Re: [LegacyUG] Age at Death

[Cathy Pinner]

You can do this from the Name List/Search List Print.
First tag your Direct Line ancestors and create a search list with that tag.
Then Options > Print and choose the fields you want.
Relationship and Age at Death are among the options when you customise 
the fields.
They won't be in relationship order but RIN, Given Name or Surname 
depending on how you are sorting the Search List.
Note you can save the output to CSV and open in a spreadsheet where 
you'd have other sort options.


Cathy

Rick and Evvy White wrote:


Hello,

I hope someone can help me with the following as I haven’t been able
to find an answer myself.

I would like to make a report with the age at death of all direct line
ancestors and include myself as well to see where I would fall at my
current age.

I’m hoping it would look something like this:

   Name
Relationship   Age at Death

   John Doe Grandfather   95

   Mary Jones Great Grandmother 84

   Myself
Self  (Current Age)

Thank you,

Rick


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Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Display Problem

[Cathy Pinner]

Cindy,
Sometimes the Chronology View seems to get stuck on a particular person.
I think this may fix it.
With Legacy closed navigate to this file and delete it.
"...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\ChronFile.rtf"

Cathy

Cindy Custer wrote:


When I Am in the Chronology Tab in Legacy 9 Deluxe Version and select
Report Option: List, I can see the information for the Widder database
Family Member that I am currently using.

However, if I select Report Option: Report, what I see is information
for a Family Member from a totally different Legacy database
(Hoffeditz) family of mine.

Why?

How can I correct this?




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[LegacyUG] Age at Death

[Rick and Evvy White]

Hello,

 

I hope someone can help me with the following as I haven't been able to find
an answer myself.

 

I would like to make a report with the age at death of all direct line
ancestors and include myself as well to see where I would fall at my current
age. 

I'm hoping it would look something like this:

   Name   Relationship   Age
at Death

   John Doe Grandfather   95

   Mary Jones Great Grandmother 84

   Myself  Self
(Current Age)

 

Thank you,

 

Rick

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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

[Jane Linkswiler]

I’d love to know what your new picture management software is. I LOVED Picasa.

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Gary 'n Mic McFall
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:42 AM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

 

I have no reason to doubt what they're saying; however, I've been anti-google 
ever since they dropped support for Picasa w/o a way to export data, software 
in which I had added faces to ~80K pictures, a process that took countless 
hours over many, many years.  Fortunately, I found a new picture management 
software that has an import function from Picasa.  Carbonite has worked fine 
for me, and like the old saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  As 
google, trust is gone; screw me once and there's no second chance.  :)

 

 

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 7:07 AM mailto:sarrazingeor...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Interesting comparison between Carbonite and Google Cloud

 

When comparing Carbonite vs Google Drive, the Slant community recommends Google 
Drive for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud backup 
services?” Google Drive is ranked 2nd while Carbonite is ranked 9th. The most 
important reason people chose Google Drive is:

Google account holders and non-holders can be set to access and/or collaborate 
on files/folders in real-time. Additionally, you can find files you've shared 
not only by filename but by person you've shared the files with.

 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > De la part de Gary 'n Mic 
McFall
Envoyé : 17 décembre 2020 08:02
À : Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

 

I use basic Carbonite.  A couple of clarifications:

1.  Unless I pause Carbonite, my files are continuously backed up through 
the day, not once per day.  
2.  Video files are backed up automatically per instructions on this page, 
"https://support.carbonite.com/articles/Personal-Mac-Windows-Adding-Excluded-Files-to-Your-Backup";.
   It's a one-time manual process per video file type (avi, mov, etc.), but it 
works flawlessly.  

Gary

 

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:11 PM Robin McCarthy mailto:rpubge...@cox.net> > wrote:

Gloria, et al:

I used Carbonite for many years. Their customer service and support is great 
and easy to reach. They were a great help when I needed to migrate my data to a 
new computer.  One of the things that attracted me to Carbonite was the 
continual backup as I worked on documents. Over time, it seemed their practice 
changed and my modified computer files were not getting backed up immediately. 
I contacted Support to ask about this and was told that backups were done once 
every 24 hours. Since I don't leave my computer on overnight, I was manually 
telling Carbonite to back up files I modified before shutting down the computer.

Additionally, Carbonite does not automatically back up video files (MP4). You 
must individually select each one and add it to your backup. Carbonite also 
discontinued their feature of allowing mobile devices (phones and tablets) to 
be backed up as part of a subscription. Finally, Carbonite requires a separate 
subscription for each computer you want to back up.

