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FTM 2019 Backup and Sync Logs: Step-by-step guide
Backup and Sync Logs in Family Tree Maker 2019 are an integral component of FTM 2019, maintaining your family tree data stable. These logs will guide you through the whole process of synchronization, be it successful backups, failed attempts, or error messages. Understanding and using backup and sync logs would enable you to diagnose problems, modify your backup strategy in accordance with your requirement, and gain protection for your precious family history.
How to View Backup and Sync Logs?
To open Backup and Sync Logs in FTM 2019, do the following:
- Open FTM 2019: It opens the software.
- Navigate: Navigate to the Tools menu.
- Preferences: Select Preferences from the options of the drop-down menu.
- General Tab: Open the window for Preferences by clicking on the General tab.
- Logs Folder: Locate the option Logs Folder.
- Open Logs Folder: Then from there click Open next to Logs Folder.
This will open a folder that contains different log files, including backup and synchronization ones.
Understanding Backup and Sync Logs
The Backup and Sync Logs gives users explicit information regarding the following:
- Backup Success: logs of successful backups containing the backup date and time, file size, and destination of the backup.
- Backup Failures: logs of failed attempts to take backups in which the error or messages produced give possible reasons for the failure.
- Synchronization Issues: Any logs indicating synchronization problems, such as conflicts or network errors.
- Performance Metrics: Logs which provide insight into how the backup and synchronization processes are performing.
Troubleshooting using Backup and Sync Logs
By analyzing your Backup and Sync Logs you will easily find and troubleshoot common issues such as:
- Slow Backup Speed: Check if this is due to high network congestion or disk space is running low.
- Failed Backups: Diagnose the error message for possible causes such as file access permissions or network connectivity.
- Synchronization Conflicts: Find out the conflict in change and manually synchronize.
- Corrupted Files: Detect file corruption signs and correct it by repairing or restoring from another back up.
Best Practices When Making Backup and Sync
Create regular backups so your latest version of family tree is always backed up. Store your backups off-site using cloud storage services, such as Cloud storage. FTM 2019 offers version control where changes to a file are tracked so that you may revert back if needed. Monitor the backup and syncing logs. This can help you diagnose potential problems early, preventing you from mistakenly losing data.
Conclusion
Learning to work effectively with Backup and Sync logs will protect your precious family history files and guarantee seamless genealogy researching.
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