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This is a pain in the butt
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H
wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote: Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it really doesn't make that much difference. I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed") I may try that. Thanks. It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text groups. |
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This is a pain in the butt
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote: Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it really doesn't make that much difference. I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed") I may try that. Thanks. It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text groups. Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text groups. |
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This is a pain in the butt
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:59:24 -0400, John H
wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote: Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it really doesn't make that much difference. I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed") I may try that. Thanks. It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text groups. Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text groups. If you are using a binary group, just be sure the target for launching and saving is present on your host machine. C:/downloads is always a safe bet although I don't normally advise storing data on the C: drive. Usually in a laptop you do not have a choice because most only have one drive bay. |
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#5
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This is a pain in the butt
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:45:09 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:59:24 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote: Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it really doesn't make that much difference. I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed") I may try that. Thanks. It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text groups. Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text groups. If you are using a binary group, just be sure the target for launching and saving is present on your host machine. C:/downloads is always a safe bet although I don't normally advise storing data on the C: drive. Usually in a laptop you do not have a choice because most only have one drive bay. External drive is always possible. |
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#6
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This is a pain in the butt
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:15:51 -0400, John H
wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:45:09 -0400, wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:59:24 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote: Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it really doesn't make that much difference. I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed") I may try that. Thanks. It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text groups. Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text groups. If you are using a binary group, just be sure the target for launching and saving is present on your host machine. C:/downloads is always a safe bet although I don't normally advise storing data on the C: drive. Usually in a laptop you do not have a choice because most only have one drive bay. External drive is always possible. At a certain point you defeat the purpose of a lap top if you have too many doodads hanging off of it. ;-) If you really need to do binaries on vacation use a big enough thumb drive to handle it and set the output drive to E:\downloads or whatever it maps to. I have a little box of thumb drives I take on vacation with lots of movies, music and whatever. It helps if you are in a place with no decent broadband and you catch a rainy day. It is seldom that we go to a place with fast enough broadband to stream anything. We decided last month that N.C. stands for "Not Connected". |
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#7
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This is a pain in the butt
On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:47:40 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:15:51 -0400, John H wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:45:09 -0400, wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:59:24 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote: Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it really doesn't make that much difference. I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed") I may try that. Thanks. It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text groups. Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text groups. If you are using a binary group, just be sure the target for launching and saving is present on your host machine. C:/downloads is always a safe bet although I don't normally advise storing data on the C: drive. Usually in a laptop you do not have a choice because most only have one drive bay. External drive is always possible. At a certain point you defeat the purpose of a lap top if you have too many doodads hanging off of it. ;-) If you really need to do binaries on vacation use a big enough thumb drive to handle it and set the output drive to E:\downloads or whatever it maps to. I have a little box of thumb drives I take on vacation with lots of movies, music and whatever. It helps if you are in a place with no decent broadband and you catch a rainy day. It is seldom that we go to a place with fast enough broadband to stream anything. We decided last month that N.C. stands for "Not Connected". I bring an external hard drive anyway. That and a mouse receiver get plugged into the laptop at a campsite, if I use the laptop at all. |
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