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Being the first of the month, it’s backup reminder day again. As I often change how I do my file backup based on available products, services and costs this is my latest rendition. … [continued]
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The Carbonite Backup Drive
When you install Carbonite it creates a Backup Drive on your computer. As it backs up your files, it will show a listing of all the files that have been backed up. You don’t need to log into your account to see this. Just scroll down Windows Explorer until you come to:
There’s another way to archive web pages besides saving them in personal software or printing them to PDF. It’s called MHTML. … [continued]
I discovered another use for the Firefox Scrapbook plugin.
Back when the discussion about moving from Blogger to WordPress was a hot topic, I got to thinking about saving my blog in a readable format. Not for any reason except that after awhile a blog starts to look like a book and someday, someone might find that interesting. … [continued]
Every time I write about backup I think it’s going to be the last time because, I mean, what else is there to say about it? … [continued]
SugarSync is yet another online backup and file sync option. Here are the top ten reasons you should use it.
- Back up and secure your data (you never know when your computer will crash)
- Access all of your files on the go (from any browser or mobile phone)
- Share entire folders and collaborate on projects … [continued]
There’s no such thing, technically speaking, as running Legacy from Dropbox.
Dropbox is a storage location; it’s not an operating system.
There are many ways of running the same Legacy Family Tree database on multiple computers but this is probably the simplest way to run Legacy from Dropbox, meaning using the database stored on Dropbox.
So far, so good. In five years of MRIN filing I’ve never needed a backup of my MRIN’s.
But, what I have done occasionally is swap numbers around and lose track of where else the MRIN’s exist in my database. … [continued]
In an effort to clean up lately I’ve found an easier route to update software. I tried Update Notifier but I like this better. It’s under my immediate control and doesn’t require additional software that might give me only partial results. … [continued]
Here’s another reason to use Dropbox to share files.
Yesterday I called my cousin in Georgia, as I do periodically.
She was in the midst of backing up all her files to disk because her computer was acting funny, sending up ‘weird messages’ and crashing every few minutes. … [continued]
