I should have known no good deed goes unpunished, you try to post
something to help and figure that is could not possibly be
controversial and there will be someone who lives so far above the
rest of us that they can't take it for what it is worth. If you
don't want to do this fine - but you don't have to sign into all these
accounts either - download one of the FREE password managers that will
do it for you, or possibly you don't have time to do that either.
Firefox will log you in to each gmail account with one click - and
Roboform will also. Hey you're not protecting the US Mint here - they
are designs for your embroidery machine. And I have over 4 gigs of
designs - it was stated in my email - I think you read it with the
intent of picking it apart instead of what is was intended to do -
help people who need it.
Free password manager: www.roboform.com I've been using this for
years now - the free version with NO problems.
Why can't people just take things for what they are intended?
My time is worth more to me than spending it on all
those emails you suggest in order to back up designs,
and having to sign into so many accounts to keep them
active. Some ladies might not know that some email
addresses delete everything if you don't sign in often
enough.
Your idea may be good for someone with very few
designs, but I figure most people are like me in that
their own time is worth more than the cost of backup
supplies.
My goodness, if you can afford the machine and all the
embroidery supplies, surely you can afford backup supplies!
I didn't say I could not afford all the external things - did you NOT
read my email? I had them all at one point and I do have 4 gigs of
designs.
But it is my money and how I choose to spend it is my business just as
how you choose to spend it is yours.
I choose to save my designs to email accounts, reputable ones. Do you
think Google, Hotmail and Yahoo are going anywhere? And if you go and
read their TOS you will see they have no sign in requirements.
This is not brain surgery or hard to do - every time you get a design
you attach it to an email and send it to yourself, how hard can that
possibly be? It takes no time other than initially setting it up.
It's ok, if you don't have time to do that, but others do and others
are being helped by this.
One day a CD or a thumb drive or some other system you have will fail
and you will come looking for this information.
I never give advice unless I have researched it thoroughly because I
believe that we owe it to others to keep our mouths shut otherwise.
And I have been using this method over 4 years without any problems.
And I go into the accounts to retrieve designs to use - wouldn't we
all? So why would they just sit there and wither with no use?
One other thing - there are people out there who can not afford all
the back up devices, and then there are people who live in a cocoon
who can't imagine having everything they want at the snap of a credit
card. For the people who can't afford what they want, maybe someone
bought them a machine and they have a sewing angel who sends them
supplies so they can embroider - I send things to people even in my
financial situation because I am a believe in paying it forward.
Did you read how I have bought some of my designs? I've been poorer
than poor but helping others means more than anything to me and I will
find a way to do it, that's why I went out and picked up returnables
and turned them in at a nickel each to purchase designs to help
brighten the spirits of those in domestic violence shelters. I go
without things I want, and there is a difference between what I want
and what I need, in order to be able to help others. I believe it is
the way of the Lord and I try to honor him by living my life this way.
For the others who took this for what I intended this to be, thank you
for understanding. I truly meant it to be helpful. One thing I meant
to tell you is I do have a master list in Notepad where each design is
so I can find it when I need it - but I tend to send designs I use for
children i.e. Cassandra's tic tac toe boards and things of that nature
to one account, all my animal designs to another, my florals to
another so its pretty easy for me to find something when I want it.
Never takes me more than two log ins to find a design.
I wish you all a peaceful and blessed Sunday.
ILA in Maine mailto:sewcraftyme@...
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