For these reasons, I switched to iDrive   two years 
ago. They offer 5 terabytes of backup storage for $69.95/year and unlimited 
devices, including mobile devices. They currently have a special offer of just 
$6.95 for your first year of service. Their service offers continual or 
scheduled backup, as well as many of the same things Carbonite offers. I have a 
desktop computer, two laptops, my tablet, and cell phone being backed up and 
have only used 5% of my allocated 5 terabytes.  FYI, I have no affiliation with 
iDrive other than being a satisfied customer.

I also use Dropbox, but mostly as short-term storage for items I need to access 
from anywhere or while in-transit awaiting transfer to one of my other 
computers. You can get an additional 500 MB of free storage at Dropbox for each 
person you refer and signs up for their own free account. As a result, I now 
have 8 GB of free storage at Dropbox.

Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive (Microsoft) and others of this ilk are not true 
backup services. They are just cloud storage similar to an external hard drive, 
but on another company's servers. You must proactively choose to move files to 
any of those services to keep them backed up. They are similar to what you do 
if you use an external drive; the difference being your data is stored on 
another company's servers away from your home. The advantages being that you 
can access your data from any computer anywhere (which, by the way you can also 
do with Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, etc.) and, if your house burns down, your 
data is still protected. For this reason, some people use these cloud storage 
services for their genealogy software program database (Legacy, RootsMagic, 
Family Tree Maker, etc.), assumin

[LegacyUG] Chronology Display Problem

[Cindy Custer]

When I Am in the Chronology Tab in Legacy 9 Deluxe Version and select Report
Option: List, I can see the information for the Widder database Family
Member that I am currently using.

However, if I select Report Option: Report, what I see is information for a
Family Member from a totally different Legacy database (Hoffeditz) family of
mine. 

Why?

How can I correct this?



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Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

[Gary Crull]

Ditto for me.

Seems to be the way I want it as well.

gc

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 10:01 AM Margaret Gagliardi 
wrote:

> Thanks everyone.  I think mine now is holding.  I added one column and
> that seems to have done it.
> Margaret
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 9:53 AM Cathy Pinner  wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>> On Index View there is an Options button. Under it you will find
>> Customise columns. On the Customise columns dialogue, in addition to being
>> able to choose columns, there are Save and Load buttons. Once you've saved
>> sets of columns you can access them by clicking the Header row of Index
>> View so you can change set with 2 clicks.
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>> Gary Crull wrote:
>>
>>
>> I've had the same problem!
>>
>> However, when I go to *OPTIONS *from the index screen and columns set
>> the way I want, I don't see "/_Options, then select Customise Columns."
>> _/
>> /_
>> _/
>> I must be missing something. Can you be more specific as to how to
>> find this setting?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Gary
>> /__/
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:03 PM > > wrote:
>>
>> Brian, John, I
>>  just checked... it seems to save the column widths also.
>> Henry
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: LegacyUserGroup > > On Behalf Of
>> Brian Kelly
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:46 PM
>> To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
>>
>> John,
>>
>> That saves the fields displayed on the view but does it also
>> include the column widths?
>>
>> Brian Kelly
>>
>> On 16-Dec.-20 5:50 p.m., johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au
>>  wrote:
>> > You can save your Index columns settings. From the Index screen,
>> > select Options, then select Customise Columns. Save your
>> customised settings.
>> >
>> > John
>> > *From:* Margaret Gagliardi > >
>> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 9:00 AM
>> > *To:* Legacy User Group > >
>> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
>> > When I use the "index" to look for an ancestor, I adjust the
>> columns
>> > so I can see the details better. However, when I get out of the
>> Index,
>> > the columns default back to where they were originally.  How and
>> where
>> > can I get these columns fixed to the width that I want them to
>> stay at?
>> > Thanks
>> > Margaret
>> >
>> >
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Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

[Margaret Gagliardi]

Thanks everyone.  I think mine now is holding.  I added one column and that
seems to have done it.
Margaret

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 9:53 AM Cathy Pinner  wrote:

