Photostick
Sep 2, 2021 12:18:06 #
Sep 2, 2021 12:34:26 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
crapshooter wrote:
I'd like to know Hoggers thoughts about this device for Photo backup.
It's a USB flash drive. If it is as cheap or cheaper than a SanDisk of the same size, buy it. Otherwise don't. Backup is no mystery. Select what you want and drag to receiving media.
Sep 2, 2021 12:40:33 #
There were several threads on this. It's just a standard USB flash drive with the software. The software is supposed to search your hard drive to find photo files and save them. It's not worth it. Do you really need such a software to do back up?
Sep 2, 2021 12:41:02 #
cahale wrote:
It's a USB flash drive. If it is as cheap or cheaper than a SanDisk of the same size, buy it. Otherwise don't. Backup is no mystery. Select what you want and drag to receiving media.
It simply does automatically what you can do manually.
It might even copy stuff you don't want copied.
Best to use the operating system and selectively copy stuff yourself.
Sep 2, 2021 13:24:01 #
Forget it - overpriced and the SW is very poor - may or may not find all your photos and may or may not back up irrelevant things (and a USB “thumb” drive is a lousy backup media besides).
Sep 2, 2021 17:21:38 #
In my opinion, you do NOT want software that searches for all the images on your computer and stores them. There are a lot of images on your computer that are not photos that you took. There are images on buttons, backgrounds for dialogs, icons for software, and more. They're junk.
You want to store YOUR photos, not the other stuff you don't even look at.
Another thing: USB memory sticks are not a real archival medium. They're fine for short-term transfers and things like that, but not for long-term storage.
You want to store YOUR photos, not the other stuff you don't even look at.
Another thing: USB memory sticks are not a real archival medium. They're fine for short-term transfers and things like that, but not for long-term storage.
Sep 3, 2021 06:33:15 #
Sep 3, 2021 09:24:48 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I don’t use them. I know where my photos are and how to copy them for backup onto other devices.
Sep 3, 2021 14:39:13 #
It supposedly does a the work for you by finding your photos and backing up. However, I have only seen it advertise for backing up the photos on your computer. It does not have the storage capacity for me to do that. I use external hard drives About $130 for about 6TB of storage.
Sep 3, 2021 17:03:12 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
crapshooter wrote:
I'd like to know Hoggers thoughts about this device for Photo backup.
Do not use. It is a scam product. It does not work.
Sep 4, 2021 10:16:14 #
wham121736 wrote:
How many RAW, TIF, JPG files can it store? At what cost?
They have different sizes and of course they would hold the same number of images as an USB thumb drive of the same size (perhaps a few less because they have the software on them). They are selling for more money than a USB thumb drive of the same size. The selling point is that the software automatically search your hard drive for image files and save them on the USB thumb drive. You can do it yourself without paying for the software. I heard that the software didn't work all that good any way.
Sep 4, 2021 10:53:30 #
BebuLamar wrote:
... The selling point is that the software automatically search your hard drive for image files and save them on the USB thumb drive...
The problem there is that they can find ALL the image files. Not only YOUR photos. You will wind up with extraneous garbage from other software that contains button images, dialog backgrounds and icons. Then you have to sort it all out yourself.
Go to the disk or folder that holds your OS or your programs. Do a search for *.jpg. See how much junk you find.
Easier to use your own mind to do the sorting.
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