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This is too much for almost all users. IMO the best method is to simply store them on google and keep a single local copy. Its almost impossible that google wil
by SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago
This is too much for almost all users. IMO the best method is to simply store them on google and keep a single local copy. Its almost impossible that google will lose your data since they keep multiple backups and the local copy will save you if they ever kick you off the service.
- mceachen 6y agoUnfortunately, having directly felt the brunt of Google AI deciding it needed to disable something about my account for no appreciable reason, this is simply not true. Even if Google had reasonable customer support, relying only on a cloud backup is unwise. UX being what it is, my aunt just lost most of her iCloud photos because she thought she was cleaning up her laptop to donate, but iCloud synchronized all the deletes up to her account. My father "clicked the wrong button" and lost his entire Picasa library a while back. More copies are better.
- Spooky23 6y agoThe person you are replying to said to add a Google Drive to existing local storage. Sounds like you agree.
- dialamac 6y agoI don’t think so... the one local storage mentioned originally would not qualify as a backup.
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y agoIts a backup of whats on your google account. You set your phone to upload to google and once a month or so you download the backup.
- m_eiman 6y agoIf you aunt deleted her pictures recently enough, she might be able to get them back: they're stored in a Recently Deleted folder for 30 days before they're really gone. https://www.imyfone.com/ios-data-recovery/how-to-recover-photos-from-icloud/ https://www.imyfone.com/ios-data-recovery/how-to-recover-pho...
- mceachen 6y agoThanks!
- paxys 6y agoGoogle can shut your account for no reason and with no warning. Pricing plans and other terms of service can (and will) abruptly change. There is no guarantee that Google will even exist 20 years from now. If we are talking about data that is to be handed down for generations, I certainly wouldn't trust Google as a solution. I do agree though that setting up self-hosted local/offsite backup, the kind described in the article, is out of reach for most users. Maybe redundant copies on every cloud storage provider will do the trick?
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y agoI have already covered that case though. Google provides a tool to dump your data locally which they can never touch. Put all your photos on google first and then do a monthly backup to your local computer. Its verging on impossible that google will ban you and your hdd fail at the same time.