backup Archives

Dropbox Just Deleted 2000 Files Because of My Samsung Phone

Nov 5, 2016 JP Danko

I have been using Dropbox for years now and I have never once had a problem with it…until a week ago when over 2000 files mysteriously…

Oct 17, 2016 John Aldred

I say “finally”, there used to be a number of them. Back when I shot a pair of D100 bodies back in 2002, I used…

Aug 24, 2016 John Aldred

It’s no secret to most people who know me that I’m not a huge fan of online cloud backup services. But I know many of…

Aug 23, 2016 John Aldred

My biggest problem with “the cloud” has always been that many cloud services seem to pop up overnight from nowhere. This means that they can also…

Aug 16, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Raise your hand if you ever lost/bricked/killed an iPhone or an Android*. Raise your other hand if that phone has lots of photos that you…

May 19, 2016 JP Danko

In my recent article “Delete Your Sh!t: Why You Should Trash Most of Your Photos” I made a case to encourage photographers to permanently delete…

Mar 14, 2016 Gannon Burgett

Two years ago, we asked whether or not you keep printed photographs anymore. Surprisingly, a great deal of you did, with 64% of readers responding…

Feb 9, 2016 Liron Samuels

The cloud has gained popularity in recent years, and is often recommended as a way to store and backup your photos, but what do you…

Oct 19, 2015 Udi Tirosh

Not many of us have 50TB of data that we want to back up. But the creative amongst us who shoot lots of footage or…

Oct 4, 2015 Renato Murakami

In this post I’ll explain the structure and scheme that I personally use for backup. It’s not the cheapest, not the easiest, and perhaps not the…