> Gary,
> On Index View there is an Options button. Under it you will find Customise
> columns. On the Customise columns dialogue, in addition to being able to
> choose columns, there are Save and Load buttons. Once you've saved sets of
> columns you can access them by clicking the Header row of Index View so you
> can change set with 2 clicks.
>
> Cathy
>
> Gary Crull wrote:
>
>
> I've had the same problem!
>
> However, when I go to *OPTIONS *from the index screen and columns set
> the way I want, I don't see "/_Options, then select Customise Columns."
> _/
> /_
> _/
> I must be missing something. Can you be more specific as to how to
> find this setting?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
> /__/
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:03 PM  > wrote:
>
> Brian, John, I
>  just checked... it seems to save the column widths also.
> Henry
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: LegacyUserGroup  > On Behalf Of
> Brian Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:46 PM
> To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> 
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
>
> John,
>
> That saves the fields displayed on the view but does it also
> include the column widths?
>
> Brian Kelly
>
> On 16-Dec.-20 5:50 p.m., johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au
>  wrote:
> > You can save your Index columns settings. From the Index screen,
> > select Options, then select Customise Columns. Save your
> customised settings.
> >
> > John
> > *From:* Margaret Gagliardi  >
> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 9:00 AM
> > *To:* Legacy User Group  >
> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
> > When I use the "index" to look for an ancestor, I adjust the
> columns
> > so I can see the details better. However, when I get out of the
> Index,
> > the columns default back to where they were originally.  How and
> where
> > can I get these columns fixed to the width that I want them to
> stay at?
> > Thanks
> > Margaret
> >
> >
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Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

[Cathy Pinner]

Gary,
On Index View there is an Options button. Under it you will find 
Customise columns. On the Customise columns dialogue, in addition to 
being able to choose columns, there are Save and Load buttons. Once 
you've saved sets of columns you can access them by clicking the Header 
row of Index View so you can change set with 2 clicks.


Cathy

Gary Crull wrote:


I've had the same problem!

However, when I go to *OPTIONS *from the index screen and columns set
the way I want, I don't see "/_Options, then select Customise Columns."
_/
/_
_/
I must be missing something. Can you be more specific as to how to
find this setting?

Thanks

Gary
/__/

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:03 PM mailto:hpete...@cox.net>> wrote:

    Brian, John, I
     just checked... it seems to save the column widths also.
    Henry


    -Original Message-
    From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>> On Behalf Of
    Brian Kelly
    Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:46 PM
    To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
    
    Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

    John,

    That saves the fields displayed on the view but does it also
    include the column widths?

    Brian Kelly

    On 16-Dec.-20 5:50 p.m., johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au
     wrote:
    > You can save your Index columns settings. From the Index screen,
    > select Options, then select Customise Columns. Save your
    customised settings.
    >
    > John
    > *From:* Margaret Gagliardi >
    > *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 9:00 AM
    > *To:* Legacy User Group >
    > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
    > When I use the "index" to look for an ancestor, I adjust the
    columns
    > so I can see the details better. However, when I get out of the
    Index,
    > the columns default back to where they were originally.  How and
    where
    > can I get these columns fixed to the width that I want them to
    stay at?
    > Thanks
    > Margaret
    >
    >
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Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

[Gary Crull]

I've had the same problem!

However, when I go to *OPTIONS *from the index screen and columns set the
way I want, I don't see "
*Options, then select Customise Columns." *

I must be missing something. Can you be more specific as to how to find
this setting?

Thanks

Gary

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:03 PM  wrote:

> Brian, John, I
>  just checked... it seems to save the column widths also.
> Henry
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf
> Of Brian Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:46 PM
> To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
>
> John,
>
> That saves the fields displayed on the view but does it also include the
> column widths?
>
> Brian Kelly
>
> On 16-Dec.-20 5:50 p.m., johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au wrote:
> > You can save your Index columns settings. From the Index screen,
> > select Options, then select Customise Columns. Save your customised
> settings.
> >
> > John
> > *From:* Margaret Gagliardi 
> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 9:00 AM
> > *To:* Legacy User Group 
> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] "Index" columns
> > When I use the "index" to look for an ancestor, I adjust the columns
> > so I can see the details better. However, when I get out of the Index,
> > the columns default back to where they were originally.  How and where
> > can I get these columns fixed to the width that I want them to stay at?
> > Thanks
> > Margaret
> >
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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

[Gary 'n Mic McFall]

I have no reason to doubt what they're saying; however, I've been
anti-google ever since they dropped support for Picasa w/o a way to export
data, software in which I had added faces to ~80K pictures, a process that
took countless hours over many, many years.  Fortunately, I found a new
picture management software that has an import function from Picasa.
Carbonite has worked fine for me, and like the old saying goes, if it ain't
broke, don't fix it.  As google, trust is gone; screw me once and there's
no second chance.  :)


