It is currently 29 Mar 2024, 16:58
Doug wrote:Aren't your photos automatically sent to the I-cloud?
I appreciate I know bugger all about computers but I pay 60p a month or so for I-cloud storage for everything I put on my phone or I-pad to be stored.
I figured it was worth it as it was so easy & I didn't have to buy another gizmo.
TrimTheKing wrote:Would it not just be simpler to buy one of the many 'personal cloud' enabled portable HD/NAS boxes and stick it in your new workshop or outbuilding and use that? Initial backup could be done locally over ethernet for speed then WiFi enabled in remote location after that.
WD do many such devices for relative peanuts, and if you want something with a bit more resilience then Synology NAS/s with RIAD or a bigger (but proportionally more expensive) Qnap, but looking at it it seems Synology are catching them up in terms of quality and features.
Cheers
Mark
TrimTheKing wrote:Ah okay, fairy's muff. You need a friend with a good up/down broadband speed to be able to leave it plugged into their router after initial backup. I would offer but my upload speed is pants at 1Mb.
TrimTheKing wrote:.... Otherwise just rent some online space and set up a cron job or similar to send the backup up to that.
Robert wrote:How much data are we talking about?
My server backup is around 3.5TB. The server has all our family videos back to the 80's all our music and every picture we have ever taken - scanned negatives and digital camera pictures.
The server also has backups for 3 PC's on it and they get backed up too in that 3.5TB.
Photos account for 1.1TB for scans and RAW images.
Tusses wrote:keep a mem stick in the car ?
RogerS wrote:Tusses wrote:keep a mem stick in the car ?
Yebbut...even if there was a big enough one, I'd still need to remember to do it every day.
Robert wrote:RogerS wrote:Tusses wrote:keep a mem stick in the car ?
Yebbut...even if there was a big enough one, I'd still need to remember to do it every day.
How many pictures do you add in a day? Once a week swap over using 2x 128Gb sticks would do it.
128Gb USB flash drives start at around £20. You can get a reasonably fast Lexar USB3 one for £25.
Robert wrote:You get 15GB free with a free Google account..
They do compress your image files though - but also claim no loss of quality. Might be enough to fill the disaster recovery role?
RogerS wrote:The only slight niggle in moving away from iPhoto is that it is seamlessly integrated with other Apple software such as Mail and Page but that could well be a small price to pay.
Tusses wrote:RogerS wrote:The only slight niggle in moving away from iPhoto is that it is seamlessly integrated with other Apple software such as Mail and Page but that could well be a small price to pay.
can you run them in tandem ?
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