lizzo
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Post by lizzo on Jan 25, 2012 7:07:11 GMT -5
Howard:
I now have 7,322 records in a .paw file connected to a total of 3,599 files in the ScrapBook. The file size is 4.5 Mbytes.
The question came to my mind: is there a limit to the number of records and/or the number of files in the ScrapBook? I recall seeing somewhere in the forum (couldn't find it today) that there are no limits but I want to make sure. Is that correct?
Thanks.
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Post by Howard Metcalfe on Jan 25, 2012 13:38:52 GMT -5
Howard: I now have 7,322 records in a .paw file connected to a total of 3,599 files in the ScrapBook. The file size is 4.5 Mbytes. The question came to my mind: is there a limit to the number of records and/or the number of files in the ScrapBook? I recall seeing somewhere in the forum (couldn't find it today) that there are no limits but I want to make sure. Is that correct? Thanks. Hi Lou, A PAWriter file can contain records on more than two billion people. I have 45,000 people, 16,000 families and 1.2 million words in notes in my primary file to date. The only limit on the number of images in the scrapbook is whatever number of records the Mac OS imposes on files in a folder -- none that I know of. (But I only have 62 images in my scrapbook.) To repeat the obvious: backup early and often, preferably to an external hard disk (I like SuperDuper for a bootable backup) and to some cloud on the internet (Dropbox is a good one for critical files and free up to 2 GBs). Also I use a flash drive (aka thumb drive) that I keep in my pocket for backing up critical files. Best, Howard
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Post by lizzo on Jan 25, 2012 14:10:40 GMT -5
Howard: I now have 7,322 records in a .paw file connected to a total of 3,599 files in the ScrapBook. The file size is 4.5 Mbytes. The question came to my mind: is there a limit to the number of records and/or the number of files in the ScrapBook? I recall seeing somewhere in the forum (couldn't find it today) that there are no limits but I want to make sure. Is that correct? Thanks. Hi Lou, A PAWriter file can contain records on more than two billion people. I have 45,000 people, 16,000 families and 1.2 million words in notes in my primary file to date. The only limit on the number of images in the scrapbook is whatever number of records the Mac OS imposes on files in a folder -- none that I know of. (But I only have 62 images in my scrapbook.) To repeat the obvious: backup early and often, preferably to an external hard disk (I like SuperDuper for a bootable backup) and to some cloud on the internet (Dropbox is a good one for critical files and free up to 2 GBs). Also I use a flash drive (aka thumb drive) that I keep in my pocket for backing up critical files. Best, Howard Thanks, Howard. I probably should check into the folder file limits (if any) on my MacBook. I do Time Machine backups to an external hard disk whenever I work with PAW. Take care. ~Lou
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Post by Howard Metcalfe on Jan 25, 2012 14:36:36 GMT -5
Hi Lou, A PAWriter file can contain records on more than two billion people. I have 45,000 people, 16,000 families and 1.2 million words in notes in my primary file to date. The only limit on the number of images in the scrapbook is whatever number of records the Mac OS imposes on files in a folder -- none that I know of. (But I only have 62 images in my scrapbook.) To repeat the obvious: backup early and often, preferably to an external hard disk (I like SuperDuper for a bootable backup) and to some cloud on the internet (Dropbox is a good one for critical files and free up to 2 GBs). Also I use a flash drive (aka thumb drive) that I keep in my pocket for backing up critical files. Best, Howard Thanks, Howard. I probably should check into the folder file limits (if any) on my MacBook. I do Time Machine backups to an external hard disk whenever I work with PAW. Take care. ~Lou Hi Lou, If your internal hard disk crashes, it's not easy to reconstruct from Time Machine. SuperDuper makes it REALLY easy and you only pay once for the program; all updates are free. Best, Howard
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Post by Howard Metcalfe on Jan 25, 2012 18:00:30 GMT -5
Hi Lou, A PAWriter file can contain records on more than two billion people. I have 45,000 people, 16,000 families and 1.2 million words in notes in my primary file to date. The only limit on the number of images in the scrapbook is whatever number of records the Mac OS imposes on files in a folder -- none that I know of. (But I only have 62 images in my scrapbook.) To repeat the obvious: backup early and often, preferably to an external hard disk (I like SuperDuper for a bootable backup) and to some cloud on the internet (Dropbox is a good one for critical files and free up to 2 GBs). Also I use a flash drive (aka thumb drive) that I keep in my pocket for backing up critical files. Best, Howard Thanks, Howard. I probably should check into the folder file limits (if any) on my MacBook. I do Time Machine backups to an external hard disk whenever I work with PAW. Take care. ~Lou Hi Lou, Consider that even the top level directory on your Mac is a folder. Given that, the 32-bit Mac OS should allow over 2 billion files in a folder, and a 64-bit Mac OS should allow over 9 quintillion files in a folder. I don't think you have to worry about these limits in this lifetime. Best, Howard
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