Happy Christmas from Me

Digital cameras make it easy to take lots of photos, but you can easily find yourself without any of them if your computer crashes.All the images of your children and family, merry Christmas pictures, precious moments, lost forever.

Most people who do backup their photos do it to CD’s or DVD’s.  But this is a feel good measure that does little good.  CD’s and DVD’s can start showing errors within three years even when stored in the best of conditions.Only perfect conditions will prevent these errors from happening faster.

And sharing your family Christmas photos is just burdensome.  Most end up emailing just to get files around the same household or giving away personal information to one of the online freebie services.  But there is a much better way that is both inexpensive and easy to use, Internet Backup.

Internet Attached Storage combines online backup, file sharing, and network disk features (Like OPENRSM CloudBackup).You add the benefit of backups of your other essential data (documents, files, email) and you don’t have to give away your private information to do so.

Here’s how it works.  You create an with an Internet Attached Storage provider.You then setup each computer with the free client software and select the network drive option.Each computer will then perform an automatic backup at the times you configured while also having your new shared folder appear as a network disk.And the best part of all is.You can share a specific folder.When you do this the shared folder “appears” on all the computers on your account.

No more emailing photos, no more using services that make you give up your privacy.  And all the computers have backup for your other important files (like banking, documents, email) as well as having all those photos available from every computer.This keeps disk usage down while having a remote secure copy available if something bad happens (like you crop a photo and forget to rename it).And if you don’t notice that damaged photo early on a original version is still available to you.

The important things you need to remember are.Trusting CDs isn’t smart if your photos are important to you. They are easily damaged or warped. Also, studies indicate CDs arn’t the best option for long term preservation.Most online photo sharing sites are free but there is a cost in privacy and control of your Christmas photos.Internet Attached Storage provides a copy of your pictures outside of your computer and home.  Keeping photos organized makes everything easier because Internet Attached Storage mirrors the structure of your own disk. Ensure you automatically backup new photos, you don’t want to lose pictures because you forgot that one time.Make it “forgetfull proof” by automating it.

Not every online backup or Internet Attached Storage provider have advanced synchronization, automation, or network drive and folder sharing features.We’ve taken a look at what’s available and think the best you can use is OPENRSM CloudBackup.It has the advanced file sharing, ease of use, and low cost you need to keep your family photos from being lost forever.