JL, Would you please give specific instructions on how you encrypt a copy of the family file for e-mailing? I'd like to add this to my backup strategy.
Dede On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM, JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once a week I encrypt a copy of my family file and email it to myself at > Gmail. I also backup my entire Legacy folder (under C-drive) to two > external hard-drives and Mozy. I don't bother with renaming the backup > each time I back it up at Legacy. Too much work. > > JL > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html > > Barbara Ford wrote: > > Thanks to all. I guess the question may have been basic, but the > > answers are not so basic and are all good suggestions. I do have a > > better understanding now. The main new thought for me was not to > > overwrite the file every time. > > > > I do back up in several ways. I backup to two different external hard > > drives, and to a flash drive. In addition, I backup all my entire hard > > drive periodically. So, I do feel it's important to backup in several > > ways. Hadn't thought of the advantages of not overwriting, though. > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Barbara, > >> > >> As Dave says - the Save on exit is a Backup. > >> > >> I encourage you to not overwrite a backup - or at least not every > >> time you exit. > >> I add the date to the family file name for the backup. > >> One backup is a help but more are better. > >> > >> Also, if you are backing up to the same hard drive, make sure you > >> copy these backup files regularly to more than one media type. > >> All digital media fails at one time or another. > >> > >> A backup on your hard drive helps you recover if you realise you made > >> a mistake which it is easier to undo than edit. If you realise > >> quickly before you've added anything else, then you can simply > >> restore the backup and keep going. > >> However, if you discover you messed up a family a fortnight ago, it's > >> helpful to be able to restore a backup of your family file made > >> before then to a new family file name and then compare the two. You > >> can use Split screen or any of the export/import options to bring in > >> just the people concerned. Depending on the problem, you can then > >> delete the current people with the faulty data and link in the people > >> with the good data or use merge. One way or another you keep the old > >> data and get rid of the new bad data. Don't worry about the > >> complication of all that. Just realise that it can be done though you > >> may never ever need to. > >> > >> If you need a backup because something has happened to your computer, > >> then a backup on the hard drive is of no more use than the actual > >> family file on the hard drive. In reality, you don't have a backup. > >> > >> Cathy > >> > >> > >> At 07:03 AM 8/03/2008, you wrote: > >> > >> > >> > Barbara, > >> > > >> > All correct except when you exit it's not a 'save but a 'backup'. > >> > > >> > Dave. > >> > > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Barbara > >> >Ford > >> >Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 06:36 > >> >To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > >> >Subject: [LegacyUG] Basic Save Question > >> > > >> > >Are these assumptions correct? > >> > > >> > >I can set the options so as not to prompt for saving when I go out > each > >> >time. > >> > >All my changes that have been made while working in the program are > >> > >automatically saved. > >> > >I can manually choose to backup (from the file menu) when I want to > >> > >backup to another location. > >> > > >> > >thanks, > >> > >Barbara > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Legacy User Group guidelines: > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >> Archived messages: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
