Questions tagged [backup]
A backup is a duplicate intended to be kept in case of problems with an original. Such as a backup camera or a backup copy of some images.
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How do I restore a previous catalog after upgrading Lightroom Classic to v13.2?'
Immediately after upgrading Lightroom Classic to v13.2 I accidentally undid all the Flags in all the photos. I want to restore the catalogs from v12 but when I did the update to v13.2 I got a message ...
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Apple raw image reduced quality when uploading to Amazon Photos
when backing up my iPhone 14 ProRaw images to Amazon Photos through the iOS app, my 12MP raw DNG photos are only ~1 MB or so. However, on my phone they are closer to 20 MB. After downloading the ...
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Backup compression that takes into account similarities between images? [closed]
I'm trying to reduce the total size of my backups without sacrificing quality, and more importantly, without discarding photos1.
There are plenty of image formats that offer great compression, or ...
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What's the behaviour of Nikon Z cameras with dual card slots set to duplication, using different card sizes?
I'm wondering, what would happen if I ran out of space on one card while the other still had space, on Nikon Z cameras with dual card slots configured to duplicate?
For example, if one card is 64gb ...
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How do I backup my NEF files as NEF files from my MAC? They automatically convert to JPGs which I don’t want
I can easily download NEF files from my Nikon D850 to my MacBook and view and edit them within the Photo directory. However, if I try to save them anywhere else, an external hard drive, Google drive, ...
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How to back-up photos on 2 external hard drives and retain photo creation date?
As shown in the set-up diagram below, I would like to offload photos from an external hard drive A to external hard drive B so that if one fails, they're not all lost, since all moved photos aren't ...
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Should I care about duplicates with different metadata?
I'm in photo-backup-deduplication hell. Thousands of folders organised in a different way, backups of backups of backups. There's no easy way to know what's latest/more important.
I'm using dupeGuru ...
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My D810 is saving NEF rather than jpgs on secondary slot
I have set the secondary slot to save a JPG version of each shot. But it is in fact saving a NEF version instead. This would be correct if set as backup, but it's not, I have checked more than a ...
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Is it better to use the original battery for my d7200 camera or choose an third party replacement is OK? [duplicate]
I got the original nikon d7200 batteries before, but its first initial 1st charge drains very fast. I tried to used them for a couple of weeks so they have definitely run down. And up. They've gone ...
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EOS R backup solution for SDXC cards [duplicate]
I have Canon EOS R which use SDXC cards, what is easier solution and light weight for do backup during travel?
I have 2 cards SANDISK SDXC EXTREME PRO 128GB and just in case would like to do ...
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Uploading RAW files from iPhone using Google Photos
I transfer my ARW raw files from my Sony Alpha 7iii to my iPhone 11 Pro (iOS 13) using the Apple SD card reader and can successfully see the full quality RAW files on my phone (verified by plugging my ...
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Can you simultaneously back up a photo to iCloud Photos and Google Photos on iPhone when you shoot it?
If i want to have a double back up simultaneously on both services, can they work at the same time and not have a conflict ?
Did anyone try?
So what I’m aiming for: 1x Photo is taken on iPhone, photo ...
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Backup photographs in the cloud with Telegram? [closed]
I would like to make a backup in the cloud of my photographs (about 128gb) while I am traveling.
Telegram is free and I can send the original pictures to my second phone number.
But I don't know if ...
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Lightroom 8.1 catalog backup includes lrcat-wal and unzipped lrcat
I'm using Lightroom 8.1 on Windows 10 1809. I've chosen to always get prompted about backing up the catalog when exiting, but after I upgraded to 8.1 (from Lr 8.0 on Windows 8.1), it seems that ...
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How to import photos without duplicates? [closed]
I organize my pictures using a folder structure on an external hard drive. Every time I import new pictures from my camera, I move this pictures in these folders manually. This process is tedious, and ...