I admit, I'm obsessive about this. I never forgave myself after a trip to Hawaii in 2005. It was a free trip that I'd won through work, and I was thrilled to go out there. I took what I thought were gorgeous pictures. I had my laptop with me, and instead of transferring the pictures to my laptop while I was out there, I waited. And my camera was stolen. Bye bye pictures.
These days, going several hours without backing up my work would be enough to give me a stroke, I think! If I lost pictures like these:
Well, I wouldn't know what to do. You see, I love looking at my pictures. I love sharing them with people. Yes, I have them up on Flickr, but they're lower resolution. I have two sets of the originals:
One set is on my hard drive - all originals are stored within Aperture, and I export to various directories on my hard drive. I then export the exports to Flickr. Some pictures end up on my Facebook page, but all are on a backup hard drive. I use Time Machine to perform regular backups.
What happens when I have too many pictures on my hard drive? Simple - I back those up on a different (portable) hard drive. I do this with only my oldest work. I'm at the point where I will need a bigger laptop drive soon, but for now, I'm okay. As long as my pictures are in at least two different locations, I'm okay.
Occasionally, I take inventory. I realized I had not backed up several folders that were on my primary backup, but not my secondary backup. I'm changing that as I type this. :) Also, my blog posts are in three different locations - online, on my hard drive, and on my portable hard drive. It's for peace of mind. And yes, maybe it's a symptom of OCD - but I don't mind. :)
Tomorrow - time to discuss contests. I've been procrastinating, but I'll explain why.
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