I think the issue with Dropbox is not with the backup but with having the database files themselves opened by TMG and probably by RM in a folder that is being actively synced by Dropbox. Tom On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Carol Anne via < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > =================================== > 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 >