#BACKBLAZE PERSONAL TRIAL#

I’ve spent a lot of hours researching backup services and gallery services, but these two take the cake for me. Honestly, I’m always looking for the most affordable way to run my business (I’m a bit of a cheapskate) and these two services are life-changing to me as a photographer. Use this link to get a month of service from Backblaze for free! It’s actually the greatest service ever invented. When you log into your account, it’s basically a mirror image of your finder window, with all of your hard drives and folders exactly the way they look on your computer (see screenshot below). If one of your hard drives crashes, Backblaze can send you a new one with all of your files on it. So I just log in to my Backblaze account, download the folder, and I can get straight to work. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been traveling and realized I forgot to move some files onto my computer to edit. The best part is that you can access your files from anywhere and download them directly to your computer. I use Backblaze as an online backup system that continuously backs up my external hard drives (all 5 of them and over 23 TB!) and it only costs $60/year for UNLIMITED STORAGE (!!!!!!). But now, my files are exactly where I need them to be and I know they are safely backed up.īackblaze and Smugmug are the two main services I use for backup and storage and they are game-changers.

#BACKBLAZE PERSONAL TRIAL#

It’s taken some trial and error in terms of the best way to name folders and the easiest way to find the files later.

My clients would lose their precious memories and I would definitely never be hired again! It’s taken me years to figure out the best way to keep my files safe and organized, and I want to help you do the same! It takes some getting used to, and I still spend entire days going through old files (from before I had this system down) and putting them into folders. As a photographer, I can’t imagine anything scarier than losing all of my files.

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