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Post by alfp1951 on Apr 21, 2018 7:12:14 GMT
I see Flickr is about to become "Smugmug". A ridiculous name - I just hope our images are safe and we don't have the issues we had with Photobucket.
Alf
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Post by NellyDee on Apr 21, 2018 8:41:26 GMT
I always just put a copy of my images on Flickr and keep the original on my PC which is backed up frequently. I remember all the problems some folks had when wab went awol. They had hundreds of their images just saved on the site with no back up. So make sure you just put copies on Flickr, in case the same thing happens.
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Post by Harold Smith on Apr 21, 2018 12:59:24 GMT
I always just put a copy of my images on Flickr and keep the original on my PC which is backed up frequently. I remember all the problems some folks had when wab went awol. They had hundreds of their images just saved on the site with no back up. So make sure you just put copies on Flickr, in case the same thing happens. All the originals of my pictures uploaded to WAB and Flickr are kept on my hard drive. On my PC all my photographs are kept on a separate internal hard drive. Whenever I update it I backup to an external hard drive. At the end of last year my internal hard drive failed and had I not backed up to the external hard drive I would have lost over thirty years of photographs, the majority of them wildlife. I have over 15,000 slides which I am gradually converting to digital photos. So I was very relieved I didn't have to start that all over again. Though a lot of third party services are useful I would not trust them completely to look after my data. My son used the 'cloud' for keeping personal data and one day it all disappeared and never found it again which caused him many problems. Harold.
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Post by NellyDee on Apr 21, 2018 14:00:00 GMT
It is good to have at least two backups as well as on PC. I was advised to do so a few of years ago when my computer died and new one was installed.(it was suggested that one of the backup be kept out of the house/office should a fire occur) What I had not backed up was a couple of programmes I use, Luckily the IT blokes managed to retrieved them off the drive in the PC and install them on the new PC. I had to downgrade the Windows programme that came with the new PC as one of the progammes would not work with the latest and the other programme's company later agreed that they would keep selling the programme via download but would not do updates or support.Think there were a lot of people hassling them should the programme be lost off their PCs. I actually don't use three as my PC now is backed up every night.
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Post by ianr on Apr 22, 2018 6:57:08 GMT
Same for me kept on the pc backed up on separate hdd installed in pc and an external hdd. I've always liked the belt and braces look ian
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Post by rowanberry on Apr 22, 2018 8:46:02 GMT
Since I'd never heard of Smugmug, I did a bit of research. From this article- www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/ "Founded in 2002, SmugMug has been around even longer than Flickr and, from the start, has defied conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley, never taking a dime from outside investors or entertaining buyout offers. It operates on a smaller scale, but has won over millions of customers with a single-minded devotion to photography and a personal touch often lacking in online services run by giant corporations." ... and this one petapixel.com/2018/04/21/thoughts-on-the-smugmug-flickr-acquisition/ "In buying Flickr, SmugMug more than anything is buying a community. I think that they are going to be very careful not to disrupt this community and look for ways to grow it thoughtfully. Having known the MacAskills (the family that owns SmugMug) for many years, one thing I can say for certain is that they LOVE photography and photographers. If you ever get a chance to visit their offices in Mountain View, do it. What you will find is wall after wall covered with the biggest prints you have ever seen in your life. These are people who are passionate about photography, not advertising." According to the report, Flickr might have been in danger of going the same way as Photobucket, thanks to being bought by Yahoo, (and I know Yahoo has had lots of security issues... I switched to Gmail after I started received spam from myself at my Yahoo account!) www.theverge.com/2018/4/20/17264226/flickr-acquired-by-smugmug"The fate of Flickr has been up in the air as part of the ongoing decline of Yahoo, which was bought by Verizon last year $4.5 billion dollars and combined with AOL into Oath." All in all, it sounds like it might be a good thing for Flickr, (despite the name!) but we'll have to wait and see... and keep backing up those photos!
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