Keith, There was a thread a couple of weeks ago on this subject. I used parts of many suggestions and this is what I came up with.
1. All of the primary Legacy and attached (or possible attachments like pictures,PDF's etc) files will reside on a USB drive. 2. Buy a really big USB drive. I found a 8GB on sale at Circuit City for $39.00. 3. Group everything under one folder with subfolders on your desk top hard drive. Mine is under My Docs, Genealogy, Legacy File. 4. I then copied this entire folder to the USB drive. Mine was about 4.5 GB. 5. I changed the drive letter on the USB to Drive letter (X) on the desk top and the Laptop. This way no matter which of the two machines it is plugged into it is always Drive X. 6. I downloaded a free USB syncing program called All Way Sync and installed it on the USB drive. The sync program was then set up to keep the Legacy File folder on the USB and the Desk Top hard drive identical. That way I can move things into or change files in eather place and All Way will keep them identical. 7. The last step is to make sure Legacy is set up on both machines. I then put the USB drive into the Laptop and opened my Master Legacy file on the USB drive. As all of the linked pictures were on the desk top I had to re link them to the copy on the USB drive. 8. I back up the Legacy file and multimedia everytime I make changes. The backup file is on both the Laptop and Desk top. Once a week I backup all data files to an external harddrive. I have been using this method for about two weeks without a glitch. I just upgraded to Version 7 without a problem. Hope this helps. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM, GeoSci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With all of the new pops and whistles on Legacy 7 - what do I need to > coordinate between my desktop and laptop when I travel? I know the > family file (fdb) - but to keep sources, map settings, etc. the same - > is there anything else? Opinions (I know several of you do this). > > Keith > > -- > Surnames: McKain, Horn, Riale, Ulrich, Erisman, Leiphart, Reed and Henry > > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<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
