Re: RE: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop for travel - Dropbox
I do the same as Laurence and have for several years and it works great. On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Laurence E Stephenson wrote: > > >> Has anyone any experience using Dropbox so that each computer is >> automatically updated with the new data? If yes, can you please >> give me the Dummy's version of the step-by-step process to have my >> Legacy Family Tree program on both of my computers using Dropbox. >> >> Or, if Dropbox isn't a good choice, please let me know before I try >> it. > > Hi Donna > I have used Dropbox and it worked fairly well, BUT I found that 3 out of five > times I started Legacy it would come up with a fault and close. When I > restarted > it was ok. > I now use a smart drive. I bought a four Gig Sandisk drive and have my > database > and photos on it. > That way it doesn't matter weather I am using the desktop or laptop I always > have an up to date database. When I finish I backup to the computer I was > using > that way I always have a current backup. > Hope this helps. > -- > Regards, > Laurence E Stephenson Mailto:laurencestephen...@gmail.com > > http://sites.google.com/site/stepayneproject/Home > > I am Researching:- > Butcher...Stroud, Gloucestershire, England > Buttigieg.Tripoli, Libya > Fortune..Berwickshire, Scotland > GarlickLiverpool, Lancashire, England > Mee...Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine) > PayneWashingborough, Lincolnshire, England > Ritchie...Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland > StephensonPickering, Yorkshire, England > Wittick.. ...(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England > > > > 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: RE: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop for travel - Dropbox
> Has anyone any experience using Dropbox so that each computer is > automatically updated with the new data? If yes, can you please > give me the Dummy's version of the step-by-step process to have my > Legacy Family Tree program on both of my computers using Dropbox. > > Or, if Dropbox isn't a good choice, please let me know before I try > it. Hi Donna I have used Dropbox and it worked fairly well, BUT I found that 3 out of five times I started Legacy it would come up with a fault and close. When I restarted it was ok. I now use a smart drive. I bought a four Gig Sandisk drive and have my database and photos on it. That way it doesn't matter weather I am using the desktop or laptop I always have an up to date database. When I finish I backup to the computer I was using that way I always have a current backup. Hope this helps. -- Regards, Laurence E Stephenson Mailto:laurencestephen...@gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/stepayneproject/Home I am Researching:- Butcher...Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Buttigieg.Tripoli, Libya Fortune..Berwickshire, Scotland GarlickLiverpool, Lancashire, England Mee...Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine) PayneWashingborough, Lincolnshire, England Ritchie...Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland StephensonPickering, Yorkshire, England Wittick.. ...(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England 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: RE: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop for travel - Dropbox
This is my first message to the LegacyUserGroup. I appreciate all the help that you offer so freely. I also have a new second laptop for travel. I would like to have my Legacy Deluxe program with me on trips and update it with new data as I research and yet ensure at the end of the trip that all the information is on my original computer. Has anyone any experience using Dropbox so that each computer is automatically updated with the new data? If yes, can you please give me the Dummy's version of the step-by-step process to have my Legacy Family Tree program on both of my computers using Dropbox. Or, if Dropbox isn't a good choice, please let me know before I try it. Thank you. Donna in Canada - Original Message - From: Paula Ryburn Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:45 pm Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop for travel To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Thanks, Mark. Will keep this for our return. --P > > > --- On Sat, 7/25/09, Mark Lang wrote: > > > From: Mark Lang > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop for travel > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 6:31 PM > > Hi Paula, > > > > You have it in a nutshell. Download and install the exe > > onto the laptop and > > unlock using your unique serial number. Copy over your FDB > > data file. > > > > I wouldn't worry about the multimedia personally. It will > > be easier to > > identify which images you have placed in the database > > because they will be > > the only images on the computer when you transfer back. On > > this note, create > > a file structure exactly the same on your laptop as is on > > your PC right back > > to the root directory. This way when you transfer the > > images from the laptop > > back to the PC, the file path has not changed and hopefully > > no hiccups. > > > > When you are finished, backup the laptop copy of the FDB > > file, so you now > > have a backup copy; and when you copy the family file back > > to its original > > location, allow the over-write because you are replacing > > the original file > > with an updated version, this way the file names don't > > change. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Mark > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com > > [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] > > On > > > Behalf Of Paula Ryburn > > > Sent: Sunday, 26 July 2009 7:42 AM > > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop > > for travel > > > > > > > > > I've checked a thread or two in the archives & > > looked at the Legacy > > > website, but want to double-check here with the > > experts. ;) > > > > > > We have a new laptop for traveling, and I would like > > to put my Legacy > > > software and database on it. > > > > > > Do I just download the non-Deluxe version to the > > laptop? install it & > > > unlock the Deluxe features? > > > > > > Then transport my .fdb file to the laptop? OR > > can I just copy the > > > latest backup to the laptop & restore from backup > > there? > > > > > > Do you think it would be okay to NOT put all the > > multi-media files on > > > the laptop? I'm not planning to run reports; > > just want to be able to > > > enter new data. Although, I might be getting new > > pictures & wanting to > > > use the Picture Center. hmmm > > > > > > Any tips would be greatly appreciated! > > > Thanks in advance, > > > --Paula in Texas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > >
