Ask HN: What is your system for backing up family photos and video?

Re:Ask HN: What is your system for backing up family photos ... by boringg on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:48PM (#29982833)

What do you do to preserve your accounts? I share your concern about the services available today and don't subscribe to them. That said - my question for you, as you are heavily involve: what do you do and is it effective / costly / built for what time period?

Thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: What is your system for backing up family photos ... by ilamont on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:58PM (#29982999)

I use a desktop software program to organize and save data (Reunion for Mac) and export a backup GEDCOM from time to time which can be imported into other applications if need be:

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/GEDCOM

GEDCOM has many drawbacks, but it's the de facto standard, it's been around for nearly 40 years, and it's plaintext.

Core data and pictures and family stories gets put into photo books and widely shared with relatives, including some cousins I barely know. I've done three so far for different branches, and will do some updated ones as well as new research is completed.

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