I've tried a load of different photo backup solutions in the decade or so of active photography, but I've yet to find something that I will regularly use. It all comes down to ease of use and minimal hassle. I have a NAS, external hard drives and so on, but they all require just that much manual effort that I just don't end up using it. Online backups are one solution but they don't feel 100% reliable either, and I have to re-download hundreds of gigs if I don't keep them on my hard drive.
The problem I've had so far with NASes and such is that the user interface is horrible and it's like I'm using an old FTP server from 1999. It's easier to just manually copy files to an external hard drive, but this requires me to remember to do it regularly and remember what files I haven't yet copied. Out of all the times Lightroom has asked me if I want to backup my photos before quitting, my percent of clicking "Skip this time" is 100%. Well, I might have accidentally clicked backup one time, but I quickly escaped that situation.
Any tips for a storage solution that is as simple as possible? I'm not technologically illiterate but I just can't be arsed to go through a lot of steps every time I import new photos, and I just end up being lazy and forgetting. I hope that there's an easy solution out there that I haven't heard of that requires a minimum amount of fiddling to secure my photos and videos. There's so much sponsored content out there it's hard to get a good picture of what's actually useful. Any tips are appreciated!
The problem I've had so far with NASes and such is that the user interface is horrible and it's like I'm using an old FTP server from 1999. It's easier to just manually copy files to an external hard drive, but this requires me to remember to do it regularly and remember what files I haven't yet copied. Out of all the times Lightroom has asked me if I want to backup my photos before quitting, my percent of clicking "Skip this time" is 100%. Well, I might have accidentally clicked backup one time, but I quickly escaped that situation.
Any tips for a storage solution that is as simple as possible? I'm not technologically illiterate but I just can't be arsed to go through a lot of steps every time I import new photos, and I just end up being lazy and forgetting. I hope that there's an easy solution out there that I haven't heard of that requires a minimum amount of fiddling to secure my photos and videos. There's so much sponsored content out there it's hard to get a good picture of what's actually useful. Any tips are appreciated!
