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photo back up

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    Backup iPhone photos, but remove the preview from phone, too?

    I am looking for the best way to make a digital backup of my photos, but not exactly through iCloud. They are already backed up there, but even having the tens of thousands of previews is annoying and overwhelming, so I want to start fresh while still maintaining a reliable backup. I’d just...
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    Exporting photos issue

    I'm backing up my Photo library. When I Select All, there are 15.089 photos to export. I choose Export Unmodified Photos, and I get an message that an internet connection is needed. I assume this is a normal prompt. I definitely have an internet connection. However, when I click the progressive...
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    Resolved Photos library - repair, reformat, recover?

    Hello, I would appreciate some help. I was keeping my photolibrary on a WD 2Tb My Passport for Mac. The file is around 64gb. A few months ago the hard drive became sick and the photolibrary would no longer open. I got quoted around $500 to recover the files and get a new hard drive. (I...
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    iPad Pro iPad Pro 10,5: USB 3 Camera Adapter vs. SD Card Camera Reader

    I need an adapter to import photos from my camera to my 10,5 iPad Pro when I am away from my Mac. I just don't understand the difference between the USB 3 Camera Adapter and the SD Card Camera Reader. Of course, I know that the first will require my regular camera data cable while the latter can...
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    Went from iPhotos to Photo.

    This problem is two fold. I have a lot of unwanted JPG's populating my new Photos library, like thousands, apparently from Apple. I also have the problem of the photos from the former iPhoto I used for years not populating the new Photo library. These problems started when the hard drive...
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    iCloud access\backup lack issue since 28-04-2017

    Note: I was also recently affected by 50 gb iCloud unsubscription. I’m experiencing an awful issue and I really need any help or advice about the ways to resolve it. This morning I entered my iCloud from PC and I saw that my 50 GB was almost free (49 of 50) while it was just 22 GB free...
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    EVERYTHING, ALL of my files are in iCloud, EXCEPT....

    iCloud 1TB a month holds huge amounts of music, documents, files, folders, scans, pdfs, etc... even gigs of photos. EXCEPT... My Current Camera Roll It's a bit frustrating knowing everything is properly backed up, including photos from previous iPhones except my most recent photos on the...
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    HELP! Get photos off iPhone and onto computer or hard drive

    I have about 12,000 photos in the photos app on my iPhone6s. The problem is 11,000 of them are NOT in the camera roll. A little back story, I had all these pictures on my computer and synced them to my phone. They range from 10 years ago until somewhat recent and are the only copies I have...
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    Backing up and organizing photos on EXTERNAL hard drive

    Hey guys! I run my time machine once a month to back up my data. And I have Google Photos Backup in the cloud. At the end of each year I also export my iPhoto (yes, I have an old Mac)into external hard drive. However I noticed that once I transfer my iPhoto library onto the external hard drive...