Joan
I use One Drie all the time and it works the same way.
I also have Dropbox but prefer One Drive only because I have a
bigger storage. But Drop box allows others to access the details
which doesn't happen with One Drive. At least I haven't allowe
anyone to access (and am not sure iof that is possible)
I also access One Drive via my phone but haven't tried FH that
way
Victor
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On 19/12/2020 8:25 pm, joan Chopping
wrote:
I
have been following this topic with interest and wondered if
this will work the same way with One Drive?
I
already have installed V7 on the PC and backed up the
default project only to V7. All is working well.
Reading
from the previous emails my intention now is to download V7
upgrade onto a pen drive. Switch off the router and using
the pen drive, upgrade V6 on the laptop to V7.
Would
I need to back up each of my remaining projects to V7 before
switching on the router and syncing?
Your
advice please? Thank you.
Agree with Mike
Dropbox should be OK if you turn off the router, so long
as you change nothing in it's structure, and both devices
are fully synch'ed before you do it. Dropbox works by
keeping a local copy of the file and a remote copy, so any
changes are synchronised to any devices attached to it.
I think the sensible approach is to make sure you've
backed everything up from v6 - the plug in to do this is
the best way.
Do your install on first device, then open your default
project, which will update the structure to v7. Make sure
you are happy with it, then close v7 on first device.
Then update 2nd device, and open the project which is now
v7.
The main principle using a facility like Dropbox (which I
am sure you know), is to make sure it is fully
synchronised before you switch off.
It's worked well for me for several years, including PC
and laptop replacements recently. I know that once I
reload OneDrive to my new device, my data will return (but
backed up carefully beforehand just in case)
------ Original Message ------
From: "Bob Brown" <r-j-brown@...>
To: "family-historian@groups.io"
<family-historian@groups.io>
Sent: Saturday, 19 Dec, 2020 At 10:58
Subject: Re: [family-historian] Version 7 Installation
Many thanks to Mike, Lorna,
Neil and Robin for your prompt and very helpful
replies. I, too, am not going to upgrade before
January; I am just making plans.
Another approach that I have
thought of is to download V7 onto both machines but
not install it (is this possible?), then switch of
the router to prevent any communication to anywhere,
install V7 on both and then turn on the router.
Problem here is that I do not know how upset Dropbox
would get?
I should have said in my first
email a very big thank you to all of you who respond
so quickly to our cries for help (I do not know how
you find the time; any tips?) and wish you all a
very happy, and question-free, Christmas.
Bob
Isn't
there a potential issue with this Lorna?
If he opens v6 on the
laptop and it auto-opens the project, there could
be problems as it will be then opening the
converted V7 project?
When I was beta
testing, I made a copy of my v6 project to a new
structure at the side on OneDrive (similar concept
to Dropbox), so essentially I had
FH v6 Projects
FH v7 Projects
I then upgraded the
newly created project in the folder 'FH v7
Projects' leaving v6 intact.
When upgrading of
course, starting up v7 for the first time opens
the project window, so I set the v7 structure as
the new default, then set my default project to my
'Beta' project
My thoughts would be
do not open v6 on the laptop given the potential
to mess up the converted project?
------ Original Message ------
From: "Lorna Craig via groups.io" <l.m.craig@...>
To: family-historian@groups.io
Sent: Friday, 18 Dec, 2020 At 22:06
Subject: Re: [family-historian] Version 7
Installation
The important point
is that once the files have been changed and
downloaded to the laptop you must not
open the files using V6 on the laptop. So you
must install V7 on the laptop as soon as the
files have been changed.
As an extra
precaution, before installing V7 on either
computer you could use the Project window in V6
on the laptop to change the location where FH is
looking for your projects, so that if you do
inadvertently open V6 on the laptop after the
files have been changed it won't find the
projects and can't do any harm. Then once V7 is
installed on the laptop change the location back
to the correct path.
Lorna
On
18/12/2020 21:51, Bob Brown wrote:
My
apologies if this has been raised before,
but I cannot recollect seeing it.
I
keep all of my FH files in Dropbox so that
they can be accessed from both PC and laptop
(not at the same time!). If I load V7 on the
PC, I assume there will be some changes to
the files in Dropbox. These will then
automatically be uploaded to Dropbox and
downloaded to the laptop. What impact will
these changed files have on loading V7 onto
the laptop and should I take any
precautions? (apart from having up-to-date
backups which, incidentally, are not kept in
Dropbox).
Bob
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Neil Grantham
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Using FH 7 & AS 7
Researching Grantham, Skuce, Barrow, Birchall.
--
Neil Grantham
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Using FH 7 & AS 7
Researching Grantham, Skuce, Barrow, Birchall.
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