On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 7:07 AM  wrote:

> Interesting comparison between Carbonite and Google Cloud
>
>
>
> When comparing *Carbonite* vs *Google Drive*, the Slant community
> recommends *Google Drive* for most people. In the question*“What are the
> best cloud backup services?”* *Google Drive* is ranked 2nd while
> *Carbonite* is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose *Google
> Drive* is:
>
> Google account holders and non-holders can be set to access and/or
> collaborate on files/folders in real-time. Additionally, you can find files
> you've shared not only by filename but by person you've shared the files
> with.
>
>
>
>
>
> *De :* LegacyUserGroup  *De la
> part de* Gary 'n Mic McFall
> *Envoyé :* 17 décembre 2020 08:02
> *À :* Legacy User Group 
> *Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud
>
>
>
> I use basic Carbonite.  A couple of clarifications:
>
>1. Unless I pause Carbonite, my files are continuously backed up
>through the day, not once per day.
>2. Video files are backed up automatically per instructions on this
>page, "
>
> https://support.carbonite.com/articles/Personal-Mac-Windows-Adding-Excluded-Files-to-Your-Backup";.
>It's a one-time manual process per video file type (avi, mov, etc.), but it
>works flawlessly.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:11 PM Robin McCarthy  wrote:
>
> Gloria, et al:
>
> I used Carbonite for many years. Their customer service and support is
> great and easy to reach. They were a great help when I needed to migrate my
> data to a new computer.  One of the things that attracted me to Carbonite
> was the continual backup as I worked on documents. Over time, it seemed
> their practice changed and my modified computer files were not getting
> backed up immediately. I contacted Support to ask about this and was told
> that backups were done once every 24 hours. Since I don't leave my computer
> on overnight, I was manually telling Carbonite to back up files I modified
> before shutting down the computer.
>
> Additionally, Carbonite does not automatically back up video files (MP4).
> You must individually select each one and add it to your backup. Carbonite
> also discontinued their feature of allowing mobile devices (phones and
> tablets) to be backed up as part of a subscription. Finally, Carbonite
> requires a separate subscription for each computer you want to back up.
>
> For these reasons, I switched to iDrive  two
> years ago. They offer 5 terabytes of backup storage for $69.95/year and
> unlimited devices, including mobile devices. They currently have a special
> offer of just $6.95 for your first year of service. Their service offers
> continual or scheduled backup, as well as many of the same things Carbonite
> offers. I have a desktop computer, two laptops, my tablet, and cell phone
> being backed up and have only used 5% of my allocated 5 terabytes.  FYI, I
> have no affiliation with iDrive other than being a satisfied customer.
>
> I also use Dropbox, but mostly as short-term storage for items I need to
> access from anywhere or while in-transit awaiting transfer to one of my
> other computers. You can get an additional 500 MB of free storage at
> Dropbox for each person you refer and signs up for their own free account.
> As a result, I now have 8 GB of free storage at Dropbox.
>
> Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive (Microsoft) and others of this ilk are not
> true backup services. They are just cloud storage similar to an external
> hard drive, but on another company's servers. You must proactively choose
> to move files to any of those services to keep them backed up. They are
> similar to what you do if you use an external drive; the difference being
> your data is stored on another company's servers away from your home. The
> advantages being that you can access your data from any computer anywhere
> (which, by the way you can also do with Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, etc.)
> and, if your house burns down, your data is still protected. For this
> reason, some people use these cloud storage services for their genealogy
> software program database (Legacy, RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, etc.),
> assuming the software supports such a configuration.
>
> It is good to have both a traditional cloud backup service like Carbonite,
> iDrive, Backblaze, etc. in addition to cloud storage. In fact, IT people
> advocate a 3-2-1 backup plan:
>
>- 3 copies of your backups, one 

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

[sarrazingeorges]

Interesting comparison between Carbonite and Google Cloud

 

When comparing Carbonite vs Google Drive, the Slant community recommends Google 
Drive for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud backup 
services?” Google Drive is ranked 2nd while Carbonite is ranked 9th. The most 
important reason people chose Google Drive is:

Google account holders and non-holders can be set to access and/or collaborate 
on files/folders in real-time. Additionally, you can find files you've shared 
not only by filename but by person you've shared the files with.

