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i store on a hard drive that I can carry around with me, plus back-up to a storage computer at home.
For sorting, I rename (using exiftool for linux - but there's almost certainly similar for other operating systems) to YYYMMDD_HHMMSS_origfilename like so:
exiftool -d %Y%m%d_%H%M%S%%f.%%e "-filename<CreateDate" .This gives me, for example,
20220925_010435ASM_4002.NEFIt helps me as I know exactly when I took the photo, plus I have the original reference from the camera (in case I edited first/called it something else previously). I then do my editing (using darktable, which is free but highly functional) and often when I export I renamed slightly so it's got the 'title' preceding the filename. For instance, my file in this week's photo challenge was called
stopandbuyme_20220925_001628ASM_3987_02.png- title, then the filename as per above, then_02as it was the second (actually third) edit of the photo that I'd tried.
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Need some help. My very old macbook is on it lasts legs; it’s becoming unusable.
All my photos are on iPhoto. Most of them are sorted into folders by month, but I’ve got a load that still need sorting and many will need deleting.
I feel like one of those mad hoarders you see on bad tv programmes; I’m totally overwhelmed by the task of sorting them out and it’s got to the point where I’ve stopped taking photos.
I’m going to get a new macbook. What’s the best way to sort my photos out and store them? Somehow move them to onto the new laptop then use one of these programmes mentioned above to organise them?
Where are people storing their pics? On computer and a hard drive, or also online???
Sorry for basic questions. I’ve never really bothered editing photos other than real basic stuff in iPhoto.