Mikaela Caron 🦄

What do y’all do with all your photos once your phone / iCloud is full….?

I used to just move them all to an external hard drive, but then I don’t have access to them, but also technically backing them up to once place means that could still fail and it’s best to backup to multiple places

Jun 16, 2024 at 6:33pmWeb
Show threadTim ChatenJun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron Pay for more iCloud lol :(
Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Jun 16, 2024
@tchaten lol this was going to be my solution, haha which puts off dealing with this for a minute 😂
Show threadTim ChatenJun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron yea if external hard drives could be used for backups this would solve so many issues for this
Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Jun 16, 2024
@tchaten I do use them for backups right now 🫨 should I not?
Show threadTim ChatenJun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron it’s sadly really the only good option - exclusive way to backup Apple Vision Pro, but iPad and iPhone can do it via Mac if you have one as a way to save on iCloud
Show threadIvo 🇪🇺Jun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron Putting my whole (digital) life behind one account name and password keeps me awake sometimes…
Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Jun 16, 2024
@Ivovanwilligen hahaha I feel this
Show threadEvan DavisJun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron buy more iCloud. I’m at 2 TB for my Photos library and for me it’s worth the cost to always have them available (with an internet connection at least). I also have a 4TB Mac mini that keeps a local copy of everything then backups to Backblaze for added security
Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Jun 16, 2024
@wahoo so your Mac mini is this connected to your iCloud so it automatically syncs, and then that’s backed up to Backblaze?
Show threadEvan DavisJun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron yup! I take photos on a camera too so this way I can upload to my ipad or Mac mini and they’ll make their way into icloud and eventually backblaze too without me doing anything. Not the cheapest option, and apps like Lightroom are more powerful, but it’s super easy and I get to take advantage of all the ML and Apple Intelligence advances in Photos for a library of over 100k photos
Show threadYilei 🥭Jun 16, 2024
@mikaelacaron I use Google Photos and pay for their storage 🤪
Show threadharrisonheinigJun 17, 2024

@mikaelacaron I keep all photos more than a calendar year old on a NAS drive that I can access from anywhere. Lets me still access my photos without eating up iCloud Storage.

I prefer to review and sort in Lightroom Mobile which also makes it easier to export on my Mac to move to the NAS drive.

Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Jun 17, 2024
@harrisonheinig which NAS do you use? And how do you access those photos regularly?
Show threadharrisonheinigJun 17, 2024

@mikaelacaron I have used Synology for quite some time without any issues.

They have a service called Synology Photo that allows you to connect to the drives and view the photos that is pretty good. At times it can be a bit slow but that has more to do with my network provider than anything.

I have also heard good things about QNAP and Photo Station but I haven’t tried it.

Show threadJamie BlumbergJun 17, 2024
@mikaelacaron Pay for the Apple One bundle that includes 2TB of storage, save all my photos locally on my Mac, and back *that* up with Backblaze and Time Machine.
Show threadJosh HrachJun 17, 2024
@mikaelacaron Buy another 2TB in iCloud. 😭
Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Jun 18, 2024
@JoshHrach seems to be the way to do it 😅