Trove Tuesday - Filing

I'm feeling rather virtuous as I spent the best part of yesterday filing - a task that I usually avoid like the plague.

Trove offers some filing related advice..

1914 'FILING NEGATIVES.', Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), 26 November, p. 3. , viewed 30 Jan 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121087659

1949 'FILING CABINET', The Blackwood Times (Bunbury, WA : 1905 - 1920; 1945 - 1954), 22 July, p. 14. , viewed 30 Jan 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210699436

1942 'FILING CABINET', The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), 1 August, p. 24. , viewed 30 Jan 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139908893

The original of this next article is too difficult to read so I'll share a transcription.

SPECIAL FILING EDITION.

A limited edition of the "Sydney Morn-

ing Herald" on rag-made paper is pub-

lished daily.

This edition Is intended especially for

libraries, both public and Institutional, that

wish to have files on paper of permanence.

Copies of the edition are available to the

general public

Orders for the filing edition should reach

us as early as possible. Rates will be sup-

plied on application.

JOHN FAIRFAX & SONS, LTD.

1928 'SPECIAL FILING EDITION.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 18 October, p. 10. , viewed 30 Jan 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16502667

1949 'HENRY', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 23 July, p. 14. (The Argus Week-End Magazine), viewed 30 Jan 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22766573

Pile Busting

On our recent trip to Hawaii I purchased a new 4 terabyte portable hard drive.

As I'm off to Rootstech in four days and shortly after that I'll be off gallivanting with Mr GeniAus I thought it time to copy all the files from my existing portable drive to the new one. I'll then be able to take one of the drives on my journeys knowing that all my files are backed up safely at home.

Last night as I watched my hero Roger play in the Australian Open I started transferring my files in manageable chunks. I felt more confident managing this task manually. I have photos from the late 19th century to today all organised in folders by date. At this point in time I am copying over our pics from 2013. Did you know I have 33,000 images from 2012? This process is taking a while.

Multitasking

I had previously transferred some of my family history files and will finish this (if and) when the photos are done. Meanwhile I didn't want to do too many tasks on my computer that may slow down the copying process. I had to think of a job for today that didn't involve the keyboard.

About six months ago I set up a folding table in my study on to which I sorted some of the hard copy family history files I had scanned. I am kicking myself that I didn't take a picture of this mountain range of filing piles because it has now vanished. Today I have dealt with all the files for myself, Mr GeniAus and our offspring. Next task is to sort the ancestor and grandchildren's papers on to the I may take a photo of the next mountain range of files I build.

Meanwhile I am so proud of my pile busting exercise.

I know I should be ditching a lot of this paper now that it's digitised but, like most genies, I'm a hoarder.

.pdf to .jpg

I often find myself with a .pdf document that I want to share on one of my blogs. I sometimes copy and paste parts of the text into the blog and often I just don't bother.

This morning I realised how silly that was. I dug into the depths of my memory and recalled, Zamzar, the free online file conversion tool that I used when I was a working girl.

It was such a simple matter to go to the Zamzar site,  upload my .pdf file and ask it to convert it to a .jpg. 
After inputting my email address I had to wait less than 2 minutes for the converted files to be sent to my email account.

Simple 4 step process to convert a file

One only has a day to download the converted files from the link given by Zamzar. If you are not a cheapskate like me you can have a paid Zamzar account with heaps more features.

Take a look at www.zamzar.com

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How to Share Large Files over the Internet

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