Hi Erica,
You said:
*if* I went back to using dropbox, would I need to have the working .fdb in
the dropbox folder and direct the set Starting Family File to Always open
this file to open the dropbox .fdb ?
I can understand using dropbox as a safe off-site place to store zipped
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
Hi Erica,
You said:
*if* I went back to using dropbox, would I need to have the working .fdb in
the dropbox folder and direct the set Starting Family File to Always open
this file to open the dropbox .fdb ?
I can
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have
disappeared
Erica,
Since this is still about using Legacy, I hope it will be ruled on topic
Your last line said
I can understand using dropbox as a safe off-site place to store zipped
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:14:54 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
if the interaction is all on my PC until the programme is closed that would
remove the worry of the saves not transferring quickly enough.
That is not correct. I just did a little test. Dropbox will sync your
local
Subject: Re: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have
disappeared
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:14:54 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
if the interaction is all on my PC until the programme is closed that would
remove the worry of the saves not transferring quickly
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-Original Message-
From: Dennis M. Kowallek
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:46 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have
disappeared
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:24:26 +0100, Ron Ferguson
ronfergy
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:27:06 +0100, Ron Ferguson
ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I know the process by which a Database is updated
I was addressing the not-so knowledgeable with my explanation. ;-)
Your observations
should, however, convince the doubters!
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I
I think I missed it. What is the reason for discouraging placing
the live .fdb in the DropBox folder?
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.comwrote:
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:27:06 +0100, Ron Ferguson
ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I know the process by which
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Hi Paul,
Thanks more making this clearer for me, I didn't understand before if the
automatic screen 'saves' in Legacy would be getting transferred to the dropbox
website and was wondering if a slow or interrupted internet connection would
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Subject: RE: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have
disappeared
Erica (and Dennis)
I stand corrected. Dennis is right, (I tried his test). Dropbox is being
updated each time you save a record, not just when you close Legacy.
I took it one step further. I updated
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:30:23 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
By coincidence when the first incident happened a week ago I had just
started to use Dropbox as a backup after hearing so many good reports.
I'm wondering
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:18:23 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
Dennis, I went to the Legacy customise backup screen: Select name and location
for data backup: and directed the backup to the Dropbox folder, so the zip
backup went there each time I closed Legacy.
Do you mean
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To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:18:23 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
Dennis, I went to the Legacy customise backup screen: Select name and location
for data
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:08:15 +0100, Alan Pereira
alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I do not use dropbox but am supposing it to be a web based product. That
being the case, if you attempted to open the Legacy file from dropbox would
that not use the file using Internet temporary storage
The key is that she is trying to open a Legacy file that is in a backup
(zip) file. In order to open the .fdb within that .zip backup file
Windows extracts the .fdb file to the temporary storage folder and it is
that temporary copy that Legacy is using. She should be looking for a
.fdb file that
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:30:23 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
By coincidence when the first incident happened a week ago I had just
started to use Dropbox as a backup after hearing so many good
A good reason not to use Dropbox?
From: Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:08:15 +0100, Alan Pereira
Ron Bernier
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On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Duane Baker
dbake...@yahoo.commailto:dbake...@yahoo.com wrote:
A good reason not to use Dropbox?
Not so. My Legacy database is kept in Dropbox and I have had no issues at all
accessing my
Does not have anything to do with Dropbox.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.netwrote:
Ron Bernier
Sent from my Verizon iPhone
On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Duane Baker dbake...@yahoo.com wrote:
A good reason not to use Dropbox?
On 2011/10/25 14:52, Duane Baker wrote:
A good reason not to use Dropbox?
Not really. Dropbox is fine so long as you don't try and edit what it happens to
be working with at the same time.
Store your FDB files in one place, create backups in the Dropbox folder. From my
experience, this
A very big thank you to all who have helped me straighten this out, especially
Dennis and Brian for his instructions on restoring my file (which I've now
done) and Mike for his comment remember that from Vista onwards, Windows
tends to create ZIP files i.e. backups, as folders.
I think this
Yes, I think you have that right. I have been doing this for some time.
Some do not like this approach as it causes problems IF you open the same
file on different computers at the same time (which I must confess I have
done). That is my only problem with this approach.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at
:00 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Archived messages
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
Erica, I had this problem when using the New Family Search Interface, although
I am not so sure this was the only culprit. I also use Windows 7 64 bit and my
laptop is RAID0. Do any of these provide other common featrures for losing
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:30:23 +1100, Erica Portelli
tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
By coincidence when the first incident happened a week ago I had just
started to use Dropbox as a backup after hearing so many good reports. I'm
wondering if this is somehow connected as I've never had this problem
whilst one is
working.
Sorry, but I cannot offer an explanation for your problem.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: Erica Portelli
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:30 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have
[mailto:tan...@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: 23 October 2011 00:30
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared
I was looking at electoral rolls on Ancestry last night and entering names
addresses occupations etc into my Legacy research notes of various members
I was looking at electoral rolls on Ancestry last night and entering names
addresses occupations etc into my Legacy research notes of various members
of the same family, intending to later go over each one and enter this
information in their events fields.
Suddenly the most recent (probably the
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