RE: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-13 Thread Robert Austen
UserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback I use Dropbox with my Legacy folder in it. But (and this is the important part to me) I also spend $5 a month to have my files backed up every night to Backblaze. So, I don't worry as to what will

RE: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Lee Bruch
@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Hi, I'm newly back to the list after several years away. Am coming in on this conversation in the middle, so please forgive duplicate comments and such. I use Dropbox for my immediately real time file saves, s

RE: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Maryjo Harper
August 12, 2012 5:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback On 8/12/2012 6:16 PM, Charani wrote: > There's no reason why you shouldn't keep doing it the way you are BUT > keep another copy on an external hard drive you can lod

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Tim Rosenlof
On 8/12/2012 6:16 PM, Charani wrote: > There's no reason why you shouldn't keep doing it the way you are BUT > keep another copy on an external hard drive you can lodge with a > trusted friend or a relative. MJ SA's use of a flash drive is good > because you can keep it in your purse so it's with

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Tim Rosenlof
On 8/11/2012 7:33 PM, MJ SA wrote: > I have 2 thumb drives, a desktop (Windows XP) and a laptop (Windows 7) > I am a total scatter brain, or do they call that ADD now? I have so > many family files on my thumbdrives I now date the file so I know it > was the last time I back it up. Legacy will

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Charani
Yvonne Morehouse wrote: > I use Dropbox with my Legacy folder in it. But (and this is the > important part to me) I also spend $5 a month to have my files backed up > every night to Backblaze. So, I don't worry as to what will happen if > Dropbox drops me or goes out of business. > > Am I wrong?

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread JLB
Are your files in Dropbox being backed up to Backblaze? If so and Dropbox goes out of business on a different day than Backblaze, then I suppose you could get yesterday's backup from Backblaze. Is that how it works? Are they keeping dated backups? Or are they mirroring what's on or not on your comp

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Yvonne Morehouse
I use Dropbox with my Legacy folder in it. But (and this is the important part to me) I also spend $5 a month to have my files backed up every night to Backblaze. So, I don't worry as to what will happen if Dropbox drops me or goes out of business. Am I wrong? Thanks, Yvonne Legacy User Grou

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Lee Bruch
Could you cc me on that too? Lee Bruch lbr...@nwlink.com -Original Message- From: Charani [mailto:charan...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 2:33 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Ian GARDENER wrote: > This

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Charani
MJ SA wrote: > Wow, this is so over my head, I never even heard of syncback. I have > around 300 people on my family tree, I think I should be good with a > thumb drive. I've not heard of synback before either. A thumb drive will be good for now but you need to have other back ups as well. Don't

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-12 Thread Charani
Ian GARDENER wrote: > This forum is probably not the place for it so if you want to email > me, I’ll email you response. > > It’s not hard to set up though, in my opinion the trick is NOT to > schedule backups but to use it’s own internal option to cycle the > backups and/or syncs every x min

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Ian GARDENER
understand what you want, backup, sync, or both. Ian GARDENER Australia From: Terry L. [mailto:nemesi...@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2012 11:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Hi Ian, I like your idea with Sychback, b

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread JLB
Whenever I close Legacy I hit the backup button and make a zip folder. If the button is not there for you, right-click on the toolbar and drag it there. I regularly back up my entire Legacy installation folder, like several times a day. This is what's called a Syncback 'profile'. Legacy on my PC g

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread JLB
et it up. Right now > I have my Legacy file backed up to my documents. Any way you could give > me some details on how you set yours up? > Cheers! > Terry > > > From: ijg3...@gmail.com > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > Subject: RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread JLB
and because legacy is no longer directly accessing and activating >>>> dropbox, my bandwidth overheads have dropped and I have faster accessible >>>> internet browsing. All in all keeping my primary legacy file in dropbox >>>> was a bad idea. >>>&g

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread MJ SA
I have 2 thumb drives, a desktop (Windows XP) and a laptop (Windows 7) I am a total scatter brain, or do they call that ADD now? I have so many family files on my thumbdrives I now date the file so I know it was the last time I back it up. Should I back it up as a gedcom or legacy file etc? Some

