Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
I would disagree with the statement below. I have pictures in two main folders, with subfolders. I have one in documents/genealogy/gravestones. The others I have in pictures/family and various surnames. I have no problem with them displaying in Legacy or Legacy finding them when I test the multimedia file locations. Ila East Leon Chapman wrote: I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com mailto:chap...@gmail.com - Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
I agree you store you files and pictures anywhere on your hard drive or thumb drive. Conceptually you could store each picture in a different location and as long as you assign or point to the picture location, Legacy will be happy. The issue is what happens when you move to another computer - you will need to replicate and/or point to the location of each picture file. The other issue is backing up your files - you will have to back up/ copy each file from each location. If you only have a few pictures, then everything is easy. In my case, I have several thousands of pictures - I want to keep it simple. Try moving your files to another location, e.g., c/legacy6/ to d:/legacy7/ and move your pictures to drive D. This is where simplicity pays off - same for backups. Bottom line, if you like complexity, go for it. In my experiences, the KISS principle works much better. Sent from my iPhone Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com On Aug 29, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Ila East rle...@centurytel.net wrote: I would disagree with the statement below. I have pictures in two main folders, with subfolders. I have one in documents/genealogy/ gravestones. The others I have in pictures/family and various surnames. I have no problem with them displaying in Legacy or Legacy finding them when I test the multimedia file locations. Ila East Leon Chapman wrote: I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com mailto:chap...@gmail.com - Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Hello Joyce What Leon has said makes good sense and may make life easier in the future. Don't forget, after coping files from one pc to another, you can make some 'adjustments' if need be by going to Options - Customise - Locations. You'll see the default locations noted there, 4 pathways in V7. These paths can be changed by clicking 'Change' and following the Windows Explorer type window. Then click 'Reset'. But as Leon suggested, probably good to stick with the defaults. Just to give you an idea: You can click View Current List of Multimedia Locations to see what pathways Legacy has created in you application. Read the opportunities to make changes carefully, especially combining duplicate paths, and the items under 'Options'. Create a Path: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas in the Master Picture/Sound/Video File Path List Window, and a path C:\Legacy\Pictures then combine them to be left with just C:\Legacy\Pictures. There are lots of things one can do. HTH Tom Joyce C. Wicks wrote: Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.70/2329 - Release Date: 08/27/09 08:11:00 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to the single subfolder within Legacy. This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, so you may want to bite the bullet and place all the pictures in one folder. It is so much easier to backup and transfer that way. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Joyce C. Wicks wrote: Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _ Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
For clarity, I should have said in my second paragraph that the multimedia backup should be used and the settings from the first installation should also be carried across. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: ronfe...@msn.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:47:18 +0100 Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to the single subfolder within Legacy. This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, so you may want to bite the bullet and place all the pictures in one folder. It is so much easier to backup and transfer that way. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Joyce C. Wicks wrote: Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce _ Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Ron: You are correct and that is one way she can do it - by recreating the same folder / sub folder / file structure on both machines. A copy from machine A to machine B will do that. A new install of Legacy on the new machine will be required. Any user settings will be back to the initial set that Legacy has defined, so one may want to copy all of the *.usr files from A to B machine after Legacy has benn installed. The family database must also be copied from machine A to B. Normally, this file should also reside at the same location on both machines - Legacy by default likes to use: c:\Legacy\Data\ as the default location for the database. Since Joyce has chosen to create a new structure/location for her photos, she may very well have her family database in a unique location also Wherever it is located, she will probably want to copy that file to the same location on both machines. The 2nd option that I proposed was to simplify the picture file structure by coping all the photo files into a single sub-directory. Legacy by default uses: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the picture sub-directory. The standard Legacy default locations has advantages when it comes to backing up your files and databases - it is much simpler, just copy the entire Legacy subfolder and you get all your necessary files. Some people have their database and pictures located under c:\My Documents\so they can backup the folder c:\My Documents\ and get all of the major files. Bottom line, you can place your database, photos, etc wherever you want. The easiest way is to replicate everything from Machine A to Machine B, but then you have the backup problems mentioned above. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to the single subfolder within Legacy. This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, so you may want to bite the bullet and place all the pictures in one folder. It is so much easier to backup and transfer that way. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Joyce C. Wicks wrote: Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _ Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go
Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Ron: Given the way Joyce described her photo file structure, I assume with her 400 or so pictures that she would have maybe 10 pictures per family and thus a total of about 40 directories that she must replicate on the new machine. The same is true for backups - 40 subdirectories. My 2nd approach, which Legacy uses, means you can backup and move from one machine to another by just coping one directory: c:\Legacy\. Bottom line, if you like to copy lots of individual directories, go for it. I prefer the Simple approach. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com wrote: Ron: You are correct and that is one way she can do it - by recreating the same folder / sub folder / file structure on both machines. A copy from machine A to machine B will do that. A new install of Legacy on the new machine will be required. Any user settings will be back to the initial set that Legacy has defined, so one may want to copy all of the *.usr files from A to B machine after Legacy has benn installed. The family database must also be copied from machine A to B. Normally, this file should also reside at the same location on both machines - Legacy by default likes to use: c:\Legacy\Data\ as the default location for the database. Since Joyce has chosen to create a new structure/location for her photos, she may very well have her family database in a unique location also Wherever it is located, she will probably want to copy that file to the same location on both machines. The 2nd option that I proposed was to simplify the picture file structure by coping all the photo files into a single sub-directory. Legacy by default uses: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the picture sub-directory. The standard Legacy default locations has advantages when it comes to backing up your files and databases - it is much simpler, just copy the entire Legacy subfolder and you get all your necessary files. Some people have their database and pictures located under c:\My Documents\so they can backup the folder c:\My Documents\ and get all of the major files. Bottom line, you can place your database, photos, etc wherever you want. The easiest way is to replicate everything from Machine A to Machine B, but then you have the backup problems mentioned above. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.comwrote: Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to the single subfolder within Legacy. This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, so you may want to bite the bullet and place all the pictures in one folder. It is so much easier to backup and transfer that way. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Joyce C. Wicks wrote: Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so
RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Leon, As I read Joyce's original request she was asking whether she could keep her orginal structure, and with 400 photos I don't blame her, to which the answer is yes because all her photo files are in the 'C' directory. The paths to the photos are in the .fdb file which as you correctly say, is in C:\Legacy\Data by default. Hence if Joyce copies her Data file to that location and opens the backup in C:\ then they will be found without problem. Or the photo files can be transferred across using USB, Disc etc (Actually I have a home network so I just copy them). Whether or not Joyce wishes to copy all her settings across is her choice, I would as I believe in an easy life! You are correct in that Legacy recommends that pictures be kept in C:\Legacy\Pictures and if Joyce was starting from scratch I too would recommend that course, but she isn't, and like I say, I prefer the easy life! Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:57:28 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Ron: You are correct and that is one way she can do it - by recreating the same folder / sub folder / file structure on both machines. A copy from machine A to machine B will do that. A new install of Legacy on the new machine will be required. Any user settings will be back to the initial set that Legacy has defined, so one may want to copy all of the *.usr files from A to B machine after Legacy has benn installed. The family database must also be copied from machine A to B. Normally, this file should also reside at the same location on both machines - Legacy by default likes to use: c:\Legacy\Data\ as the default location for the database. Since Joyce has chosen to create a new structure/location for her photos, she may very well have her family database in a unique location also Wherever it is located, she will probably want to copy that file to the same location on both machines. The 2nd option that I proposed was to simplify the picture file structure by coping all the photo files into a single sub-directory. Legacy by default uses: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the picture sub-directory. The standard Legacy default locations has advantages when it comes to backing up your files and databases - it is much simpler, just copy the entire Legacy subfolder and you get all your necessary files. Some people have their database and pictures located under c:\My Documents\ so they can backup the folder c:\My Documents\ and get all of the major files. Bottom line, you can place your database, photos, etc wherever you want. The easiest way is to replicate everything from Machine A to Machine B, but then you have the backup problems mentioned above. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures
RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
At least we have covered the options! Over to you, Joyce :-) Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:42:03 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Ron: Given the way Joyce described her photo file structure, I assume with her 400 or so pictures that she would have maybe 10 pictures per family and thus a total of about 40 directories that she must replicate on the new machine. The same is true for backups - 40 subdirectories. My 2nd approach, which Legacy uses, means you can backup and move from one machine to another by just coping one directory: c:\Legacy\. Bottom line, if you like to copy lots of individual directories, go for it. I prefer the Simple approach. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Leon Chapman wrote: Ron: You are correct and that is one way she can do it - by recreating the same folder / sub folder / file structure on both machines. A copy from machine A to machine B will do that. A new install of Legacy on the new machine will be required. Any user settings will be back to the initial set that Legacy has defined, so one may want to copy all of the *.usr files from A to B machine after Legacy has benn installed. The family database must also be copied from machine A to B. Normally, this file should also reside at the same location on both machines - Legacy by default likes to use: c:\Legacy\Data\ as the default location for the database. Since Joyce has chosen to create a new structure/location for her photos, she may very well have her family database in a unique location also Wherever it is located, she will probably want to copy that file to the same location on both machines. The 2nd option that I proposed was to simplify the picture file structure by coping all the photo files into a single sub-directory. Legacy by default uses: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the picture sub-directory. The standard Legacy default locations has advantages when it comes to backing up your files and databases - it is much simpler, just copy the entire Legacy subfolder and you get all your necessary files. Some people have their database and pictures located under c:\My Documents\ so they can backup the folder c:\My Documents\ and get all of the major files. Bottom line, you can place your database, photos, etc wherever you want. The easiest way is to replicate everything from Machine A to Machine B, but then you have the backup problems mentioned above. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to the single subfolder within Legacy. This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, so you may want to bite the bullet and place
RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Hi Joyce, In your system how do you file photos with more than 1 person? Say a group photo with cousins and in-laws? Thanks, Brian -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Joyce C. Wicks Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp The information contained in this message is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, dissemination or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete the message from your system. Thank you. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Hi Joyce, I have another system that began much like I understand yours tp be. I scan or otherwise digitally capture everything that crosses my path, that's related to my family history. I have just over 7,276 images across 51families. The catalog is an Excel spreadsheet and the images are grouped into folders, one for each marriage. My largest folder contains 2250 images and my smallest has just 1 image. Hundreds of these images are linked to various persons in Legacy. Some are headshots, some are marriage photos and some are images of the evidence upon which I base the fact entered, e.g., death certificate for death date. That way I have not only the fact, but also the evidence. I backup regularly onto a Corsair 32MB flash drive, on which I also back up my Legacy. Transferring to another computer is then just a matter of copying the files from the flash drive on to the new computer. Tom From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:29:05 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos At least we have covered the options! Over to you, Joyce :-) Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: chap...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:42:03 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Ron: Given the way Joyce described her photo file structure, I assume with her 400 or so pictures that she would have maybe 10 pictures per family and thus a total of about 40 directories that she must replicate on the new machine. The same is true for backups - 40 subdirectories. My 2nd approach, which Legacy uses, means you can backup and move from one machine to another by just coping one directory: c:\Legacy\. Bottom line, if you like to copy lots of individual directories, go for it. I prefer the Simple approach. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Leon Chapman wrote: Ron: You are correct and that is one way she can do it - by recreating the same folder / sub folder / file structure on both machines. A copy from machine A to machine B will do that. A new install of Legacy on the new machine will be required. Any user settings will be back to the initial set that Legacy has defined, so one may want to copy all of the *.usr files from A to B machine after Legacy has benn installed. The family database must also be copied from machine A to B. Normally, this file should also reside at the same location on both machines - Legacy by default likes to use: c:\Legacy\Data\ as the default location for the database. Since Joyce has chosen to create a new structure/location for her photos, she may very well have her family database in a unique location also Wherever it is located, she will probably want to copy that file to the same location on both machines. The 2nd option that I proposed was to simplify the picture file structure by coping all the photo files into a single sub-directory. Legacy by default uses: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the picture sub-directory. The standard Legacy default locations has advantages when it comes to backing up your files and databases - it is much simpler, just copy the entire Legacy subfolder and you get all your necessary files. Some people have their database and pictures located under c:\My Documents\ so they can backup the folder c:\My Documents\ and get all of the major files. Bottom line, you can place your database, photos, etc wherever you want. The easiest way is to replicate everything from Machine A to Machine B, but then you have the backup problems mentioned above. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: Leon, I am not sure what you are suggesting here. Joyce has all her pictures in folders in the C Drive, or in their sub folders. This is fine and will work without problem on any machine or o/s. If I was Joyce I would just copy the lot, as they stand, across to the C Drive of the second machine and Legacy will know where they are. If Joyce does as you suggest then she will have to tell Legacy where they are. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http
[LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Default location for photos
Sure it is possible. You just have to recreate all of your photo folders, subfolders, etc exactly like you have on your 1st machine and copy all of the photos to exactly the same place on the new machine. I would not recommend doing that. Legacy really wants all of its pictures in one subfolder - they use: c:\Legacy\Pictures\ as the default location. You can change that location to somewhere else on your computer, but it will still only be one folder/location which in your case will not work. I would suggest you continue to use your filing system for your master pictures, but to copy all of the pictures into one subfolder and point to the single subfolder within Legacy. This probably won't be the last time you have to transfer between computers, so you may want to bite the bullet and place all the pictures in one folder. It is so much easier to backup and transfer that way. ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Joyce C. Wicks jo...@wicksclan.com wrote: Hi All, I started what I thought was a good system for filing photos that are put into Legacy. I listed them in surname order and then by first name. For example: C:\joyce_surnames\atchley\thomas. This was good when I only had a few photos, but now I have over 400 photos with a LONG list of surnames, a file and subfiles under each one. I want to be able to move my Legacy files and multi-media between my desktop and laptop and so that the photos will show up in each. Is that possible with so many different locations? Would appreciate your assistance. Joyce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
