I am trying to finally move from entirely depending on Google Photos to a proper backup strategy. I have my photos and videos downloaded from Google which are a mess right now but as long they’re with me I am fine, at least for now.

So, what I have planned is 3 way backup with Mega Drive-Google Photos- Local storage. Local storage, I will start off with storing on a pendrive and my router has a usb port so will make use of it for time being.

I know my way of doing things is noobish for a piracy community (and in general too, I am kinda embarrassed as well sharing this “strategy” of mine). Hence I’m asking for suggestions to improve my strategy. Yeah, in the future I will move to HDDs and NAS but for time being I am starting out this way.

So how do you manage your personal media? Are there any noob-friendly tools/techniques you know which drastically improve my strategy?

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago
    • ⚠️ Expect bugs and breaking changes.
    • ⚠️ Do not use the app as the only way to store your photos and videos.

    Well that’s not very confidence-inducing…

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Have you ever logged in to a linux shell? If so, the below or similar may be familiar:

      Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

      As I see they are just

      • covering their asses legally, in case someone wanted to go to court over losing family pictures
      • making sure that the admin knows that they really really should do backups of the data stored there
      • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        “no warranty” is very different from “expect bugs and breakage”

        It tells me they’re not confident in or trying for stability. Which means I have to expect issues and fix up time requirements. Which I’m not willing to invest regularly.