Firstly, please can we be clear about the usage of the word "saved". As you make changes to your family file i.e. when Close or Save on exiting any screen then Legacy saves changes used to the database - your Family File, and to the location from which you opened the Family File.
When you exit Legacy, after making changes, you are asked if you wish to make a backup. Always answer "Yes", and select what you wish to backup from the check boxes on the next screen Whether you wish to use Legacy to backup your images is up to you - I don't, as I put them in Dropbox. Until you are really familiar with Legacy I would keep your Family File (*.fdb) in your Legacy>Data folder. If you wish to backup onto your thumb drive that is fine, so you can either put it in Legacy>Data, or on a thumb - there are pluses and minuses to both methods. To open the backup you need to go to File>Restore family file, and on the next screen go to where the file is (use the small box at the top) and select the backup from the list in the large box. You will be asked to give it a name, and I suggest that you do not give it the original name , and do ensure that the small box at the top has the path to the Legacy Data folder. You can always change the file name later (File>Save As). --- Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk GOONS #5307 "MJ SA" <michs...@gmail.com> wrote: >I was doing a bunch of searches, than I did the search modified by >date and thank God it has the time on it, so I found it and this did >have the additions made last night. Thank you so much!!!! > >Before I do anything, I want to make sure I do this correctly. >Options-General- I chose Open Last file used automatically. > >Now on the various ways to save it on the computer and my thumb >drives, so I can put it on my new laptop (Windows 8). I am not >shutting this computer until I get it right. > > > > > >On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM, MJ SA <michs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I found it on a new thumb drive I got last night. the strange thing >> is, the new death date I entered did not save last night. >> >> So on my new laptop, I have been testing Legacy. I saved it in the >> Data folder and did the other tips on saving you all gave me. Since >> now I know where the file is. One time it opened with my tree, a few >> times it did not and I also got a few errors messages. >> >> At least now I will have the one thumb drive to back up my family file >> to, so I will be able to locate it. As for the errors, I will have to >> email legacy and ask what they are. >> >> Thank you for all your help. >> >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Ron Ferguson >> <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> Sorry about my last post - I'm not 100% sure this will work either! >>> >>> Exactly what have you found: your backup which will have the form *.zip, or >>> your family file, *.fdb? And where is it located? >>> >>> Without this information I'm afraid that we cannot really answer your >>> question. >>> --- >>> Ron Ferguson >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk >>> GOONS #5307 >>> >>> "MJ SA" <michs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>I know the one I found is the one I saved right before Hurricane Sandy >>>>hit us, the only thing I added last night was the death date of a >>>>g..g.uncle someone found for me who died in WWI. >>>> >>>>On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:27 PM, MJ SA <michs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> OMG! I found, well not the one I saved last night, but close to it, >>>>> before I screw it up, tell me what I need to do.. LOL!! >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:24 PM, MJ SA <michs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> so now i am on my new laptop with Windows 8, I downloaded Legacy and >>>>>> put the family tree on this computer also. There is only the sample >>>>>> file in data. I put in my thumb drive and I got an alert that there is >>>>>> issues with the thumb drive, it is scanning it now. What a bummer this >>>>>> is for me. But still on my other computer when I open llegacy my >>>>>> family file should just open up, like it did last night, This is very >>>>>> frustrating. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:08 PM, MJ SA <michs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> I went to Data, there is about 10 files there and the last date was >>>>>>> Sept 9. 2012. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I keep having the same problems, ever since Legacy updated to the >>>>>>> newest version. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Ron Ferguson >>>>>>> <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>>>> It does take time to learn how to use your program. You say that you >>>>>>>> have set it to open with your family tree, presumably using >>>>>>>> Options>Customise. For me, this setting does work. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You ask where is your family file, provided Legacy is installed to the >>>>>>>> default, and you have not told legacy to save it elsewhere (like a >>>>>>>> thumb drive), you will find it in C:\Legacy\Data, so using File>Open >>>>>>>> Family File you should set the box at the top of the Open Screen to >>>>>>>> that location. You should then find your family file in the large box >>>>>>>> below: it is of the form *.fdb where the * is your file name. If you >>>>>>>> have told Legacy to save it elsewhere then only you will know where it >>>>>>>> is. >>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>> Ron Ferguson >>>>>>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk >>>>>>>> GOONS #5307 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "MJ SA" <michs...@gmail.com> wroq>>>>> happens all the time. How do >>>>>>>> I find the family tree that I set to >>>>>>>>>>> open every time I open legacy. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Because Legacy can't directly open a backup? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> Mike Fry >>>>>>>>>> Johannesburg (g) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > 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
