My laptop went belly up several years ago. Carbonite saved the day. Yes, it took a long time to restore the files to my new hard drive, but I'll be forever grateful.
Gary On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:15 AM Gloria DeSousa <gdesou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Brian. I use Carbonite as my cloud backup paid service. Do you > consider Carbonite* as one of the paid services you referred to? What do > you use as backup? I store my media on the service and why DropBox sends me > messages that it's full and no longer syncing but I don't know if it's > worth paying the additional cost to have more storage on DropBox, and > therefore drop Carbonite or have both. I also backup to a Toshiba external > harddrive, that doesn't allow me to look at my files. This Toshiba > harddrive was recommended by a computer repair person who also can't > configure the hard drive to where I can open folders and files. *I have the > lowest tier of Carbonite. It took over a week to download all the files > from Carbonite to my computer when I had computer trouble, and why I'm > shopping around. > > Thanks for all your tips and help! > Gloria :-) > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 1:34 AM Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There are several cloud backup/storage services: >> Some offer Free storage that is usually adequate for a Legacy Database >> but may not be sufficient if you also store your media backups on the >> service. My Media backup for example is a 2.7 Gigabyte file my Legacy >> Backup is only 10 Megabytes >> These offer free storage >> Dropbox >> OneDrive by Microsoft >> Backup and Sync by Goggle (Goggle Drive) >> >> They also have expanded storage for a fee. >> >> There are also a number of paid services which provide cloud based >> storage. >> >> For Dropbox, Goggle Drive and OneDrive there is a special folder on your >> local hard drive set up by the service/App. Files stored there are >> automatically synced to the cloud by the App. For those apps you only >> need to set your backups to use the special local folder and the App >> will send a copy to the cloud. >> >> Most of the paid services allow you to specify folders and/or files >> which the service will backup to the cloud. Designating your Legacy Data >> and Media folders in those services mean you can store your files and >> backups wherever you wish and the service will sync them to the cloud >> storage. >> >> Because those cloud storage services are syncing files/folders from your >> local hard drive there is no need to have a second backup to the cloud >> option once the legacy cloud storage shuts down. >> >> There is a suggestion to modify the backup to allow making backups in >> multiple locations, you can add your vote for this by submitting a >> suggestion using the Link on the Legacy Home Tab or by email to >> supp...@legacyfamilytree.com >> >> Brian Kelly >> >> On 15-Dec.-20 11:08 p.m., scjo...@optusnet.com.au wrote: >> > >> > /I have been using Legacy Cloud, but as it is to cease, I am now >> looking >> > for recommendations for another cloud program. / >> > / >> > / >> > /I liked on the back up screen, it also asked if you wished to back up >> > to the cloud. Would it be possible to enter the link to another program >> > there?/ >> > / >> > / >> > /Many thanks/ >> > /Susan Jones/ >> > // >> > // >> > // >> > /Researching; Pegrum, Aitchison, Armstrong, Mewburn, Elliott, Crawford, >> > Haggis, Rafferty, Price, Gough, Pearman, Foley, Whitelaw, Loftus, >> > Frawley, Riddell, Watt, Hunter/ >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Email sent using Optus Webmail >> > >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- No trees were harmed by sending this message, however a few million electrons may have been slightly inconvenienced.
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