One more vote for keeping your Legacy & multimedia files on a USB/pen drive with the Legacy program installed on both the desktop and the laptop. Perform backups to the hard drives on whichever computer you are using. This way, you never have to be concerned with syncronization and you have your data file on three different drives (master on the USB drive, backups on both the desktop and the laptop hard drives). I can't think of any disadvantages to this setup.
On 12/25/06, David S Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi. Have tried various ways. To me the best way is to run the database on a flash/ pen drive (and put all media files on the flash drive too). This way you are using the same database. I then do the zip backup to my desktop computer. Merry Christmas David S Brookes Polesworth N.Warks. England -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sent: 25 December 2006 20:21 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer files between computers. Hi Diane, As you've already seen, there is more than one way to achieve the desired result. No one method is "it", each has its own merits and problems and you will need to consider how they fit with you and make your own decisions. My method is to have the working copy on my desktop computer, and a reference copy on the laptop. I *only* alter the data on the desktop/working copy (bar one exception, see below), and when I'm about to head out somewhere I transfer a fresh up-to-date copy to the desktop via the network we have running in the house. A flash drive would also do nicely if the network wasn't there. When I'm out and about doing research, I record my findings in a separate document (OpenOffice, as it happens), which I then copy to my desktop when I get home and enter the data into Legacy on the desktop, too. The only time I alter the Legacy data on the laptop/reference copy is when I'm working through the ToDo list, in which case I close items that I've done as I work so I can see what is left to attend to. Of course, the items on the desktop/working copy will need to be altered later on as well, so this is a duplication, but I can live with that; on the reference copy all I do is mark an item "Closed", on the working copy I'll also enter details about what the research found. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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