Hi, I’ve read some similar threads about it but I would like to get a fresh opinion about your preferred cloud for storing years of photos & videos. I am currently using an iPhone and a Windows laptop (not intending to buy a MacBook prospectively).

Up till now, I’ve been saving my files on Google Drive (multiple accounts), I’m considering to switch to iCloud permanently. Do you have any better recommendations?

  • WindAdmirable88@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Before : copy from the phone/camera to computer and make a copy on an USB hard drive, photos are not something that change a lot so it was enough for me.

    Now : I have a Synology NAS with an app that sync my smartphone in wifi, or I copy the photos from my camera to the NAS folder and I have a backup on an USB hard drive attached to the NAS. I don’t like the commercial clouds.

  • trekbody@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago
    1. Phones themselves which periodically get purged.
    2. iCloud / Amazon / Google Photos (all 3) / plus some on Flickr.
    3. Then onto Photos library on Thunderbolt SSD, adding scans and older photos there.
    4. Backed up to Synology NAS (Raid) nightly
    5. Backed up to Backblaze constantly
    6. A backup HD once every 6 months.

    I have some gaps in step 3 for older videos because of file sizes.

  • thagomizer_English
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    11 months ago

    photos: Once a year I print 3 photo books, and keep 1 at my house, 1 at my families house, 1 at an extended families house. The photo book is also one of my cheesy holiday/bithday gifts. So its both a backup strategy and a way to keep my pictures forever. The thought of having to keep digital photos safe for years/decades makes me sick. I know how to keep books dry though.

  • JohnStern42@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Long term? Certainly not cloud.

    Hard drives that get rotated, and LTO, in 3 different locations

  • dlarge6510@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is what I do.

    Burn them to bd-r. Create ECC files for the bd-rs using dvdisaster so I can repair the disc should anything bad happen. Backup the bd-r contents and ECC files to tape (or another bd-r or a HDD but I have tape from working in IT). Store the same in Amazon Glacier Deep Archive where I hope never to go to retrieve anything.