
Would I survive a house fire or burglary? – Given my best intentions, I haven’t taken a backup offsite in years. My iPhone/iPad replicate their camera roll to one another and are backed up in iCloud, so those photos are protected. My laptop would fare better, with 80% of those photos on OneDrive and Dropbox, but it would still mean data loss. A lighting strike or big electrical surge would be a different story, as I would lose a bunch of photos on my home PC.
MYLIO VS LIGHTROOM PC
Would I survive a device failure? – My home PC has a large mirrored RAID drive array, so I wouldn’t lose anything on a single drive failure. Flickr/Facebook – I have Flickr/Facebook galleries that may or may not still exist on my PCs.iPhone/iPad – I’ve got 1000+ photos on my iPhone that replicate between the two devices, plus a smattering (100 or so) of images that I’ve transferred to the devices from my photo library.If I’m taking photos and not at home, I’ll import and edit photos on the laptop. Laptop – This is my primary work and remote machine.Home PC – This is my main photo-editing and storage device with both a large monitor and plenty of disk space.Photos from some time periods are well-organized, while others are a mess. I try to be careful with backing up photos, but my collection is poorly protected against disaster. I’ve got tons of images from my DSLR and smartphone, but also scanned film from my childhood and pre-digital days, totaling 250GB+ and growing rapidly. I’m a somewhat avid photographer with a library of 50,000+ images from the past 40 years. I’ve been using Mylio for about a month, and I’ve found it to be a valuable tool for organizing and backing up photos across my devices. The subscription-based app is available across Windows, Mac, and iOS, with an Android version in the works.
