KimBM

Hi Brian, I posted a while ago about my very full Mac hard drive. A large amount is filled up with photos that are automatically transferred from my iPhone. Is there a way to remove them from my Mac without impacting what’s on my phone and to stop the automatic transfer? I’m happy to keep them on my phone as they are backed up to iCloud, but I don’t need them also sitting on the MacBook. Thanks

I was a little afraid you would say that! I will get the cleaning program you recommend. In terms of an upgrade what do you recommend? I want something that’s going to last around 5 years.

Hi Brian, sorry for the super slow response - below is the message when I did the health check. Let me know if that doesn’t look right. I have a Mac laptop running High Sierra and Photoshop 2020. It is over 8 years old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 16.9GB free out of 500.07GB. The last time I shut down was just before posting this thread. I have never run a cleanup program.

Hello, I have an old MacBook Pro and haven’t been very disciplined saving files and keeping it organised. It runs very slow. Is there an easy way to tidy it up and back-up the data? I think I have all my photos saved to hard drives, but not sure if there is a painless way to check? I have small kids so don’t spend the time I’d like on editing at this point. I’d love to upgrade my laptop, but don’t think it’s a sensible option until I have more time to use it.

I’m not overly tech savvy. I remember reading in another thread that 3 copies of data is what is recommended and just thought maybe I should buy 2 of these drives? Im really just looking for a simple (but reliable) back-up.

Thank you. I’m assuming I should have at least 2 of these?

I have an old Mac. My personal photos are important to me. I had no idea how much I would need to spend so I put my budget as the amount I’ve been saving to upgrade my computer, but figure no point in taking photos if they are lost! I have a baby so barely have time to edit (previously used Lightroom, but started Damien’s Raw Class). I shoot almost daily and just transfer to the hard drive when the card is full. When the family load lessens a bit I will return to the photos.

I have a Canon R6. I currently have less than 1TB, but want something that will last. Budget approx $2K.

Hi Brian, Could you please suggest storage for a hobbyist? I have my images stored across multiple seagate hard drives and I’d like a better more secure solution. Thanks