Thanks, John, will do. Just re-opened Legacy having moved all to Dropbox and it's fine. I have a large number of Census pages, baptism records, birth, marriage and death certificates etc. Would you suggest moving all the 'media' also to Dropbox?
On 8 December 2013 18:42, John B. Lisle <leg...@tqsi.com> wrote: > Elizabeth, et al, > > The .fdb file is your database. The others with the same name but > different extensions are used internally for other functions. If you lose > them the data can be re-generated, but best to keep them. If you are moving > your family file to another folder, keep all of them together. > > john. > > At 01:32 PM 12/8/2013, Elizabeth Hatchell wrote: > > I have just tried to do that by changing the setting as you suggest and > renaming the open Legacy file Hatchell Master Dec2013 but I now find I have > 8 copies of that file, all with slightly different suffixes and lots of > different dates going back to 22/02/2012. The first one is obviously the > file I've just closed but the others are FG files, NC files, TC files > etc. Without listing them all, one is labelled Hatchell Master > Dec2013~Rc3.Rc3. > > Does this sound OK to you? > > > On 8 December 2013 18:13, Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com > > wrote: > I told Legacy where to find it in my settings. > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Elizabeth Hatchell > <elizab...@hatchells.co.uk> > wrote: > Cheryl - does Legacy then find the file in Dropbox when you open it? > I'm not totally sure where the default location of the working family file > is held normally in Legacy* > > > On 8 December 2013 15:02, Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com > > wrote: > I backup to the computer (which is then included in my other backup > system) but the working file is in Dropbox. > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Elizabeth Hatchell <elizab...@hatchells.co.uk> > wrote: > Graham - if you keep your working file on Dropbox, is it quite simple to > do? Do you save a backup there every time you close Legacy or is your > whole file system on Dropbox?  I use Dropbox to share files and photos > with friends but not as a regular backup facility. Do you recommend this? > > > On 8 December 2013 08:37, Graham Love < love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk> > wrote: > I keep my working file there. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 7 Dec 2013, at 20:36, Bruce Jones <juicebo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > How are users implementing Dropbox with Legacy 8? > > > > > > 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 - 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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 > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog ( > http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<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 > 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 - 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