I have found that it takes time for details to appear on the other computer. It doesn't happen instantly. As an example I saved my FH details on my desktop on Sky Drive. But the saved details did not show on my lap top until much later. I breathed a sign of relief when it finally did. Victor PS Mike thanks for your help in solving my problem. I am going through all the files marked with an X. I found that there were no images on my computer (hence the X). The images must have disappeared when I transferred details from my old computer to new. On 14/04/2014 10:33 PM, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > John, you definitely should be able to change all the files on both PC to "Available offline". > But the PC must be connected online to SkyDrive at the time of the change. > This is the normal and only way of working for SkyDrive/OneDrive in all other versions of Windows. > There are some suggestions on Google that it may need to be repeated on each PC before it sticks. > > On Google there are many tutorials of how to do it using either File Explorer or the SkyDrive app. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem and can help John with a solution??? > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Payne > Sent: 14 April 2014 20:31 > To: Family Historian > Subject: Re: [FHU] SkyDrive FH Project linking Media > > > On 13 Apr 2014, at 20:16, Beryl & Mike Tate <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John, that is very odd! >> I presume both Projects are in the Family Historian Projects folder within the SkyDrive folder on both PC. > Yes >> So on both PC the Tools > Work with External File Links lists all the File Links correctly without any large X against any of > them? >> Please confirm. >> In both cases the File Links list should start with Project Data > Folder - Media > Yes >> Where & how are the media files not showing, and what is showing instead? >> Are you looking on Multimedia tabs or in the Multimedia Window or the Multimedia Record Property Box? > Both showing a blank box >> Are the media files marked as "Available offline" or "Online-only" in File Explorer? >> If "Online-only" then maybe FH cannot see them as they only exist in SkyDrive and not on disk. >> See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/onedrive-online-available-offline > Both computers were on online only, since receiving your mail I have changed the 2nd computer to Off Line, the multimedia has > returned ok, I then checked my main computer, the Multimedia has disappeared, I then changed to Offline with no success, tried again > on Online Only with no success, all external file links are correct. > It appears to me a problem with SkyDrive. > > Kind Regards, John Payne > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Payne >> Sent: 13 April 2014 19:57 >> To: Family Historian >> Subject: [FHU] SkyDrive FH Project linking Media >> >> Two computers both Windows 8.1, I have uploaded my FH project, works fine on my main computer, on my 2nd computer the download > project appears exactly as on the master computer. The problem I have is that on the 2nd computer none of the media files are > showing, the media files are in the download folder, when I make a check on the Work with External File Links all the files are > showing to be linked correctly and when checking against the main computer with Work with External File Links they are the same on > both computers. >> John >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, good point Victor. Remember all the image files must travel across the Internet at whatever speed your broadband connection supports. Also the download speed is usually much higher than the upload speed. If the download speed is say 8 Mbit/sec then the upload speed will be about 1 Mbit/sec. So a 1 MByte image will take about 1 sec to download but about 8 secs to upload. 10 such images could take about 10 + 80 = 90 secs to transfer from PC to PC via SkyDrive. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Victor Markham Sent: 14 April 2014 22:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] SkyDrive FH Project linking Media I have found that it takes time for details to appear on the other computer. It doesn't happen instantly. As an example I saved my FH details on my desktop on Sky Drive. But the saved details did not show on my lap top until much later. I breathed a sign of relief when it finally did. Victor PS Mike thanks for your help in solving my problem. I am going through all the files marked with an X. I found that there were no images on my computer (hence the X). The images must have disappeared when I transferred details from my old computer to new. On 14/04/2014 10:33 PM, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > John, you definitely should be able to change all the files on both PC to "Available offline". > But the PC must be connected online to SkyDrive at the time of the change. > This is the normal and only way of working for SkyDrive/OneDrive in all other versions of Windows. > There are some suggestions on Google that it may need to be repeated on each PC before it sticks. > > On Google there are many tutorials of how to do it using either File Explorer or the SkyDrive app. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem and can help John with a solution??? > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John > Payne > Sent: 14 April 2014 20:31 > To: Family Historian > Subject: Re: [FHU] SkyDrive FH Project linking Media > > > On 13 Apr 2014, at 20:16, Beryl & Mike Tate <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John, that is very odd! >> I presume both Projects are in the Family Historian Projects folder within the SkyDrive folder on both PC. > Yes >> So on both PC the Tools > Work with External File Links lists all the >> File Links correctly without any large X against any of > them? >> Please confirm. >> In both cases the File Links list should start with Project Data > >> Folder - Media > Yes >> Where & how are the media files not showing, and what is showing instead? >> Are you looking on Multimedia tabs or in the Multimedia Window or the Multimedia Record Property Box? > Both showing a blank box >> Are the media files marked as "Available offline" or "Online-only" in File Explorer? >> If "Online-only" then maybe FH cannot see them as they only exist in SkyDrive and not on disk. >> See >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/onedrive-online-availabl >> e-offline > Both computers were on online only, since receiving your mail I > have changed the 2nd computer to Off Line, the multimedia has returned > ok, I then checked my main computer, the Multimedia has disappeared, I then changed to Offline with no success, tried again on Online Only with no success, all external file links are correct. > It appears to me a problem with SkyDrive. > > Kind Regards, John Payne > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> John Payne >> Sent: 13 April 2014 19:57 >> To: Family Historian >> Subject: [FHU] SkyDrive FH Project linking Media >> >> Two computers both Windows 8.1, I have uploaded my FH project, works >> fine on my main computer, on my 2nd computer the download > project appears exactly as on the master computer. The problem I have > is that on the 2nd computer none of the media files are showing, the > media files are in the download folder, when I make a check on the > Work with External File Links all the files are showing to be linked correctly and when checking against the main computer with Work with External File Links they are the same on both computers. >> John >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message