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Stone tablets are the only media I know of that lasts 1000s of years.

In all seriousness, this isn't a popular opinion around here, but cloud storage. I back my photos up to both iCloud and OneDrive. This way there is triple redundancy if you include the local copy. I trust Apple and Microsoft a lot more than myself to protect my data from spilled beverages, floods, fires, other acts of god, or just my own stupidity in general.




Any pictures from my phone get synced to:

- iCloud Drive

- OneDrive

- Google Photos - I still haven’t gone over the 15GB free space since Google instituted the limit. But I’ll pay for extra storage when needed.

- Amazon Drive - free with Prime

My videos get synced to everything but Amazon Drive.


I think you might be right. Redundant cloud storage seems to be the way to go. I wish there was something a little more passive.


Bad idea because even if they don't lose the data you may lose your access to the account due to things like random account suspensions.


Which is why I recommend redundant cloud storage. There's a lot of options out there, pick 2. I like iCloud for the integration and convenience and OneDrive because it comes bundled with Office 365.


How do you backup photos to onedrive ? Did you copy from Photos app on Mac to another drive?


The onedrive app on Android has a "camera backup" functionality.

It saves images and videos from any folder to the onedrive cloud.

I've configured it, and then I sync the onedrive to a Synology Nas at home.




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