Tips on backing up travel photos without a laptop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - are you talking about from an actual camera or a camera phone? Most answers are for a camera phone but I assume you meant an actual camera.

Smart phones - I don't want to carry a laptop overseas and want to just take a carry on for 2 weeks.

Can 1 drop box/Amazon photos/Google photos account be logged into from 4 phone numbers at a time so all our photos get backed up? I want to pay just for the month till we get back and then cancel subscription.

Why do you need to drop them all at the same time. Just do it in the hotel that evening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amazon photos (free unlimited storage if you have Prime), Flickr Pro

This is interesting. So can I just get prime for a month - how do you set it up to back up to Amazon photos?

Download the Amazon Photos app. I believe there is an option on there to automatically upload your photos (taken on your phone obv!) automatically as you take them. Super easy and it works really well. I'm a photographer and I use Amazon Photos as cloud storage for my RAW files (this is done via an app on a desktop computer though). It keeps them sorted my date, location, etc

You need the Amazon photos app and to connect to WiFi for them to upload automatically. (Or you can change the settings to use cellular, but I don't usually want to do this overseas since I have limited data). Sometimes I have to open the app to trigger the upload, but it does upload automatically once the app is opened.

The worst part is that there's not a good bulk way to get your photos off of Amazon photos. You can download individual photos or small batches easily, but it's nearly impossible to get everything off to end your subscription once you have a lot there. We've been using it to back up photos and videos for over a decade and basically can't stop.

[Anonymous]

If it’s an iPhone, it’ll back up to iCloud and you are overthinking this.

[Anonymous]

Snapfish app

[Anonymous]

Shutterfl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it’s an iPhone, it’ll back up to iCloud and you are overthinking this.

I'm the OP. I have an android phone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amazon photos (free unlimited storage if you have Prime), Flickr Pro

This is interesting. So can I just get prime for a month - how do you set it up to back up to Amazon photos?

Download the Amazon Photos app. I believe there is an option on there to automatically upload your photos (taken on your phone obv!) automatically as you take them. Super easy and it works really well. I'm a photographer and I use Amazon Photos as cloud storage for my RAW files (this is done via an app on a desktop computer though). It keeps them sorted my date, location, etc

You need the Amazon photos app and to connect to WiFi for them to upload automatically. (Or you can change the settings to use cellular, but I don't usually want to do this overseas since I have limited data). Sometimes I have to open the app to trigger the upload, but it does upload automatically once the app is opened.

The worst part is that there's not a good bulk way to get your photos off of Amazon photos. You can download individual photos or small batches easily, but it's nearly impossible to get everything off to end your subscription once you have a lot there. We've been using it to back up photos and videos for over a decade and basically can't stop.

That kind of sucks.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t your phone automatically back to the Cloud?

[Anonymous]

Just use Google Photos. It's like $2-3/month for extra memory if you need it. They'll autocharge you monthy or I think you can pay a discounted rate for the year.

[Anonymous]

Archivist here. You need to curate. Choose only the very best photos daily. Get rid of all screenshots. Delete photos you take for other people. Then save your most important photos offline, on at least two hard drives that you check once a year. Ideally, take one huge backup and swap with a friend or family member who lives far away. Floods and fires steal memories.

Mainly, you can keep a huge, expensive warehouse of daily photos, but the very best are the ones you really care about. Take the time to find those and protect them.

[Anonymous]

I have Google One https://one.google.com/about/
Put a credit card in your google wallet to pay monthly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s an iPhone, it’ll back up to iCloud and you are overthinking this.

I'm the OP. I have an android phone

Well that’s the problem right there.