dropbox for the backups

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc

I pay Dropbox for extra storage space, and keep everything of value to me in the Dropbox folder. This includes all my Legacy data files, and their backups (as I have space to spare, currently using 92.6GB of the 1.02TB allocated to me). Before I paid Dropbox for the extra space, I used to keep

[LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc

After several years away from family history I have returned to it to see if there is anything new to discover. After a few computer hard drive deaths over the years, I am so glad that I had backed up both my family file and media to my dropbox account. I live part of the year in one country and

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc

Norm - I have my files on my Microsoft 'OneDrive' cloud account and they work wonderfully. I access LFT on multiple computers (including Windows tablet) and am able to keep my data files current. You have to have the 'Cloud' account mapped to the computer through their application and then it

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc

.    From: Ward Walker wnkwal...@rogers.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc To search past topics, just click on the archive link (fourth line down inthe trailer in all LUG e-mails). There have been many

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups etc

media on a USB thumb drive. Physically carry it to the preferred computer of the day. Ensure that backups go to a computer drive, not back to the USB drive. Ward From: Norman Weston Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 6:32 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Cloud for backups