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bmw1

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  1. Thank you so much for all your help & time Brian, very much appreciated, cheers
  2. Thanks for all your advice Brian, apparently I don’t have a choice again lol as my house is old with old wiring so I will not be able to get a UPS unit in the short term. I have tried to research standard surge protectors but cannot make out the differences from the starting price of $30 x $40 all the way to $150. can you give me any guidance as to how to proceed from here? cheers
  3. Sorry I forgot I already had a new question for you: What surge protector are you using or would suggest I get to help protect my new hardware? cheers and thanks
  4. Thank you Brian, I will do as you suggest and get these two for now. With the TM backup should I just leave it constantly running like with a Time Capsule? I have seen your filing outline post on Sommer Sweeney's thread which answered a lot of my "how to" questions and will implement that structure as well. Any other advice in this regard? Having worked in the film/tv industry as a 2nd camera assist and for commercial photog's between gigs I have no illusions as to what might be in store for me as a photographer. I am trying to get as prepared as I possibly can from a business and post side so all my ducks are in a row. I, like you, would rather buy quality the first time round and have a solid foundation to build on from there which is why I am here asking you lol. It has taken sooo much longer than I thought it would but thats how it rolls. Digital for an old school film shooter is what is doing my head in. Give me lethal chemicals and a dark room any day! Cheers and will be back with more questions no doubt!
  5. Hi Brian, I have read and re-read multiple times your reply to Sophie Bowden-Caldwell in regards to back up systems and I am still a bit confused so I'm hoping you can clarify a couple of things for me. First up I have a late 2015 27" iMac, 4GHz Intel Core i7 with 1TB of storage (of which 700GB is currently used) and 32 GB of memory. Connectivity includes four USB 3.0 ports, dual Thunderbolt 2 ports and running Sierra 10.12.6,. Unlike Sophie I do not have a business (yet lol but plan to) and am just about to take the great unknown leap into Damien's classes to finally learn PS. Before that I want all my ducks in a row as I have no (please don't shoot me) back up system in place at the moment as my Time Capsule is not big enough. So I am starting from scratch. I also have re-read your discussions with Sommer Sweeney and Delfinakphotography whose situations are closer to my own. My question is: why the need for a 10 TB EHD for the files backup keeping in mind I am only just starting out? Is this for financial efficiency i.e.: US$320 G-Tech 4tb as compared to US$430 10Tb? Or for future proofing i.e. having enough storage for a few years rather than replacing a smaller unit after 1 or 2 years? Or is it a PS thing? What do you use to make an off-site backup? Another 10TB? If so what is your suggestion keeping in mind that I am unable to afford a second G-Tech 10 TB? Will there be a quality drop of any description if I don't have the same EHD as the offsite b/up? Eventually I will get some form of NAS system or the Tandberg RDX system you suggested but that will be further down the track. Secondly will the 3TB WD Black be big enough for the TM b/up (one onsite and one offsite) of my 1TB iMac ? Do the onsite EHD just purely stay onsite or are they rotated out with the offsite EHD? To do this properly do I need 2 permanent onsite (OS WD & Files G-Tech) and 4 extra rotating Offsite EHDs (2 x OS WD & 2 x Files ??) which will require me to buy 6 EHDs all up. Or can I get away with just buying 4 with 1 offsite b/up for the OS and another for the Files which means they will only be backed up say once a week then taken to the offsite location and retrieved the following week, backed up again and taken offsite which sounds pretty painful. Would be grateful for your "Just tell me what to buy already" recommendations for say a medium $$ system and then a higher $$ system or any suggestions you care to make.
  6. Thanks Damian, I needed that. Will do and will be signing up for your classes tomorrow Yay!!! Cheers Micki
  7. Thanks for these. Now I suppose my next question, which is a doozy, is how to file, name, catalog, etc. Is this part of your classes or do I need to look elsewhere and if so some suggestions would be fantastic. I know you/Damian really do not like Lightroom and I have no idea how it works as well, but could/should I use it just as an image organiser? Appreciate your thoughts. I will be taking all your classes but desperately want to learn how to do this the best way from the very start. Cheers Micki
  8. Ok so I am an absolute newbie. Just bought my new camera and am not sure how to get the images from it to ACR. Is this gone over anywhere on this site? Just need to know if this is covered here or could you suggest another resource that goes over this please?
  9. Hi guys, I am a complete newby and I think I read that Damien suggested to start with Elements rather than PS CC. Is this the case? If so may I ask why? A year of CC is slightly more expensive than Elements 15 (that is the latest one correct?) which isn't an issue for me. I am ready to get going with the classes but want to do it the way he suggests. Thanks and cheers Micki Wells
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