Photo Backups

Dear Geek,

I’m always worried about my home computer. If something were to happen to it, all my family photos would be gone, and I wouldn’t be able to get those all back. Is there some way to ensure that my photos will be safe if some

Sincerely,
Photo historian

Dear historian,
Often when someone has a computer disaster, the first thing they are worried and we are asked about, is their pictures. Most times we can recover these, but unfortunately sometimes we can’t or the cost of such recovery runs into the thousands of dollars. For this reason, I offer some of the best ways to backup your photos for free, or at a low cost.

1. MyShoeBox
http://shoeboxapp.com
Cost – Free (At Screen Resolution) or $5/month for original resolution
Service – Unlimited backup of pictures

2. Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/
Cost – 2GB Free, or per month fee for additional storage
Service – drop anything you want into your cloud storage

3. Google Drive
http://drive.google.com
Cost – Free 15GB of storage
Service – 15GB Free, but there is no security or file locations

4. Crashplan
http://crashplan.com
Cost – $10/month
Service – unlimited computer backups

Need someone to help setup a solution for you? Give us a call – 204-800-3166. We also offer managed cloud backups and local backups of your workstation.

Got a question for The Geek?  Email:  geek@tbyd.ca.

Got Cyber-Bugs?

Call 1-204-800-3166

For Cyber-Extermination!