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Re:SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Goog... by ericwood on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:40PM (#20206063)
The most common way to do this is to have the Photos app on MacOS set to "download originals," then use whatever backup solution you like best. I highly recommend setting this up. Last month through some sort of iCloud glitch my fiancé lost almost all of her photos from before the beginning of this year. We've escalated it to their highest tiers of support but the photos are gone. Redundancy is important, and even the best providers aren't foolproof. It was devastating to lose all of those memories.
Re:SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Goog... by rikkus on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:25AM (#20221462)
Thanks. Currently I do this:

Phone -> Dropbox + Google Photos (automatically)

Card-based cameras -> Plug in card, Dropbox + Google Photos pick up new photos

Backup 'server': Local synced Dropbox folder -> Local + Cloud backups

I couldn't see how to add iCloud to my existing syncs / backups. When I looked at it, I couldn't be sure it would keep photos on my phone long enough to allow Dropbox and Google Photos to pick them up. It's good that it's possible to get the originals over at a MacOS machine. Might be worth exploring then.

Re:SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Goog... by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:41PM (#20207666)
This is how I do it too, then backups are done through Arq and Amazon. I consider Google Photos as a “share / social” area. I would never entrust masters with Google.
Re:SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Goog... by mrgill on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:13PM (#20217147)
I should go and backup my photos asap then...