Using Google photos as a file cabinet

@pcunix (210)
Middleboro, Massachusetts
October 12, 2015 10:59am CST
A few months ago, Google announced Google Photos. Unlike many other similar services like Apple's iCloud, Dropbox etc. Google imposes no limits on the number of your photos, the length of videos or even the total storage space used. It's all free (they do limit photo resolution to 16 megapixels and video resolution to 1080p but that's unimportant for most of us). I store all my photos and videos there, but I also use it as a filing cabinet for important stuff like medical records and so on. I just take pictures or scans of the things I want to save. When I upload them to Google photos, it lets me organize them in "collections" which lets me easily find anything I'm looking for.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
13 Oct 15
I have always been reluctant to use online storage and would certainly not rly on it. I am far happier storing any important data on an external drive.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Oct 15
@pcunix It is certainly not my hard drive either because I always store data externally.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Oct 15
@pcunix That depends on the data concerned.Some is stored on an external hard drive and some on DVDs.
Tony Lawrence
@pcunix (210)
• Middleboro, Massachusetts
21 Oct 15
@Asylum on what?
Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 15
That's interesting, it's a good idea to keep photos somewhere other than your own computer.
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Tony Lawrence
@pcunix (210)
• Middleboro, Massachusetts
12 Oct 15
Especially when it's free
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@allknowing (137914)
• India
13 Oct 15
Is it not the same as picasa albums?
Tony Lawrence
@pcunix (210)
• Middleboro, Massachusetts
13 Oct 15
No, it isn't. Picassa had limits.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Oct 15
sounds handy. I have used dropbox to transfer files to friends occasionally - such storage is useful and generally quite secure
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
19 Oct 15
Been using it for years, including their online Docs, Sheets, Presentations, and such. Head firmly in the Clouds, me!
ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
20 Oct 15
This sounds great, but is the site secure?
ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
21 Oct 15
@pcunix That sounds like a good idea. I keep my photos on the iCloud and another copy on my laptop. I back up the laptop from time to time on flash drives.
Tony Lawrence
@pcunix (210)
• Middleboro, Massachusetts
21 Oct 15
@ElizabethWallace iCloud also can have two factor authentication, but they do limit your storage.
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