Hi Ian,I like your idea with Sychback, but not sure hwo to set it up. Right now I have my Legacy file backed up to my documents. Any way you could give me some details on how you set yours up?Cheers!Terry > From: ijg3...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback > Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:16:32 +1000 > > 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 > >
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