gemofnj

Thank you ! 😊

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

If you do it card by card, and are not using the organization capabilities of Lightroom, use the File Explorer or Finder to copy the images.

gemofnj

Ok. Thank you! I think I’m down to two choices for the third backup. Carbonite or Idrive. Backblaze looked ok too

I have over 25k photos but most of them are on an external drive and in iPhoto format on the drive.

I have Lightroom but I don’t know how to use it yet. .. only the mobile version for editing purposes.

Landscaper Loc: Bloomfield, NM

I have used Pcloud for several years and like it very much. Photos are not compressed; it simply creates a mirror image of the files you select for syncing. It does not compress photos. I had good response from their customer support via email when I had a bit of trouble setting it up on a new computer. Especially if you can get one of their lifetime deals, where you pay a larger one time fee and then have no monthly fees to pay, I definitely recommend it.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

If you use the cloud for archive or DR AND your photos are valuable to you, pick a MAJOR cloud storage provider such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft or Apple, etc. You want a large, reputable company that you can be relatively sure won’t go belly up without notice. I spent some time working for a cloud- based file system company, and I never heard of Pcloud or Snc before your post. Forewarned is forearmed...

gemofnj

Thank you so much. Customer service is really important to me also. Thank you maybe I should reconsider.

gemofnj

Thank you attic. Great point.😃. I read that Backblaze is actually a service that was started from former Apple employees. It’s very good for a novices as it backs up everything without being selective.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Attic? Backblaze operates a large cloud (although I haven’t checked how many geographically seperate copies it keeps, which is important) and is noted for its quarterly reports on drive failures by brand.

gemofnj

Yikes. Lol. So can you recommend a good one that’s not too expensive ? I need 2 T storage

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I use Amazon S3 (Amazon is as large as the next 5 providers combined). Amazon has 3 levels of storage with varying prices depending on how often you need access, and you can move files, folders, or the entire contents between tiers as your needs change. Since I have only 350GB in S3, I use the mid tier which is $1/month per 100GB ($3.50 per month for me) since you have a substantial amount of data, I would look at the third tier, S3 Glacier which MUCH cheaper ($4 per TB per month). You can keep any data that you need to access regularly in tier 1 or 2 and move data into Glacier if you don’t need to access it regularly. BTW, it’s going to take awhile to copy 2TB into the cloud initially, but you can do it as a background task or at night, and once it’s done, you’ll only need to upload changes and new files. It may also cause you to pare down the data you store, which is a good thing as we all could use a good “clean up” periodically. Since HDs have become so inexpensive, the tendency is to store everything.