Janytime
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I've had two prior incidents of crashing hard drives and lost some very precious family photos in that dreaded scenario. Retrieving can be extremely costly, and who is ever ready to spend money like that? Because I have lost my firstborn daughter at age 37 unexpectedly, the loss of family photos was particularly painful and personal. I finally got to the point (because I collect so much) that I had my own monster desktop custom built for superior graphics and superior storage capabilities. My screen is a 23" 4K Samsung TV (again for superior graphics). My desktop has a solid state hard drive and a 1 T, 2 T, and 4 T hard drives.
With all that said, I used to use Carbonite as my online backup service, but I did some research and found that Backblaze better serves me. I agree with another comment in this thread, it's the best $5/month I can spend. Think about how we used to all pay for magazine subscriptions annually just for fun things to read. Paying for a continual backup service online gives way more peace of mind to scrappers and digital artists like us. (And digital hoarders such as myself!) And, thank goodness, I don't have to justify my expenses to my DH who has his own hobbies and expenses he enjoys.
Another convenience I own is a Western Digital 4 TB "cloud" backup attached to my desktop which is continually making a mirror image of everything on my system.
I have several forms of external hard drives that I eventually move things off to when my desktop system gets too full.
Lastly, I subscribe to Dropbox Pro annually, and I absolutely love how it works. We do so much photography these days with our updated upgraded cell phones. Once the app is put on each mobile device and synchronized, it will automatically upload any and all photos taken on any device. These are easily viewed, retrieved, shared, etc. They are always available, never to be lost.
I will not suffer another loss, and I (and my creativity) are totally worth it!
With all that said, I used to use Carbonite as my online backup service, but I did some research and found that Backblaze better serves me. I agree with another comment in this thread, it's the best $5/month I can spend. Think about how we used to all pay for magazine subscriptions annually just for fun things to read. Paying for a continual backup service online gives way more peace of mind to scrappers and digital artists like us. (And digital hoarders such as myself!) And, thank goodness, I don't have to justify my expenses to my DH who has his own hobbies and expenses he enjoys.
Another convenience I own is a Western Digital 4 TB "cloud" backup attached to my desktop which is continually making a mirror image of everything on my system.
I have several forms of external hard drives that I eventually move things off to when my desktop system gets too full.
Lastly, I subscribe to Dropbox Pro annually, and I absolutely love how it works. We do so much photography these days with our updated upgraded cell phones. Once the app is put on each mobile device and synchronized, it will automatically upload any and all photos taken on any device. These are easily viewed, retrieved, shared, etc. They are always available, never to be lost.
I will not suffer another loss, and I (and my creativity) are totally worth it!
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