selmslie wrote:
I use the cloud for other things like transferring data that’s too large to attach to emails and for sharing information between my various personal devices. It’s very convenient for a few gigabytes of data at a time.
I would not want to spend the hours or days it might take to transfer a terabyte or two of image files and other data from a cloud service to a local drive.
The cloud has a legitimate use. Local detachable hard drives are just a better way to archive your data.
I have DropBox on desktop, laptop, tablet.... Space is limited, as I have the free version. But the space is more than sufficient to transfer files between devices and to send files to family and friends (and they do not have to have DropBox on their devices).
I have three 4TB external drives: One is my "working drive" (it's a physically smaller box, easier to have it sit beside the computer)- whatever images I work on go on there.
At the end of a working session, I copy all the images from the smaller drive to one of the "large boxes". When done, it is stored on the opposite end of the house from the computer.
Next time we go to visit our son and his family in a neighbouring town, the "large box" goes with me, to be swapped with the "large box" my 10-year old grandson is looking after for me. As soon as we're home again, that drive is brought up-to-date.
This way, I have three copies of each image (and when I leave them on the computer/in Dropbox as well, four). And the grandson is happy with a task he gets paid for: I occasionally give him $5.00 bill for "rent" of a corner on his bookshelf.
Morning Star wrote:
I have DropBox on desktop, laptop, tablet.... Space is limited, as I have the free version. But the space is more than sufficient to transfer files between devices and to send files to family and friends (and they do not have to have DropBox on their devices).
I have three 4TB external drives: One is my "working drive" (it's a physically smaller box, easier to have it sit beside the computer)- whatever images I work on go on there.
At the end of a working session, I copy all the images from the smaller drive to one of the "large boxes". When done, it is stored on the opposite end of the house from the computer.
Next time we go to visit our son and his family in a neighbouring town, the "large box" goes with me, to be swapped with the "large box" my 10-year old grandson is looking after for me. As soon as we're home again, that drive is brought up-to-date.
This way, I have three copies of each image (and when I leave them on the computer/in Dropbox as well, four). And the grandson is happy with a task he gets paid for: I occasionally give him $5.00 bill for "rent" of a corner on his bookshelf.
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For the last decade I have been using
Allway Sync Pro ($26) on my desktop. It runs an incremental backup automatically for specific directories every three hours from 9 AM through 9 PM from my desktop to the two removable drives. I have the free version on my two laptops to run on demand.
Each month I swap one of the drives with the one in my safe deposit box and it catches up on the next cycle.
There are many other programs available. See
Comparison of file synchronization software
aellman wrote:
I have been with Carbonite since they were founded. No problems, no fears, no acquisitions. I don't have to know the
officers personally to know their reputation, huge customer base, and trustworthiness.
I seriously considered Carbonite, but they are really just for backup and not file sharing. I share a lot of files with our kids and friends, so I went with DropBox. I have a TB and it works great. I believe DB and Carbonite are equally safe and reliable, it's just that DB fits my needs better. I checked recently, and I'm at 880GB, so I'll be increasing to 2TB in the near future. I also have everything on external drives and rotate one off-site at our daughter's house. I also have an internal drive where I keep an extra copy of all of my photos. I don't store my personal/financial data in the cloud, rather I want to keep "a closer rein" on it.
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