Hello I have not upgraded to V7 but am using RM V6. But, I keep RM3 handy because it is so much faster than RM6 to find things. I keep my RM6 files and keep GedComs I can access with RM3. I find if I open RM3 in dropbox, the file opens but there are no people to view. Click find and there is nothing. But, if I stop dropbox from syncing, then the people are there. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. . Jim Belanger NH State Representative Hollis, NH www.belangers.us
I'm coming to RM from TMG. I never used Dropbox, but I've seen warnings posted on the TMG list over and over again that you should never back up your genealogy program to Dropbox. You are asking for data corruption. Go to the TMG lists to read all the explanations. Carol Anne On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Jim Belanger via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I have not upgraded to V7 but am using RM V6. But, I keep RM3 handy > because it is so much faster than RM6 to find things. I keep my RM6 files > and keep GedComs I can access with RM3. > > I find if I open RM3 in dropbox, the file opens but there are no people to > view. Click find and there is nothing. But, if I stop dropbox from > syncing, then the people are there. Just wondering if anyone else has > experienced this. > > . > Jim Belanger > NH State Representative > Hollis, NH > www.belangers.us > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > 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
I've used Dropbox for years to store my database so I can work on it and/or display it from any of my computers, tablets, or smartphones. I've never had any problem. I usually backup to my home computer simply because it's easiest. Now and then I will copy the latest backup to Dropbox. That's probably overkill since Dropbox keeps the last 30 days of changes so the user can get them in case of a problem. I can't think of any other way to make files as safe and available. Version 7 has made using Dropbox even easier. Dick Date sent: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:41:27 -0500 To: Roots Magic Users <[email protected]> Subject: [RMagic] RM3 and dropbox Send reply to: [email protected], [email protected] From: Jim Belanger via <[email protected]> > Hello > > I have not upgraded to V7 but am using RM V6. But, I keep RM3 handy > because it is so much faster than RM6 to find things. I keep my RM6 files > and keep GedComs I can access with RM3. > > I find if I open RM3 in dropbox, the file opens but there are no people to > view. Click find and there is nothing. But, if I stop dropbox from > syncing, then the people are there. Just wondering if anyone else has > experienced this. > > . > Jim Belanger > NH State Representative > Hollis, NH > www.belangers.us > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > 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
Jim, what operating system are you running, and how large a hard drive and how much RAM do you have? I run the current version of Rootsmagic in Windows 7, on a 320 G hard drive (less than half used), with 4 G of RAM, 3.2 G of which Windows 7 32 bit recognizes. I have an I3 dual core machine. Rootsmagic finds things instantaneously. There are still people running Windows XP on a half gig or a gig of RAM, and an 80 G hard drive, and the system barely moves. Older machines are slower, but it is possible that a couple of simple upgrades would dramatically speed up your computer. If by chance you are running Vista, I think it is slow by nature. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Jim Belanger via Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:41 AM To: Roots Magic Users Subject: [RMagic] RM3 and dropbox Hello I have not upgraded to V7 but am using RM V6. But, I keep RM3 handy because it is so much faster than RM6 to find things. I keep my RM6 files and keep GedComs I can access with RM3. I find if I open RM3 in dropbox, the file opens but there are no people to view. Click find and there is nothing. But, if I stop dropbox from syncing, then the people are there. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. . Jim Belanger NH State Representative Hollis, NH www.belangers.us =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com