Good for JPGs? I just want to store all the images on my hard drive to free up memory and keep my photos in a safe place. Is this the item I want? It's just going to sit on a shelf...so not sure if this is the product for me. Advice appreciated!! :) Good for JPGs? I just want to store all the images on my hard drive to free up memory and keep my photos in a safe place. Is this the item I want? It's just going to sit on a shelf...so not... » Read More Good for JPGs? I just want to store all the images on my hard drive to free up memory and keep my photos in a safe place. Is this the item I want? It's just going to sit on a shelf...so not sure if this is the product for me. Advice appreciated!! :) « Show Less
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I would have have to say yes. I am using it for all my digital photos. Seems to work fine.
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It's a good idea, but I'd definitely recommend backing up all of your images to DVD as well. Additionally, I'd recommend maybe looking into an online backup service - Mozy is what I use, and it's free up to 2GB. Another good free program that may help you sort your images is Picasa.
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Since I am tech challanged I need to ask, about how many jpegs will this hold?
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You can absolutely set it for external storage and automatic backup. It comes with software designed with a program specifically for automatically backing up your data on your computer. It sounds as if you don't particulary need 4TB of storage though. Each TB will holld approximately 250,000 pictures at an average size of 4mb. If you hold your pictures and video near to your heart as I do, I would get 2 each of the 1TB or 2TB drives and use one of them as a backup for all your files, pictures, videos, etc... It's a much better value in my opinion because it gives you a backup copy of all you data, but that's up to you. In the mean time what I would do is cut and paste some of your picture files to a thumb drive so your antivirus software can update itself, buying you some time until you get your hard drive. I hope this was helpful. I don't think you were looking for detailed "Geek speak" to to hlep you make your decision. If so, please let me know and I sill be happy to provide some.
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Same as Nikita, it says it will hold up to 8000 photos DEPENDING on the photo size!! When you take a photo say on a camera, there are differents size settings you can choose whether it be 3mp, 5mp, 8mp etc. the higher the number the bigger and it therefore takes up a lot more space/memory. You can resize your photos, that will help and allow you to hold more photos. Mine held almost 6000 photos so my camera is likely on a lower setting than yours. Check your camera and make sure for the future it's on a lower setting. The good thing about picture keepers is that when you fill one up, the next one picks up where it left off automatically. Unlike USB's you have to load the files manually then when it gets full you have to check where it left off and then continue to manually add files each time. That's the upside of picture keeper, everything is done automatically. Hope this helps!
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Wow, at 2terrabyte why is that even an issue?? I have no idea.. Just use a huge external hard drive and it should be almost limitless. All I know is that 2tb seems like plenty, at least for me. In four years of many photos, I didn't even fill 250gig on my laptop that was my main computer at the time. I do like this all in one, tho it isn't quite as fast as I had hoped it would be. And I prefer the Windows seven side to the childish eight side. Love the large screen. Overall..I would recommend it..the storage should be plenty especially for a home computer.
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I find these more than suitable for backup of data for sure. In all honesty though, thumb drives have come down in price so much that I generally buy thumb drives for that purpose. I usually put the backup software as well on the thumb drive so its a one stop run. Hope that helps.
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1) We got 2 keys with the unit. I don't know about getting extra. 2) I wouldn't store photos in this safe unless you have proper humidity control or put them in plastic bags. As others have posted, you should buy desiccant bags (or snag some from new shoes, clothes etc) to protect documents stored
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I have been able to delete and add files to this - and add to files I had stored before. I don't think there's a way to write-protect it. If there is, it's hidden somewhere! These are great for carrying photos to someone else's computer, and then adding their photos to it as well. HTH
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Indeed, this device mounts as an external drive. I use it with Lightroom and store all of my pictures on it. I also recommend backing it up regularly.
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MarilynI am no computer expert but pictures are what I store most. This drive works very well for that.
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What you do is use it as a camera and take a picture. I twill save as a jpg. It is useful for larger documents.
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It would be pretty slow compared to an internal hard drive. You could probably make it work alright if you keep the Lightroom catalog on a faster internal drive, and only used the USB drive to store image files.
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I have two of these drives and I keep one in the safe deposit box and one at home. I update the one at home from my hard drive and rotate them once a month. There is no way that I would put that many pictures in one place only!
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If your security system can handle an external hard drive, it should be able to store your video. But the main reason to get something like this is for the Security and Networking features. Its more like a Server than an external hard drive. You may be better served just getting a USB external hard drive enclosure.
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Bob: I see your point, but wonder if the risk of card failure is any worse on the higher capacity card. So long as I download my photos and videos regularly, the only content at risk is the most recent shots which haven't been copied yet. Even a 4GB card can fail, and if it's got irreplaceable pics on it I'm likely to utter some things not intended for mixed company. I've read that the SD cards are only good for so many cycles of save/erase/save..., so presumably the larger capacity card gets erased less frequently, thereby reducing the risk of failure.
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Haven't a clue. But my Granddaughter seemed to have taken several hundred. But the smart thing to do is download the pic's every day or so or it becomes too much of a chore and you can't be bothered, and then you lose them all. Because really, suppose it stored 2000, what are you going to do with them? I am the wrong person to ask this because I am probably too methodical. I take a lot of pictures whilst on vacation, and then every night I download them, get rid of the crap and date them. But that's me.
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Thanks Jessica. I'm not very good at setting up computers, etc. so I'm a little afraid of scanning but at the same time, I do want to get rid of all the photo albums onto DVD's. Do you think I'll have a lot of trouble getting up and running?
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I agree - in practice this works well - but - if you've got a VERY hi-res camera (D2X/D2Xs, 5D or 1DSMkII etc) you could run into the 4mb limit easily - so I shoow raw and medium quality jpeg - and all is good. Alternatively - if you're buying it SOLELY for photo storage on the move - have a look at the EPSON Photofine range (P-4000 etc) - they do just that job - but VERY well!