Mike, It could be more like Microsoft Office products, where you subscribe to the software, such as Word, and you can save your documents in your OneDrive account or on your computer or another cloud storage, such as Dropbox. With the OneDrive (a cloud storage space), you can access documents stored there from any computer, pad or smart phone that can open or view a Word document. Same for Dropbox.
Ed, I haven't adopted Legacy yet, waiting for the TMG importer as using a gedcom to import looses too much of my data. However, using TMG, I store my files on Dropbox. That way they are backed up should I loose my hard drive. They are also accessible from any other Windows computer running TMG (TMG never developed a Mac, iOS or Android app before going out of business). In fact, there are three of us working from three computers in two different states on the TMG database. We coordinate so that we don't have two people manipulating the data at the same time. I also store my Legacy data in Dropbox. So I can install Legacy on my hard drive on more than one computer and access the data from each. Advise to make sure you don't have the same data set open on more than one computer at a time. I haven't tested that to see if anything breaks. Making a change in any database while making a change from a second computer usually means one person's changes don't get saved or get overwritten. I'm using Legacy in the free mode, as I am checking it out and waiting for the TMG importer. So I don't know if they have an Android or iOS app, but yes, that would be nice. Also Mac would be great as I have one researcher that uses one and can't help enter data in TMG. I'm also looking at RootsMagic, which does import TMG and does have Android and iOS apps. I haven't tested the apps yet, but did learn that their TMG importer didn't import everything. I will be discussing that with their support staff. Their exporter to the web has room for improvement as well. Haven't tested Legacy's exporter yet. For me, whichever application gets the TMG importer right, that's the one I will probably go with. MacOS is my next priority, followed by iOS and Android. Regards, Jamie, webmaster Poindexter Descendants Association On 1/22/2016 10:30 AM, MikeFry wrote: > On 22 Jan 2016 5:40 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > >> Thank you once again. It's possible that I don't really understand how the >> cloud >> could work (or not) with Legacy. Is it not possible to have the program >> itself >> in the cloud, and it could sync with the Windows version of Legacy? If it is >> possible, that seems like it would be a great thing for a lot of people. >> Sorry >> if I did not understand that possibility correctly. > Totally different business model. What you're asking would entail running > Legacy > Family Tree as a Web application rather than as a Desktop application. You > wouldn't then purchase the software, but simply pay a monthly subscription to > use it. In all probability, keeping the data on your PC would incur massive > costs as the data flows back and forth. It then becomes cheaper to keep the > data > on the website and you've lost the ultimate ownership of it. Just like using > Ancestry's software to maintain a tree on their website. > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
