Online backup services like iCloud or MozyPro are not a good idea for
backing up VFP data.
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Alan Bourke
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On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, at 04:49 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
> Does that iCloud system tray program lock files when doing the sync?
> That might cause conflicts with Foxpro's locking.
>
> You might wanna exclude the Foxpro data folder in that iCloud program,
> or move the data folder to somewhere else?
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 6:14 AM, Sytze de Boer
sytze.kiss@gmail.com
> wrote:
> >
> > About the only thing I've noticed with their system is they run iCloud on
> > their Windows 10 pc. It pops up about every 15 secs in the right hand
> > system tray, to say it has synchronised some files.
> >
> > My system has maybe 75 free standing dbf/fpt/cdx files.
> > The corrupted history file only has about 10,000 records, where, on 2
> > occasions, 120 records have disappeared.
> >
> > Does anyone wish to comment.
>
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