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What are peoples thoughts on going for physical backups of say all the videos (sentimental value) and deleting them from the cloud storage?
I've done this using a NAS. Freed up tonnes of space on Google Drive. I'll back up to an external hard drive every month.
I think Google photos has some way of getting rid of blurry photos and duplicates, but I can't remember. I think if you go to Manage Space or something?
ketsbaia-
I've used up the easy Google functions on my phone 😔
NAS
Have you worked out your running costs? If so how do they stack up?
I do actually have a home WD "cloud" storage device I haven't actually set up yet. Which it sounds like I should.
I guess I just trust Google's backup systems more than mine.
edit: using the search function while in a laptop and using the shift/select function is pretty good. Means you can search for say "serial number" and bulk delete all those random photos of serial numbers, receipts, etc. you don't need any more.
hugo7
Not strictly PC, but feels a natural place to ask.
We have Google One package that I share with my OH and my folks. 200GB of storage plus some extras I don't use for £25pa. Very reasonable.
Unfortunately it's almost full. Overwhelmingly it's my stuff. I think it's a mix of me being lazy with cleaning up photos but also because I've been using Google drive and storage for well over a decade. Ultimately tho there's ~80GB of my photos. The next package is £80pa for 2tb, which feels like a lot and my OH isn't happy with when I haven't tidied my shit up.
I periodically back up my and my OH's files inc. pictures to two external SSD. I buy a new one every 5-10yrs (e.g. "my" one is 10yo which I'll probably replace soon and "my OH's" is 6yo but they both contain more or less the same stuff.
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