Southgate Replying to some of the comments about backing up photos, I thought I had an arrangement to back all mine on the "cloud" automatically. I did have every photo stored in my computer that was on PB and many more. Hard drive crashed. BADLY! And I discovered I had to back each photo or album to the cloud deliberately, after said crash. I still have that hard drive. A recovery company looked into it, said at least 800 bucks with 500 down to possibly retrieve most of the photos. I'm not a gambler. If paying PB $20 will guarentee I can recover just what I had there, it's worth it. But I recon I'll sail away after that. The idea of using an external hard drive could have saved me thousands of pictures, some far more dear than my hobby related ones. Dan Edited in: I just signed in again, still get buried in pop-ups and when I finally do get a picture open, I can't copy and paste a picture, only copy link. Does that change if you pay up? And do you have to go through the same long procedure for each photo?
Replying to some of the comments about backing up photos, I thought I had an arrangement to back all mine on the "cloud" automatically. I did have every photo stored in my computer that was on PB and many more. Hard drive crashed. BADLY! And I discovered I had to back each photo or album to the cloud deliberately, after said crash.
I still have that hard drive. A recovery company looked into it, said at least 800 bucks with 500 down to possibly retrieve most of the photos. I'm not a gambler.
If paying PB $20 will guarentee I can recover just what I had there, it's worth it. But I recon I'll sail away after that.
The idea of using an external hard drive could have saved me thousands of pictures, some far more dear than my hobby related ones. Dan
Edited in: I just signed in again, still get buried in pop-ups and when I finally do get a picture open, I can't copy and paste a picture, only copy link. Does that change if you pay up? And do you have to go through the same long procedure for each photo?
I have the full subscription to photobucket, no ads at all. Not that I ever need to, but I have tested it. I can download my pictures to my computer with no problem.
To do that you do not use "copy", copy is used to create copies within photobucket for separate albums.
To move copies to your computer use "download" in the pull down tool menu.
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRAL...To move copies to your computer use "download" in the pull down tool menu.
A right-click and "save as" works well, too.
Wayne
To everyone out there regarding Photobucket,
Next time your hard drive crashes or you get a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) remember to Write Down The Problem! Always!
That way you'll know what happened, what type of error it was, and how to reboot your computer into safe mode.
ATLANTIC CENTRALI have the full subscription to photobucket, no ads at all. Not that I ever need to, but I have tested it. I can download my pictures to my computer with no problem.
Same here with my $20.00 annual fee. No pop ups and all of my pictures are available.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I have the same as Dave, I did this 3 years ago, and my annual fee is $15. I have been holding my breath at each renewal, but it stays the same.
All of the photos I have in PB, are in other places, as thats where they came from, computer, camera, seperate drive, etc.
I don't get how anyone can "loose" their pictures, as if the photos they have in PB are the only copy they have. They had to come from somewhere.
Mike.
My You Tube
doctorwayneA right-click and "save as" works well, too.
Not so much. This will save the image as it was scaled for viewing in your browser. "Download" will get you a full resolution copy of the image as it was uploaded.
I have the right to remain silent. By posting here I have given up that right and accept that anything I say can and will be used as evidence to critique me.
I'm not picking on anybody, but it appears that a lot of folks don't understand how a some people use computers. Simply, they take it for granted that anything beyond the machine they bought is beyond their scope of understanding and coping. And, if the computer came with a "smaller" hard drive, something that stores your stuff somewhere else and lets you free up drive space is a godsend. And, that's how you get into people who get their stuff held hostage or have it disappear completely.
Having messed with computers at some level for a long time (since I built RAM expansions for my VIC 20s), I understand the importance of backing up your stuff. And yet, I've still managed to loose some stuff occasionally.
My proceedure now is to back up a list of personal files daily to two USB hard drives, and run a drive clone software weekly that backs up everything on the machine including software to two other hard drives, which are alternated with two other drives every other week.
Well, USB hard drives are like plugging in a thumb drive - simple. I look for deals for drives at my favorite computer store and auction site. I've got less than $200.00 invested in my backup drives and housings.
I've spent the bucks it takes to build a good computer and protect it only to have a motherboard failure take out data that wasn't easily (or affordably) recoverable.
My point here is that backing up your files isn't a complicated process and a little bit of research and investment will protect your stuff. The methods I use allow me to hit the ground running if I have a major computer failure and have to replace it with a different machine. It's been a while, but the last 1tb drives I bought were brand name bulk packed and cost $35.00 each w/free shipping. Hard to justify anybody's storage fees for that king of pricing.
Finally, I've been using the PB add-in for Firefox for a while and haven't missed a thing since. It's pretty gratifying to open KPs great thread on double tracking and being able to review ALL the pictures of interest.
Atchee,How about us folk that uses a note pad or laptop? I see no way to back up my photos.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
BRAKIE Atchee,How about us folk that uses a note pad or laptop? I see no way to back up my photos.
Rich
Alton Junction
If your phone or tablet has a micro-usb connection, which most of them do, you can get a dual use thumbdrive that has both a micro and regular connection to back up. Office supplies carry them as well as electronic stores. You can use them to transfer photos as well.
richhotrainmore and more people are using devices like a smart phone in lieu of a conventional computer, desktop or laptop. What are they to do?
Email the good photos to yourself, download on the computer, and save them there.
richhotrain BRAKIE Atchee,How about us folk that uses a note pad or laptop? I see no way to back up my photos. Larry raises an excellent point. I have a laptop and I also have a Seagate back up drive. But, more and more people are using devices like a smart phone in lieu of a conventional computer, desktop or laptop. What are they to do? Rich
Larry raises an excellent point. I have a laptop and I also have a Seagate back up drive. But, more and more people are using devices like a smart phone in lieu of a conventional computer, desktop or laptop. What are they to do?
Just like suggested above, I use a tablet during the day out on the job sites. Any photos I take that are important, I email them to myself, and download onto my desktop computer, which is backed up several different ways every week.
I skipped right over the smart phone idea. I can't see or type on those things. I actually still have a flip phone that has text messaging linked to the tablet.
I have yet to have a storage issue on my tablet.