https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:26:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823453 Fri, 18 May 2018 12:05:20 +0000 babybunnylove 2823453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve had my email account hacked and lost everything attached to it. I would be scared to rely on it solely for my photo backup. But my phone is getting too many photos to keep on there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823448 Fri, 18 May 2018 11:48:20 +0000 lindseykaye 2823448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Oh nothing like that - google has it's suite of applications - mail (gmail), google drive, etc, all linked to your one account. It actually looks like they separated Google Photos from Google Drive now that I am looking again. It was a Google Drive folder when I got it but see the pic below to know what I mean on the desktop, accessing it from gmail. Clicking on that icon from your mail will take you to all your photos on a computer.</p> <p>It's the same as the Amazon photos, your pics upload when you open the app, or you can set it to do it in the background I think (I use the open app option though). Printing quality is good, and I think you can choose options for this.</p> <p>What I like about Google vs. Prime though is that someday, perhaps, we will not be Prime members anymore and I don't want to risk losing or having to do the work of transferring from Prime in that case. With Google, since it's all free there's not really any risk there. I mean, I don't see us not having Prime any time soon but it was something I considered. </p> [attach=2103/18/p8xo0k.359x600.google-photos.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823447 Fri, 18 May 2018 11:46:31 +0000 NorthStar 2823447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use igoogle as well and all my phone pics/videos automatically back up there when I'm on Wifi. There is also a function where it will delete any off your iphoto that have been backed up. It doesn't do this automatically, but is a function you can do if you choose to. It makes the photo cleanup SO quick.</p> <p>As far as the laptop side of things, you can access these same pics via Google Photos. All that is is a part of your google account where you can store photos. So, on your laptop, you can log in there and see all the iphone pics you've taken. You can sort into albums (I do monthly folders/albums) and then add any pics from your laptop. </p> <p>I find it SUPER easy, plus it's free! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823445 Fri, 18 May 2018 11:21:27 +0000 mediagirl 2823445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babybunnylove: @MrsBucky: I just grabbed a photo from my Amazon Prime photos and downloaded it. I then went and uploaded it to Walgreens (my preferred printing service) and it looks like it is good to print up to 16x20. I'm not sure what the original would print up to. It is crystal clear, though. I haven't had any quality problems with printing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823441 Fri, 18 May 2018 11:08:45 +0000 PurplePumps 2823441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a droid, so that auto backups to google. But I also just connect to my PC and copy all my pictures to a hard drive so that I can organize them by date/occasions, then I back up to another external drive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823436 Fri, 18 May 2018 10:59:47 +0000 babybunnylove 2823436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any recommendations on which is best for maintaining the quality? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823434 Fri, 18 May 2018 10:42:23 +0000 MrsBucky 2823434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babybunnylove: it varies a lot by which storage solution you choose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823433 Fri, 18 May 2018 10:40:01 +0000 babybunnylove 2823433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does uploading your photos to any storage distort the photo size or will it keep the original so if you want to print later it won’t be fuzzy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823429 Fri, 18 May 2018 10:25:09 +0000 DesertDreams88 2823429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know anything about iCloud, but my husband and I use one Dropbox business account so that we can access our files across any platform (apple or windows or android etc) or any device. It is basically a program/app that is just a folder on your computer and it syncs your files to a cloud. It is for files, not just photos.</p> <p>On your phone, your photos automatically upload either via wifi or data, whichever you choose. </p> <p>Dropbox is free but we pay for unlimited storage, $10 a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823428 Fri, 18 May 2018 10:21:49 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2823428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yes! Once you download the app, it downloads your photos automatically once you open the app. So easy and helpful. I'm all about ease when it comes to things like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823427 Fri, 18 May 2018 09:54:25 +0000 mediagirl 2823427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: it uploads everything automatically, which saves so much time! </p> [attach=251/18/p8xiqp.255x400.Screenshot_20180518-104349_Samsung-Experience-Home.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823426 Fri, 18 May 2018 09:51:55 +0000 snowjewelz 2823426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now I use both Google Photos and Amazon Photos and I haven't even printed out 2017 books yet, haha! My thought is I have 2 places of storage, plus I will print books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823419 Fri, 18 May 2018 09:39:34 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2823419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @2PeasinaPod: very helpful, we have Prime. I’ll look into that. Do you have the Amazon Photo app on your cell phones?</p> <p>When I attempted to find and download the GMAIL app earlier I had 13 updates... so I still have yet to download a photo app. