My thanks to Kathy for introducing us to Dropbox. I have been using a shared folder across my computers and that works great. But with Dropbox, essentially it is not a shared folder but a live file so everything works faster. I still back up to my Shared Folder so that Mac can save to Time Machine and Mozy can play with it in the ether. What techno-experimenters we are becoming.
Jim On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Kathy Cardoza <kmacard...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Janis > I'm sorry you are having trouble with this, but I see right away what the > problem is .........You cannot have the same file open on both computers at > the same time. That is why you are getting that (conflicted copy) bit. I > tried that at first, too, as an experiment to see what would happen.......and > that's what happened. Legacy saves the file when you close it. So, if you > think about it, you can see why you get that message and why it saves the > file with a different name as conflicted ........because you already have the > same file open on your other computer. Really, it does work EXTREMELY well. > You simply have to close one file before you open the other one. Open and > work in computer #1. When you are finished with it, close the file. It's not > necessary to quit the program, just close that file. In literally, a couple > of seconds (in my case, at least) the file is saved to DropBox and gets > synced to the Dropbox on the other computer where I can open it up on > computer #2. > The key to all this, Janis, and I specified it in my first posting about > Dropbox, is to CLOSE THE FILE when you are finished with it so that it can > sync properly. If you try it again keeping that in mind, I'm sure you'll have > more luck with it and be better pleased. > Let me know if I can help or answer any more questions. You were so kind to > help me when I first started with Legacy. :) > > Kathy > > On Feb 8, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Janis L Gilmore wrote: > > Kathy, > > You can have the same family file open on two different computers (laptop and > desktop). If using the data file from DropBox, you would want to avoid, of > course, entering data into both files while they are open – whichever one is > closed first will lose its new data when the second computer closes the file, > right? > > Even if you don't enter data in one of them – if you inadvertently have the > file open, and close it after closing the working file, wouldn't that wipe > out the work that you just did? > > Honestly, I'm not finding it working that well. While ago, I closed a file on > the desktop, waiting for it to update in the laptop, opened the laptop and > found the new material not in it. I looked in DropBox and found a file by the > same name, but in parenthesis it said "(conflicted copy)." > > What am I not understanding here? > > Janis > 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
