Crashplan continuously backs up all of my files to their servers, providing offsite backup. * SuperDuper!* performs a twice-daily backup to an external hard disk. Aperture automatically imports the photos from my Photostream into my photo library. I shut everything else off while I'm away to avoid potential system conflicts.
Photostream only backs up your 1000 most recent photos so if you're a prolific shooter, you'll need to take further precautions.īack at home my MacBook Pro is running three applications. Once the local copy is moved up to an Apple server it is effectively backed up-at least for the moment. This applies to images edited on the iPhone as well, I often do quick edits during the day to upload to Instagram on-the-spot.īefore I go to sleep I make sure the iPad is plugged in and "awake" (I'm probably using it as a bedside clock anyway) so that it can keep pumping images upstream.
Any photos that I do post-processing on are also added to the Photostream when they are saved to the iPad Camera Roll. They quickly become available for editing on the iPad (assuming its connected to the Internet) and are archived on Apple's server. Any images shot using the iPhone automatically become become part of the Photostream too. Photos imported onto the iPad are added to my Photostream. In fact, it was the release of Photostream along with iOS 6 that convinced me to replace my original iPad with an iPad 3 just prior to my last big photo trip. I carry enough camera cards so I don't have to reformat any until I know the images are safely archived.Īpple's Photostream adds value and convenience to my backup process. As soon as I've settled into the room, I connect the camera kit, and import all of my images from that day. For photo trips this used to necessitate carrying a laptop and one or more external hard drives or photo bank devices.įortunately, a 128GB iPad provides lots of room for backing up camera cards, using the Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor. I try to take the words of Pixel Corps Alex Linday to heart, a file doesn't really exist until it exists in three places.
While waiting for the iPad release (oh, the sweet anticipation!) I remember dreaming of using it as a remote photo bank-replacing a smart hard disk/camera reader for storage and archive of digital photos on the road. The first post is On the road with the new digital hub
Anyway, once I removed all copies of iPhoto from the MacBook, the App Store presented me with an Install button and subsequently installed iPhoto 9.6.1. What if I deleted 9.6 before checking the App Store? I did so but there still was an Open button under Purchases because iPhoto was also on the backup drive.
I wondered what I would have done if I didn't have 9.6.1 to replace 9.6. Checking a newer Mac, I found that iPhoto 9.6.1 was working fine with the latest Yosemite so I copied it over to the old MacBook where it worked fine. Checking, I found that I had iPhoto 9.6 which had been working with Yosemite just last month. Clicking the Open button did no good and gave me same error.
Lo and behold, there it was but it had an Open button since iPhoto was already installed. A little Googlin' revealed that if you had iPhoto before you could get it from the Purchases tab of the Mac App Store. Apple dropped it when Photos was released.
It said to search the Mac App Store and download a new version, but no new version was found. So today I upgraded an old MacBook to Yosemite OS X 10.10.4 and iPhoto would not work. I still use iPhoto since Photos does not do everything that iPhoto does.