 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup  De la part de 
Gary 'n Mic McFall
Envoyé : 17 décembre 2020 08:02
À : Legacy User Group 
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

 

I use basic Carbonite.  A couple of clarifications:

1.  Unless I pause Carbonite, my files are continuously backed up through 
the day, not once per day.  
2.  Video files are backed up automatically per instructions on this page, 
"https://support.carbonite.com/articles/Personal-Mac-Windows-Adding-Excluded-Files-to-Your-Backup";.
   It's a one-time manual process per video file type (avi, mov, etc.), but it 
works flawlessly.  

Gary

 

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:11 PM Robin McCarthy mailto:rpubge...@cox.net> > wrote:

Gloria, et al:

I used Carbonite for many years. Their customer service and support is great 
and easy to reach. They were a great help when I needed to migrate my data to a 
new computer.  One of the things that attracted me to Carbonite was the 
continual backup as I worked on documents. Over time, it seemed their practice 
changed and my modified computer files were not getting backed up immediately. 
I contacted Support to ask about this and was told that backups were done once 
every 24 hours. Since I don't leave my computer on overnight, I was manually 
telling Carbonite to back up files I modified before shutting down the computer.

Additionally, Carbonite does not automatically back up video files (MP4). You 
must individually select each one and add it to your backup. Carbonite also 
discontinued their feature of allowing mobile devices (phones and tablets) to 
be backed up as part of a subscription. Finally, Carbonite requires a separate 
subscription for each computer you want to back up.

For these reasons, I switched to iDrive   two years 
ago. They offer 5 terabytes of backup storage for $69.95/year and unlimited 
devices, including mobile devices. They currently have a special offer of just 
$6.95 for your first year of service. Their service offers continual or 
scheduled backup, as well as many of the same things Carbonite offers. I have a 
desktop computer, two laptops, my tablet, and cell phone being backed up and 
have only used 5% of my allocated 5 terabytes.  FYI, I have no affiliation with 
iDrive other than being a satisfied customer.

I also use Dropbox, but mostly as short-term storage for items I need to access 
from anywhere or while in-transit awaiting transfer to one of my other 
computers. You can get an additional 500 MB of free storage at Dropbox for each 
person you refer and signs up for their own free account. As a result, I now 
have 8 GB of free storage at Dropbox.

Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive (Microsoft) and others of this ilk are not true 
backup services. They are just cloud storage similar to an external hard drive, 
but on another company's servers. You must proactively choose to move files to 
any of those services to keep them backed up. They are similar to what you do 
if you use an external drive; the difference being your data is stored on 
another company's servers away from your home. The advantages being that you 
can access your data from any computer anywhere (which, by the way you can also 
do with Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, etc.) and, if your house burns down, your 
data is still protected. For this reason, some people use these cloud storage 
services for their genealogy software program database (Legacy, RootsMagic, 
Family Tree Maker, etc.), assuming the software supports such a configuration.

It is good to have both a traditional cloud backup service like Carbonite, 
iDrive, Backblaze, etc. in addition to cloud storage. In fact, IT people 
advocate a 3-2-1 backup plan: 

*   3 copies of your backups, one copy on your primary computer
*   2 backup copies on 2 different media (external hard drive, flash drive, 
cloud storage, CD, DVD) 
*   1 backup copy offsite (cloud storage, safe deposit box, someone else's 
home)
*   LOCKSS - "Lots of copies keeps stuff safe"

They each have their place and purpose in our genealogy work.

Robin McCarthy

 

On December 16, 2020 at 8:37 AM Gloria DeSousa mailto:gdesou...@gmail.com> > wrote: 

YAY! That's what I want to hear. Thank you Gary :-) Do you know if there's a 
good reason to have DropBox's extended storage for a fee in addition to 
Carbonite? I'm wondering what the perks are, if any. 

Thank you, 

Gloria 

 

On Wed, Dec 16

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

[Gary 'n Mic McFall]

I use basic Carbonite.  A couple of clarifications:

   1. Unless I pause Carbonite, my files are continuously backed up through
   the day, not once per day.
   2. Video files are backed up automatically per instructions on this
   page, "
   
https://support.carbonite.com/articles/Personal-Mac-Windows-Adding-Excluded-Files-to-Your-Backup";.
   It's a one-time manual process per video file type (avi, mov, etc.), but it
   works flawlessly.

