Comments on: How I backup my photos http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/ no photoshopped images here Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dottie http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-209067 Dottie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:19:19 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-209067 I use FolderClone to backup all my photos. I set up my schedule for backup once and have it backup late at night every week. It's great! So easy for someone like me who is not so computer sma I use FolderClone to backup all my photos. I set up my schedule for backup once and have it backup late at night every week. It’s great! So easy for someone like me who is not so computer sma

]]> By: Michael Pick http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-207207 Michael Pick Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:00:40 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-207207 Thanks for insights, Donncha. I do all of my backing up manually at the moment, but maybe time for a bit of a systematic approach I think Thanks for insights, Donncha. I do all of my backing up manually at the moment, but maybe time for a bit of a systematic approach I think

]]> By: icedcoffee | words » links and stuffs - friday 28th november http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-207009 icedcoffee | words » links and stuffs - friday 28th november Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:32:19 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-207009 [...] Donncha explains how he backs up his photographs. [...] [...] Donncha explains how he backs up his photographs. [...]

]]> By: Alex http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-206979 Alex Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:29:42 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-206979 I have a similar setup. Recent raw files live on my Macbook's HD. Backups are on two 1gb external drives (WD MyBooks). One is hooked up to the Macbook; half of it is for Time Machine, the other half for archiving photos, large files and other things I don't need on the main HD. The other drive is hooked up to my BSD box, and mirrors the archive drive nightly with rsync. I like this setup because the two drives are isolated - different OS, different disk formats (FAT32 on the mirror drive), different physical parts of the local network. If a major failure on one machine erases or damages one disk it's highly unlikely it would affect the other disk too. And if I need to recover something from the mirror drive, it'll work on just about any machine. Lightroom 2 works pretty well with an off-line archive too. I have a similar setup. Recent raw files live on my Macbook’s HD. Backups are on two 1gb external drives (WD MyBooks). One is hooked up to the Macbook; half of it is for Time Machine, the other half for archiving photos, large files and other things I don’t need on the main HD. The other drive is hooked up to my BSD box, and mirrors the archive drive nightly with rsync.

I like this setup because the two drives are isolated – different OS, different disk formats (FAT32 on the mirror drive), different physical parts of the local network. If a major failure on one machine erases or damages one disk it’s highly unlikely it would affect the other disk too. And if I need to recover something from the mirror drive, it’ll work on just about any machine.

Lightroom 2 works pretty well with an off-line archive too.

]]> By: Donal http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-206977 Donal Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:19:12 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-206977 Well I finally splurged a month or two ago and got two 500GB drives which are exact copies of my photos at a point in time. I must figure out some method of synching so might look into that. Writing this from my shiny new laptop :) I'll have to figure out how I'm going to back up photos using this baby. Well I finally splurged a month or two ago and got two 500GB drives which are exact copies of my photos at a point in time. I must figure out some method of synching so might look into that.

Writing this from my shiny new laptop :) I’ll have to figure out how I’m going to back up photos using this baby.

]]> By: Trent http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-206976 Trent Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:48:50 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-206976 I personally backup everything of mine with <a href="http://trentadams.ca/2008/08/21/backing-up-with-jungledisk/" rel="nofollow">Jungledisk</a> and love it. I personally backup everything of mine with Jungledisk and love it.

]]> By: Trevor Carpenter http://inphotos.org/how-i-backup-my-photos/#comment-206975 Trevor Carpenter Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:34:16 +0000 http://inphotos.org/?p=3213#comment-206975 Ahhhh! Everyone is talking about needing to back up your photos. I know, I know! I'm hoping to get a Drobo with my tax return in January. Then, I'll hopefully have a sweet setup with some built-in redundancy. Currently, I have one USB 2.0 harddrive that stores my entire photo library and my iTunes library. There's no backup, just that one. Horrible, I know. When I get the Drobo, my plan is to move the contents of my current USB 2.0 drive to it. Then, I'll use the current drive as a back up of all my processed photos. At least then I'll have a true back up. But with the Drobo's built-in capabilities, I shouldn't need to depend on the second drive. Ahhhh! Everyone is talking about needing to back up your photos. I know, I know!

I’m hoping to get a Drobo with my tax return in January. Then, I’ll hopefully have a sweet setup with some built-in redundancy.

Currently, I have one USB 2.0 harddrive that stores my entire photo library and my iTunes library. There’s no backup, just that one. Horrible, I know.

When I get the Drobo, my plan is to move the contents of my current USB 2.0 drive to it. Then, I’ll use the current drive as a back up of all my processed photos. At least then I’ll have a true back up. But with the Drobo’s built-in capabilities, I shouldn’t need to depend on the second drive.

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