Saving my photos on YouTube

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@vickyrose (2235)
Cooma, Australia
October 13, 2022 8:59pm CST
Since 2014, I’ve subscribed to ICloud to save my 50,000 photos. I’m a prolific photographer using my Ipad. After using up my free storage quota, early last year, I subscribed to $4.99 a month to keep my photos. I just learnt that I can actually save my photos as a movie clip on YouTube. I have started to experiment, so far it’s ok. I can also print out some to make a scrapbook. All I needed is to organize them and come out with a plan or an outline of what to do. Most of my photos were from travels, landscapes and events, of families and friends, marking some events. Do you save your photos? How do you manage the storage of your gadgets?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
14 Oct 22
I take a lot of photos too. But I use Android phones and use an SD card in my phone. I don't want my photos online unless I'm sharing them here on myLot. When the SD card starts getting full, I transfer the photos to a 4 TB flash drive to keep them safe.
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rosyrose
@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
14 Oct 22
Thanks for sharing. I have a camera and save them all in the SD card, but haven’t used it for awhile. I like your process, though. I might eventually to that. I use the Imovie apps and I can keep them there too. My photos are ok to share, most are of places, landscapes and public events.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
14 Oct 22
@vickyrose You're welcome. And yes, I save a lot of movies I get online to the flash drive, too. When the internet went down a few months ago my daughter, Pretty, and I watched movies from it. I just don't like people bothering my stuff. Nothing to hide but it's mine and I think of it like my pockets. I don't have anything other people couldn't see in my pockets but I still don't wnat them rummaging without my permission. Anything online is fair game to some people.
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• United States
14 Oct 22
I hope it won’t lower the photo quality if you need to save them from YouTube later on.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• United States
14 Oct 22
@vickyrose I just worry in case of a fire. There’s only two photos of my husband when he was little for that reason because they were in the grandmothers house instead. My baby girl looks exactly like he did.
rosyrose
@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
14 Oct 22
Over time, there might be some quality issues. That’s why, I’m also printing out some for easier access. There are photo books available, it will be a pricey exercise, but good to do for precious memories of adventures and of people,
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Oct 22
I do save many of my photos. I don't like having my info in the cloud and I have a USB drive. One for pictures and one for documents. I just don't trust other sites or the Cloud.
Anna
@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
14 Oct 22
I do not save my photos online, clouds are not safe. I copy my photos to my 4 TB NAS unit. With what you pay per month you can buy a very large hard drive to store your photos and they are a lot safer.
solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
14 Oct 22
iCloud for now but when I run out of budget to pay the monthly subscription, I’ll think of another way
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct 22
We have photos stored on a separate hard drive. Photos are so easy to take nowadays it's easy to amass dozens of them.