Hi Ian, Nearly all of the services such as Dropbox have an expiration date for files kept there. Those expiration dates are generally either 30 or 90 days. Inactivity on the app is the usual trigger for deletion of files by the provider. Only Amazon's cloud service does not have an expiration date, so far as I know. I would very much recommend that anyone contemplating the use of a cloud service first view the Legacy Webinar, "The Genealogy Cloud - by Thomas MacEntee" which is available for purchase from the Legacy website.
John John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ On 8/8/2012 7:32 PM, Ian GARDENER wrote: > > Hi, > > I currently have all my legacy files, both multimedia & > data, in my dropbox. > > I have also just become aware that if I don’t access my > dropbox for 90 days, the dropbox people may > > delete my files from their server. If I then use my pc, > dropbox will automatically delete the files on my pc too. > > This has all been verified to me by the dropbox help > people. SCARY !! > > So I still like the idea of dropbox but what I’m thinking > of doing now is moving all my legacy files back into a > > normal docs folder and then using syncback to keep an > updated copy of those files in my dropbox. That way > > even if they got deleted from the dropbox folder, I still > have my totally up to date files. Does anyone see any > > problems with this? I couldn’t imagine it will muck up > legacy in any way. > > ALSO before anyone brings it up, yes it is highly possible > I could be away from my pc for extended times. I > > Have an ongoing battle with recurring brain tumours and > last time I was in hospital for 7 months learning to > > use my limbs again. > > As I say, I don’t forsee any problems but I fugure it’s > safer to throw it out there to see what other legacy users > think. > > Cheers > > Ian GARDENER > > Australia > > > > 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). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
