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I just keep looking up at the sky wondering which of those clouds is full of photos and when they are going to start raining down. Or maybe we will start getting hosed with photos.....As I recall Apple users are steered towards Google Photos to store their photos in the cloud. It still gives immediate access to everything but frees device storage up.
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Apple users are steered toward iCloud, not the Google competitor.But as an Apple user, I actually use competitor Microsoft for cloud storage of files including photos because I have an Office 365 subscription that includes that storage at no extra charge. iCloud doesn't get my photos, but does get all the stuff I want to sync between my devices...messages, calendar, notes, etc. I did try the Google storage for awhile, but I prefer the interface on what I'm using now.
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When 'The Cloud' became a 'thing', I always laughed when passing the office area of our IT folks - - with a big sign on the wall: "The Cloud is just someone else's computer." (I think everyone has this figured out by now.)Originally Posted by Ronald Blue
I just keep looking up at the sky wondering which of those clouds is full of photos and when they are going to start raining down. Or maybe we will start getting hosed with photos.....
For the privacy and archival worriers, you can get a 'box of drives' - i.e. Dell offers 12TB RAID 1 configured external storage for ~$500(?)(last time I looked). I think they even call it "My Cloud" - - you own it, plug it in/on your network & property, and you control who/how you or anyone else accesses it from the web (or not). Certainly more expensive than a thumb drive, but it does give some insurance against a HD crash, and its as private as you want to make it.
Probably archaic now, but I setup similar device with 2x 1TB drives several years ago to store SWMBO's research work at home. It was a lot less than $500 - even then. (I'll let the IT wizards tell y'all about RAID levels.)
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By Apple yes but if you do a search places like CNet recommend google cloud as the preferred option. They have it set up so it works great as well. For some people Apples plan to scan everyone's photos for inappropriate or even illegal child photos it will steer some away. I think this includes looking for photos that may include missing children. I don't want to get into a debate about that because it doesn't bother me that they are doing this for kids. My only thought is where does this stop? What will the next thing be? If you take photos of firearms will you be singled out? I guess that remains to be seen. It also flows against the Apple claim of protecting your privacy at all costs. Just thinking out loud here. No axe to grind.Apple users are steered toward iCloud, not the Google competitor.
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Maybe something is missing in my life. Candy has an iPad and does store things in the cloud. This makes it easy to recover everything when it eventually dies.
For me, my computer has a terabyte of storage. After five years it is using less than 20% of that. Maybe if more full length feature movies were stored or something it would get close to full.
In looking for a new external back up drive it seems the smallest you can find is 1TB.
During my early days in the computing world we had a large drive in our shop, about 3X4X6". We called it the bomber because when it was running it hummed like the bombers in WWII movies. It was a whole 5 megabytes of storage.
Soon there will likely be a court case involving the serving of warrants on cloud based storage if there hasn't already been such a case.
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I think I got a note from Google recently about designating a person who will be able to access anything "Google" of mine after my death. I assume Amazon has the same thing.
Companies have responded to news reports of parents who cannot access the digital accounts of a deceased child (for example).
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...U2SU8Y22DZYRMQ
RAW files are supported.
I actually did not know that. This makes it more useful.
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I assumed Amazon won't access file contents, so checked the privacy policy. They DO have access. I was excited seeing the raw file support and was planning to switch. I will stick with S3 based backups.
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I've given away larger disks than that.
At this point, 1TB costs maybe $50 for name-brand, but it gets cheaper as you ramp up the size: Costco has 8TB Seagates for $120, or $15/TB.
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I believe that idea was dropped a while ago...
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Actually they are only delaying it but it's still going to happen just not this year from what I've read. More tweaking of the plan or something like that. Delayed or paused it doesn't sound like it's dead just not happening immediately. I personally don't care what they do.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/appl...on-images.html
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-ic...ause-backlash/
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Physical devices DO fail. They're also tiny and cheap, keep several copies. At least one copy off site in case of fire/flood/theft. The biggest problem for me would be to keep copies somewhat up to date. Jim B. mentioned AWS. It's the biggest cloud provider in the world, bigger than Microsoft and Google. Supposedly that generates the majority of Amazon's net profit. They have acres and acres of computers and associated infrastructure, I'm sure they can find a miniscule corner for individuals' storage.
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