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823418 Fri, 18 May 2018 09:37:39 +0000 Miss Ariel 2823418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I upload all my photos to Flickr. I’ve been doing this since college so I have years and years of saved photos there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823409 Fri, 18 May 2018 09:00:07 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2823409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If anyone has Amazon Prime, get Amazon Photo - free storage of photos and videos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823407 Fri, 18 May 2018 08:57:48 +0000 mediagirl 2823407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I share an Amazon Prime account. With that account, we get unlimited photo storage. Our photos are automatically uploaded and stored and we are still just paying for a service we already use, without having to pay for something new. AND we can make photo books straight from prime photos - win. </p> <p>But we don't do Apple devices so this probably isn't helpful... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823396 Fri, 18 May 2018 08:17:35 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2823396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: a drive folder- like I have to install something? I couldn’t even install iTunes on my work laptop, which is why I have to go to the Apple Store to get my work phone IOS updated.</p> <p>Ugh!!We actually have personal laptops, but they haven’t been touched in years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823395 Fri, 18 May 2018 08:14:32 +0000 lindseykaye 2823395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yes - you can access all your Google Photos as a drive folder, so you can put anything on your laptop into the same location. That also means all your mobile upload photos are avilable on your computer too. Makes printing and photobook making easy as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823392 Fri, 18 May 2018 08:07:28 +0000 bhbee 2823392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBucky: i do this too! I back up my laptop using idrive. With a 6.5yo (plus other computer stuff) I have 400gb+ of stuff to backup. </p> <p>It’s a pain but whenever I transfer over I also do quick deletes/edits and upload for the grandparents (my family has a family iPhone share but his needs a link off an email). Like @MrsBucky this makes it super easy to drop into photo books or photo cards later on </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823388 Fri, 18 May 2018 08:00:27 +0000 MrsBucky 2823388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: It's hard to confirm without getting into the files on your work laptop but I would be very surprised if that were the case. My best guess, without looking, is that the created date updated to the day the file was created on your computer, when you moved the files. But I'm 99% positive there is another metadata attribute on the files called "Date Taken." If you are on a PC searching the files you transferred, make sure you are in the "details" view. There should be an option called "add column" and see if there isn't a column called "date taken." That should give you the date/time the photos were taken, as opposed to when the file was created/copied. I hope that helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823384 Fri, 18 May 2018 07:53:19 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2823384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBucky: I wish I understood the implication of importing my work phone photos to my laptop because now I lost the month/ yr info to date LO. </p> <p>@lindseykaye: hmm, I’m going to download that on my personal phone. Even though it’s a phone app, do you think I could manually put my saved photos from my laptop in there? LO loves the movies the iPhone creates of him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823379 Fri, 18 May 2018 07:32:16 +0000 lindseykaye 2823379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use Google Photos - it's free and you can set the app to automatically upload your pictures and videos if you're on wifi, or you can choose to upload whenever you tell it to manually. You can also choose the folder from which it uploads. I love this because it's FREE and basically unlimited storage. They also have some fun little features similar to Time Hop and put together photos taken in quick succession into little 'movies'. It's been a lifesaver for me keeping my phone photo storage free and I didn't have to upgrade or pay for more cloud storage which never seemed to be enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823378 Fri, 18 May 2018 07:31:56 +0000 MrsBucky 2823378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I listened to a whole podcast on this in the fall, which runs through a LOT of options, maybe worth a listen: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sorta-awesome/id983378923?mt=2&#038;i=1000394360168" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sorta-awesome/id983378923?mt=2&#038;i=1000394360168</a></p> <p>Personally I manually move photos onto my personal desktop regularly into folders by year and month: I do this because I make yearly photo books and it makes it easier that way, but I recognize that is neither I low touch nor a low tech IQ solution! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823366 Fri, 18 May 2018 06:43:25 +0000 Foodnerd81 2823366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to know this too! I finally upgraded my cloud storage when my old phone was starting to die and temporarily deleted all my photos- but they came back! And my new phone has tons of storage. But that doesn’t mean it’s all that safe or organized... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/photo-storage#post-2823365 Fri, 18 May 2018 06:30:24 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2823365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What’s your fool-proof/ low tech IQ way of storing photos and videos?</p> <p>I have an iPhone for work and a personal iPhone. WORK- I had to delete 4G of photos and videos to make space for system update; which didn’t work so I am visiting an Apple store for help today/ tomorrow. Right now those 4G worth of photos are saved on my work laptop. Since I deleted them from my phone I guess they are not on my iCloud?</p> <p>PERSONAL- I upgraded fro.m 5GBto 50GB of iCloud storage so I could finally back up my phone in like 42 weeks. I’m now using 26GB.</p> <p>1) can I transfer my photos saved on my work laptop to my personal iCloud?</p> <p>2) is there a safer place to keep all of the photos and videos?</p> <p>Thanks </p>