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Wendy Howard
> What more could I do? Burn a copy to a disk and give it to someone who doesn't live in your house to keep safe. Put a copy into cloud storage. Copy to another computer. Back up to an external hard drive. Have more than one backup medium. Backups can fail, and the worst time to discover tha

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Terry L .
t: RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback > Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:16:32 +1000 > > Here's what I settled on, it works for me. > > I have continued using dropbox (free) for syncing my machines but my main > genealogy folder (the one legacy access at home) is no long

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread MJ SA
>>> dropbox, my bandwidth overheads have dropped and I have faster accessible >>> internet browsing. All in all keeping my primary legacy file in dropbox was >>> a bad idea. >>> >>> Ian >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message-

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread JLB
Ian >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Laura Johnson [mailto:rngad...@madisontelco.com] >> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2012 9:11 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy> Dropbox> S

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread MJ SA
> From: Laura Johnson [mailto:rngad...@madisontelco.com] > Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2012 9:11 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback > > I would be very wary of putting anything on a Wordpress site. Wordpress i

RE: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Ian GARDENER
adisontelco.com] Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2012 9:11 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback I would be very wary of putting anything on a Wordpress site. Wordpress is a prime target for hackers as it is easily hacked into. I just had one

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Charani
Laura Johnson wrote: > I would be very wary of putting anything on a Wordpress site. Wordpress > is a prime target for hackers as it is easily hacked into. I just had > one of my sites hijacked back in February and I am still cleaning up > messes from that. Any site is capable of being hacked, s

Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Laura Johnson
] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:17:53 +0100 From: Charani Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com I think I'd be more inclined to deposit files in a private area of one of my domains - so long as I could remem

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-11 Thread Charani
hwedhlor wrote: > Sorry I wasn't that clear the first time, Charani. Maybe > it's the heat here, which is around 116ºF/46.1ºC in the > afternoon, and drops to a mere 90ºF/32.2ºC during the night. > :-) Good job the humidity seldom climbs above 20%. :-) SOK. Cloud computing is new to me so I

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread JLB
, you find them gone or changed. > It's a possibility - just make da..ed sure that it can't happen > > > -Original Message- > From: JLB [mailto:j...@jgen.ws] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:53 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyU

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread Lee Bruch
make da..ed sure that it can't happen -Original Message- From: JLB [mailto:j...@jgen.ws] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:53 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback With SugarSync, on the other hand, you don't move file

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread JLB
With SugarSync, on the other hand, you don't move files to a folder such as 'My SugarSync'. Right-click on Legacy in its default location and 'Add Folder to SugarSync'. If your SugarSync account disappears, Legacy will still be on your hard-drive. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread hwedhlor
Sorry I wasn't that clear the first time, Charani. Maybe it's the heat here, which is around 116ºF/46.1ºC in the afternoon, and drops to a mere 90ºF/32.2ºC during the night. :-) Good job the humidity seldom climbs above 20%. :-) Dropbox is a good secondary storage area, and can provide a convenie

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread Charani
Ian GARDENER wrote: > I don't use dropbox orany cloud function for backup purposes, it's > there so I can sychnronise the three different machines I use. I > back up Legacy to an external HD each time I exit the program but I > have many other files that are not part of legacy, ebooks, > references

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread Charani
hwedhlor wrote: > Perhaps I should have been more clear on my philosophy for > using Dropbox. I consider any Dropbox folder to be part of > the Dropbox server system, even if that folder resides on my > local drive. The Dropbox sub-folder under My Documents on > you hard drive will certainly be e

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 10/08/2012 03:49, hwedhlor wrote: > Having said that I should add that Dropbox also makes it > possible to recover deleted files ifyou reinstate your > account within 30 days. Can't tell you how pleased I am you said that! I accidentally deleted a file from DB a few days ago and was furious wi

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/08/10 00:51, JLB wrote: > The My Dropbox folder on your computer is synced to Dropbox on their > server. If you log into your account and delete a file/folder, as would > happen if they killed your account, it IS going to disappear from the My > Dropbox folder on any of your computers. Tha

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread hwedhlor
Perhaps I should have been more clear on my philosophy for using Dropbox. I consider any Dropbox folder to be part of the Dropbox server system, even if that folder resides on my local drive. The Dropbox sub-folder under My Documents on you hard drive will certainly be emptied if Dropbox deletes

