10-09-2015, 10:53 AM
My approach is quite drastic and I fear won't be feasible soon. I also have a very bad experience with connectors of external drives, such as popo said. So I replaced the optical reader inside my MacBook Pro with a secondary hard disk, and all my photos are there in primary copy. No need to connect an external drive. Unfortunately, this won't be possible when next year I'll have to buy a new MBP.
Then I have a backup (of everything) on an external 2TB driver. I don't trust it as a rock solid backup, but it's made automatically during the day if I'm working at the desk. My older MacBookPro lives as a perfect clone of my primary one, synced every month, or when I'm going to leave for a trip. At home I have a NAS, connected by means of ethernet, that I turn on only when I make a backup, usually every ten days. My photos are then further back up in DVDs (four copies kept in different places at home), even though I have a few years that aren't backed up like that.
Still, if my house burns when I'm in with all my stuff, I risk to lose everything. :-)
Then I have a backup (of everything) on an external 2TB driver. I don't trust it as a rock solid backup, but it's made automatically during the day if I'm working at the desk. My older MacBookPro lives as a perfect clone of my primary one, synced every month, or when I'm going to leave for a trip. At home I have a NAS, connected by means of ethernet, that I turn on only when I make a backup, usually every ten days. My photos are then further back up in DVDs (four copies kept in different places at home), even though I have a few years that aren't backed up like that.
Still, if my house burns when I'm in with all my stuff, I risk to lose everything. :-)
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Sony a6300, Sony a6000, Sony NEX-6, Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS, Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS, Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS, Sigma 150-600mm Æ’/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary, Samyang 12mm Æ’/2, Sigma 30mm F2.8 DN | A, Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 100mm Æ’/2.8, Samyang 8mm Æ’/3.5 fish-eye II | Zenit Helios 44-2 58mm Æ’/2
Plus some legacy Nikkor lenses.
Sony a6300, Sony a6000, Sony NEX-6, Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS, Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS, Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS, Sigma 150-600mm Æ’/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary, Samyang 12mm Æ’/2, Sigma 30mm F2.8 DN | A, Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 100mm Æ’/2.8, Samyang 8mm Æ’/3.5 fish-eye II | Zenit Helios 44-2 58mm Æ’/2
Plus some legacy Nikkor lenses.