Online Storage-----Justcloud??
Think I'm going to start paying for online storage. I have one of those Iomega things that automatically backs up, but it is a black box that I can't understand, and seems to drive my security check ...
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5thwheeleroldman - I use both a plug in drive like your Iomega and put some things in the cloud. If you have 80 gigs of pictures I would suggest that you keep most of your pictures on a local external drive. Why? With USB 3 the transfer rate is super fast. Many times faster than on line. I would suggest a new external drive. I have two recent Seagates and one Western Digital for my Macbook.
I have used Microsoft's Sky Drive, Google's Drive system, Dropbox, and Ubantu 1. Ubantu 1 just emailed me today to say they were closing down their cloud service. So, IMHO, you should try to stick with a well known large service. Many of these small cloud services will not be here five years from now.
Sky Drive - Works well with simple system to keep files up to date.
Google Drive - I have used this one the longest and it works well. However, pictures storage is a PITA.
Dropbox - very simple. very good.
I also use iPhoto on my Macbook Pro. Apple automatically backs up all pictures I import into iPhoto. This is nice for a look at your pictures on an iPad, but is not intuitive to use at all.
I would go with Dropbox or Microsoft Skydrive. Dropbox works cross platform.
I have used Microsoft's Sky Drive, Google's Drive system, Dropbox, and Ubantu 1. Ubantu 1 just emailed me today to say they were closing down their cloud service. So, IMHO, you should try to stick with a well known large service. Many of these small cloud services will not be here five years from now.
Sky Drive - Works well with simple system to keep files up to date.
Google Drive - I have used this one the longest and it works well. However, pictures storage is a PITA.
Dropbox - very simple. very good.
I also use iPhoto on my Macbook Pro. Apple automatically backs up all pictures I import into iPhoto. This is nice for a look at your pictures on an iPad, but is not intuitive to use at all.
I would go with Dropbox or Microsoft Skydrive. Dropbox works cross platform.
