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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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#3
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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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#4
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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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#5
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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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#6
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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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#7
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This is a pain in the butt
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:27:43 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote: 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. They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices) |
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