Hi, Connie, This might be another option. I solved the transport problem by purchasing an external hard drive. I keep all of my data files, photos, scans, etc. on it with backups to my desktop and, therefore, Carbonite. The external goes with me anytime I think I might want to reference it (normally the laptop, too). I had run into a problem a couple of times with a thumb drive of forgetting to upload from one machine before making changes on another. This has worked very well for me for a couple of years now. Jay Thompson just an old genealogy nut too tough to crack. ________________________________ From: Connie Shotts <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, November 21, 2011 9:45:31 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Drop Box Hi, I thought this topic had been discussed on this forum, but I couldn't find it in the Archives. Does anyone use, or know if, Drop Box can be used with FTM? I run two versions of FTM -- 2011 and 16 (16.0.350. I have both versions on both my desktop (Windows 7, 64 bit) and a laptop (Windows XP). It would be great to be able to "house" the data files for each of the versions on Drop Box so that additions, changes, etc. would be made on both computers, as well as to have the access from any other computer where the FTM programs are present. At least, I think it would work that way. Does anyone know? Connie ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jay, Thanks for the idea of the external hard drive. I do have one, but hadn't thought about using it in place of a thumbdrive. I also use Carbonite. Your point of sometimes forgetting to update from the thumbdrive is exactly what I am trying to get around. Thanks! Connie -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Thompson Jay Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:37 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Drop Box Hi, Connie, This might be another option. I solved the transport problem by purchasing an external hard drive. I keep all of my data files, photos, scans, etc. on it with backups to my desktop and, therefore, Carbonite. The external goes with me anytime I think I might want to reference it (normally the laptop, too). I had run into a problem a couple of times with a thumb drive of forgetting to upload from one machine before making changes on another. This has worked very well for me for a couple of years now. Jay Thompson just an old genealogy nut too tough to crack. ________________________________ From: Connie Shotts <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, November 21, 2011 9:45:31 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Drop Box Hi, I thought this topic had been discussed on this forum, but I couldn't find it in the Archives. Does anyone use, or know if, Drop Box can be used with FTM? I run two versions of FTM -- 2011 and 16 (16.0.350. I have both versions on both my desktop (Windows 7, 64 bit) and a laptop (Windows XP). It would be great to be able to "house" the data files for each of the versions on Drop Box so that additions, changes, etc. would be made on both computers, as well as to have the access from any other computer where the FTM programs are present. At least, I think it would work that way. Does anyone know? Connie ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message