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread JLB
The My Dropbox folder on your computer is synced to Dropbox on their server. If you log into your account and delete a file/folder, as would happen if they killed your account, it IS going to disappear from the My Dropbox folder on any of your computers. That's what syncing means. The files are on

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Ian GARDENER
leted from your machine. I've tested it, the webinar stated that & Dropbox have confirmed it. Its even in their terms. -Original Message- From: hwedhlor [mailto:hwedh...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, 10 August 2012 4:42 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread MVMcgrs
Isn't that only if you back it up on your computer? If you are storing it on DropBox doesn't it disappear if they delete it? No attachments this time. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --- C

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Ian GARDENER
many poor kids going through it. Now that's cruel for both the kids and their family & friends. :) -Original Message- From: Charani [mailto:charan...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 7:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dro

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Lee Bruch
fl.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:28 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback On 8/9/2012 3:22 PM, GeoPappas wrote: > << These services do not have access to our computers. >> > > Actually, that is not

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Gene Young
On 8/9/2012 3:22 PM, GeoPappas wrote: > << These services do not have access to our computers. >> > > Actually, that is not totally correct.  Any service that allows > synchronization between computers does have access to your computer > (otherwise it wouldn't be able to synchronize the files b

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Charani
hwedhlor wrote: > The inactivity to which I referred was to the overall > account, and the files deleted would not be deleted from the > subscriber's computer, but from the provider's server. These > services do not have access to our computers. How do they sync then if they don't have access? --

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread GeoPappas
<< These services do not have access to our computers. >> Actually, that is not totally correct. Any service that allows synchronization between computers does have access to your computer (otherwise it wouldn't be able to synchronize the files between computers). In other words, if I move my Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread JLB
Their server/your computer - in this case it amounts to the same thing. Anything inside the My Dropbox folder would be gone when it's deleted on 'their' side. I think. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 8/9/2012 11:42 AM, hwedhlor wrote: >

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread hwedhlor
The inactivity to which I referred was to the overall account, and the files deleted would not be deleted from the subscriber's computer, but from the provider's server. These services do not have access to our computers. John John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ On 8/9/2012 6:45 AM, Charani wrote: > Paul G

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Charani
Paul Gray wrote: > The one thing I'm a bit confused about is whether "inactivity" refers to the > individual file, or to the account in general. I have activity on my Dropbox > account virtually daily, but certain files (e.g. multimedia) have been dormant > for more than ninety days and nothing has

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Paul Gray
The one thing I'm a bit confused about is whether "inactivity" refers to the individual file, or to the account in general. I have activity on my Dropbox account virtually daily, but certain files (e.g. multimedia) have been dormant for more than ninety days and nothing has ever been deleted.    Fr

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Ron Bernier
This limitation/restriction applies to free accounts only. There is no time limitation/restriction on paid subscription accounts. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:43 AM, hwedhlor wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Nearly all of the services such as Dropbox have an > expiration date for fi

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-09 Thread Jan Roberts
Dropbox, so I stand to be corrected, but certainly mine are there today. Cheers Jan -Original Message- From: hwedhlor [mailto:hwedh...@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 16:43 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Hi Ian, Nea

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-08 Thread hwedhlor
Hi Ian, Nearly all of the services such as Dropbox have an expiration date for files kept there. Those expiration dates are generally either 30 or 90 days. Inactivity on the app is the usual trigger for deletion of files by the provider. Only Amazon's cloud service does not have an expiration date

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-08 Thread Kathy Meyer
I also do periodic backups to an external hard drive in addition to using dropbox as my primary folder for saving my genealogy files, including Legacy; it's always best to use multiple back up types for something as important as genealogy research -- it would be difficult, if not impossible, to rep

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-08 Thread JLB
Yes, I definitely wouldn't keep anything in Dropbox that you could lose for whatever reason. I used to and changed my mind about it. Now I only keep my shared folders and portable apps there. But I also backup My Dropbox to my external hard-drives. Dropbox, by the way, is a more complicated way of

[LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback

2012-08-08 Thread Ian GARDENER
Hi, I currently have all my legacy files, both multimedia & data, in my dropbox. I have also just become aware that if I don't access my dropbox for 90 days, the dropbox people may delete my files from their server. If I then use my pc, dropbox will automatically delete the files on my pc too