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best way to back-up iphoto?

  • 26-04-2006 9:58am
    #1
    Jim10000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 217 ✭✭


    Hi.
    can anyone tell me the best way to back up my photos...
    they're not stored in my 'photos' folder, where would i find them?... what format should I save them in... can i compress them? ...

    thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    You would find them in your iPhotos folder.
    They are already saved.
    Yes you can compress them.


  • #3
    Hugh_C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    sinecurea wrote:
    Yes you can compress them.


    But since they're probably jpegs - and therefore already compressed - subsequent compression probably won't save you much space. Nothing stopping the OP compressing them, it's just a waste of time and effort IMHO.


  • #4
    m_stan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭m_stan


    ghetting back to how best to do it, I personally use some backup software to backup to an external drive every x number of days.

    Read here for some recommended software


  • #5
    Diarmuid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭Diarmuid


    well seeing as it's a unix based os why not a cron job?
    I have cronjobs that rsync my home account to a remote (cheap linux box) computer everyday. Easy and you can never forget it as you never have to remember it !!

    eg
    crontab -e
    0 20 * * * rsync -a /users/whereever remoteuser@remomtehost:/home/backup

    and you are done. You could also replace the remotehost with a usb drive.

    cf http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ for more details


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