Gary

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:11 PM Robin McCarthy  wrote:

> Gloria, et al:
>
> I used Carbonite for many years. Their customer service and support is
> great and easy to reach. They were a great help when I needed to migrate my
> data to a new computer.  One of the things that attracted me to Carbonite
> was the continual backup as I worked on documents. Over time, it seemed
> their practice changed and my modified computer files were not getting
> backed up immediately. I contacted Support to ask about this and was told
> that backups were done once every 24 hours. Since I don't leave my computer
> on overnight, I was manually telling Carbonite to back up files I modified
> before shutting down the computer.
>
> Additionally, Carbonite does not automatically back up video files (MP4).
> You must individually select each one and add it to your backup. Carbonite
> also discontinued their feature of allowing mobile devices (phones and
> tablets) to be backed up as part of a subscription. Finally, Carbonite
> requires a separate subscription for each computer you want to back up.
>
> For these reasons, I switched to iDrive  two
> years ago. They offer 5 terabytes of backup storage for $69.95/year and
> unlimited devices, including mobile devices. They currently have a special
> offer of just $6.95 for your first year of service. Their service offers
> continual or scheduled backup, as well as many of the same things Carbonite
> offers. I have a desktop computer, two laptops, my tablet, and cell phone
> being backed up and have only used 5% of my allocated 5 terabytes.  FYI, I
> have no affiliation with iDrive other than being a satisfied customer.
>
> I also use Dropbox, but mostly as short-term storage for items I need to
> access from anywhere or while in-transit awaiting transfer to one of my
> other computers. You can get an additional 500 MB of free storage at
> Dropbox for each person you refer and signs up for their own free account.
> As a result, I now have 8 GB of free storage at Dropbox.
>
> Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive (Microsoft) and others of this ilk are not
> true backup services. They are just cloud storage similar to an external
> hard drive, but on another company's servers. You must proactively choose
> to move files to any of those services to keep them backed up. They are
> similar to what you do if you use an external drive; the difference being
> your data is stored on another company's servers away from your home. The
> advantages being that you can access your data from any computer anywhere
> (which, by the way you can also do with Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, etc.)
> and, if your house burns down, your data is still protected. For this
> reason, some people use these cloud storage services for their genealogy
> software program database (Legacy, RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, etc.),
> assuming the software supports such a configuration.
>
> It is good to have both a traditional cloud backup service like Carbonite,
> iDrive, Backblaze, etc. in addition to cloud storage. In fact, IT people
> advocate a 3-2-1 backup plan:
>
>- 3 copies of your backups, one copy on your primary computer
>- 2 backup copies on 2 different media (external hard drive, flash
>drive, cloud storage, CD, DVD)
>- 1 backup copy offsite (cloud storage, safe deposit box, someone
>else's home)
>- LOCKSS - "Lots of copies keeps stuff safe"
>
> They each have their place and purpose in our genealogy work.
>
> Robin McCarthy
>
>
> On December 16, 2020 at 8:37 AM Gloria DeSousa 
> wrote:
>
> YAY! That's what I want to hear. Thank you Gary :-) Do you know if there's
> a good reason to have DropBox's extended storage for a fee in addition to
> Carbonite? I'm wondering what the perks are, if any.
> Thank you,
> Gloria
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:21 AM Gary 'n Mic McFall 
> wrote:
>
> 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 
> 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. 

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

[Gloria DeSousa]

Thank you all! This has really been helpful! And instructive too :-)
Gloria

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:24 PM  wrote:

> Many thanks Brian,
>
> I already use One Drive for those items I want saved on my computer. I was
> hoping to perhaps have a different one for Legacy, with the option that was
> available on the back up screen, asking if I wanted Legacy saved.
>
> *Sorry that the Legacy Cloud will no longer operate. It was so easy to
> correctly reinstall all my Legacy data on a new computer..*
>
> *Thank you again for your suggestions,*
> *Susan Jones*
>
> *Researching; Pegrum, Aitchison, Armstrong, Mewburn, Elliott, Crawford,
> Haggis, Rafferty, Price, Gough, Pearman, Foley, Whitelaw, Loftus, Frawley,
> Riddell, Watt, Hunter*
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From:
> "Legacy User Group" 
>
> To:
> 
> Cc:
>
> Sent:
> Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:33:28 -0500
> Subject:
> Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud
>
>
> 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/
> >
> > 
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> >
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