9TO5 Mac writer had iCloud Photos issue
One of my favorite blogs is 9TO5 Mac. A gentleman named Zac wrote a piece about how he got burned by Apple’s Photos. His article about how Apple Photos isn’t the safety net people think piqued my interest since my sister had a similar problem, and I couldn’t help her. Zac mentions on 9TO5 Mac that one way to solve the issue is to get a big enough hard drive on your Mac desktop to store all your images. He also suggested an external hard drive. This brings me to the system I use.
Mylio and Drobo protect my 1.3 million image library
I’ve been using Drobo external NAS storage devices for a long time. I’ve had many different Drobo boxes over the years, some 5 Bay, some 8 Bay. I’m currently using the Drobo 8D, which has 8 bays for hard drives. My total storage capacity is 52+ TB, and of that, I’m currently using 41 TB for my entire image library.
Along with my Drobo devices, I also use a little known program called Mylio. It’s an amazing piece of software that easily handles my entire 1.3 million images. It syncs them across eight devices, including several Macs, an iPhone, and an iPad. When I load images on my laptop in the field, they start being populated to all my other devices as long as I have an internet connection. Even in South Africa, where I’m writing this from, my images start being shared across the web to my iMac in Montana. It’s hard to believe how efficient it is.
Mylio sees my Photos Library on my iPhone
Just like hundreds of millions of people, I use my iPhone to capture images. They go directly into my Apple Photos library, which Mylio sees automatically. All I need to do is open Mylio, and it starts bringing my Apple Photos over to the Mylio catalog. It’s that simple. That gives me three copies of the images shot with my iPhone, across the cloud and my Drobos.
All without having to lift a finger to copy them anywhere. It’s automatic with Mylio. One last step I take happens once a month. I copy all my new folders over to a third Drobo device outside the Mylio ecosystem. This ensures that if there were any issues with Mylio, I would have at least one entire copy on a completely separate drive.
Conclusion
Keeping track of your photos is not easy. I’ve spoken to three different people in the last month that have expressed concern over whether they have all their cell phone pictures accounted for. The conversations came to light with the passing of my precious little buddy, Dice. Dicey was my dog and loving companion for 19.5 years, and he just happens to be the inspiration for Pygmy Wolf Productions.
He had a couple of ladies who took care of him while Tanya and I were on the road. They each wanted to send me pictures of my little buddy, but they were having difficulty finding all his photos. I was sad to think some pictures may be lost forever. As I mentioned, Apple Photos Isn’t The Safety Net People Think.
Fortunately, I have his memories and several thousand pictures I shot of him over the years. Thanks to Mylio, I know exactly where he is, and I’m extremely grateful for that.
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