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 (but did not close) Legacy while my internet connection was disabled by powering off my modem. The little Dropbox icon spun and spun until I re-established my connection, then the files updated in the cloud. Confirmed by looking at event log in Dropbox. Based on other notes in this thread, I can see that if the only purpose of one's use of Dropbox is to provide offsite backup (not multi computer synchronization) it is sufficient to simply store the backup zip files in Dropbox. I would simply use the Dropbox directory in the File-Backup dialog. This gives you two backups, the first is in the Dropbox folder on your local PC, the second (created a few milliseconds later as long as you are on-line) in your Dropbox folder in the cloud. If you want to synchronize two computers automatically, you need to put your working file in the Dropbox folder on both PCs. Yes, you do have to be careful to ensure that 1) you only use Legacy on one machine at a time, and 2) you allow the synchronization process to complete before using Legacy on the second computer. More specifically, 1) At the end of a session working on PC1, one must allow Dropbox to finish uploading changes to the cloud. If one is offline, one must go online at some point to complete this step before moving to step 2. 2) Before opening Legacy on PC2, one must go online and ensure that Dropbox has downloaded the latest fdb file as part of the automatic synchronization process. Otherwise, one will be working with an out of date fdb file which will effectively erase the latest changes made on PC1. I don't want to put words in Dennis's mouth, but I am assuming that his reluctance (at least in part) to endorse putting the live file in Dropbox is because this process is user controlled and subject to error. It really depends, I think on whether the two PC's are routinely used at the same time and the user's knowledge level. If it's difficult to control synchronization as above (let's say there are multiple people using the computer and one is never sure what the other person has done) the procedure of storing just the zip files in Dropbox and doing a restore of the cloud copy of the backup zip file on PC2 (suggested by Wendy, I think) seems like an excellent user controlled alternative. Paul Gray I -----Original Message----- From: Erica Portelli [mailto:tan...@optusnet.com.au] Sent: October-26-11 4:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared 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 create a problem, but 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. Thanks for your help, I understand the process a lot more now, Cheers Erica -----Original Message----- From: Paul Gray [mailto:grayp...@telus.net] Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2011 9:37 AM 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 backups, but if you wanted to be able to access your current Legacy file from both PC and laptop (not both at the same time, I get that) you would need the working .fdb to be stored and opening from dropbox, have I got that right? Yes, this is essentially correct. However, to be precise, you put the .fdb file in the Dropbox folder on your local PC, and while you are using Legacy you are still interacting with your local PC. Only when you close Legacy will the updated fdb file be uploaded to the Dropbox website for 1) backup, and 2) synchronization with other computers if you choose. And, yes it is very important not only to use Legacy on one computer at a time, one must allow Dropbox to sync files after booting up the computer before opening Legacy, or you could still get conflicted files. All I did was move my Legacy Data folder to Dropbox, I left everything else in C:\Legacy. Paul Gray 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 from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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