I hope that's not all you have. You 'should' have at least 2 or 3 backups. JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 8/11/2012 5:48 PM, MJ SA wrote: > Wow, this is so over my head, I never even heard of syncback. I have > around 300 people on my family tree, I think I should be good with a > thumb drive. > > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ian GARDENER<ijg3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Here's what I settled on, it works for me. >> >> I have continued using dropbox (free) for syncing my machines but my main >> genealogy folder (the one legacy access at home) is no longer in dropbox, >> it's in my documents area like it used to be. >> >> I now use syncback (free) to automatically perform 3 tasks: >> >> 1- It syncs my genealogy folder with dropbox every 30 minutes. >> 2- Every 6 hours it makes a backup of my genealogy folder to my external >> hard drive. >> 3- Every 24 hours it backs up my genealogy folder to my new (free) amazon >> cloud account. >> >> And soon I will be setting up a fourth function of having syncback send a >> copy of all my genealogy material to my cousin via email on a monthly basis. >> She in turn is going to burn it to disk and keep all disks forever >> basically, in her storage unit. >> >> I'm determined not to lose data again, at least no more than 30 minutes >> worth and because legacy is no longer directly accessing and activating >> dropbox, my bandwidth overheads have dropped and I have faster accessible >> internet browsing. All in all keeping my primary legacy file in dropbox was >> a bad idea. >> >> Ian >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Laura Johnson [mailto:rngad...@madisontelco.com] >> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2012 9:11 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy> Dropbox> Syncback >> >> I would be very wary of putting anything on a Wordpress site. Wordpress is >> a prime target for hackers as it is easily hacked into. I just had one of >> my sites hijacked back in February and I am still cleaning up messes from >> that. >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy> Dropbox> Syncback >> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:17:53 +0100 >> From: Charani<charan...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> >> I think I'd be more inclined to deposit files in a private area of one of my >> domains - so long as I could remember the URL, of course! :)) I also have a >> couple of Wordpress sites. >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5194 - Release Date: 08/11/12 > > > 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
