At last check I had
14,448 pictures on my iPhone.
To say I am a photo
junkie would be an understatement. Add that to the huge, layered Photoshop
files I have of my artwork and you might see why I need convenient, safe,
reliable photo storage and back up options.
For a long time, I
chose to ignore the whole topic of photo back up. It just seemed so
overwhelming, cumbersome and confusing so, if I didn't think about the threat
of loosing everything it wouldn't happen, right? Seriously, that was my
thinking. Crazy, I know.
Truth is, there was
always this low level of stress every time I went to turn my computer on…what
if it didn't startup this time? Then I saw a well established artist post on
social media that her computer crashed and she lost everything…EVERYTHING.
That was my wake up
call to take my head out of the sand and figure out a system for myself. (more
reliable than my occasional back up to an external hard drive)
Now, I am by no
means an expert and I am sure there are more steps I could be taking BUT I know
I am doing more than I was before…so that's progress.
Below I will share
what I do but I recently saw this tip for flash drive storage and I thought it
was really simple and clever.
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How do you save,
store and protect your photos?
Until next week,
Pam
Dropbox
I expanded my
storage size for my Dropbox account for a small fee and now work directly from
that. It's so convenient to be able to store my pictures and documents in the
same files and to be able to access them on all of my devices. I find it very
easy to manage my content in Dropbox and I have downloaded their applications
to my computer so it is included in my regular backup.
Backblaze
This is a remote
backup service that works automatically in the background for an annual fee.
Once you do the initial back up, it will continue to back up on a regular
basis. Just a note that depending on how much content you have, the initial
back up can take a LONG time…like days or weeks. You can still work on your
computer and it just keeps running in the background. They send status emails
on a regular basis.
External Hard Drive
I'm not as good with
keeping up on this but I do have one and have saved a lot of work and photos to
it. I only have one but I know others have several and keep them in different
locations. They are pretty affordable now for HUGE storage amounts so it definitely
makes sense to add this to your back up arsenal. Mine is a called "My
Passport Ultra" by Western Digital and it comes in different size options.
