How This Blog (and your comments) Changed My Lightroom Backup Strategy

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5 Comments to “How This Blog (and your comments) Changed My Lightroom Backup Strategy”

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  Cris da Rocha November 21, 2011 at 11:19 am

  The integrity check is a good point and would warn you of corruption way sooner. Backup systems like Time Machine, will keep several previous copies of your backup, so you can go back in time to the point it was not yet corrupted, but you probably loose some (or maybe a lot) of information.

  It would be nice to have the integrity check without backing up, though.

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  Dennis Zito November 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm

  Hey Matt,

  You’ve made me check my catalog backups and boy did I have a bunch! I also have four different catalogs and backed each one up this morning and deleted the old ones. So right now I’m in good shape and safe a bunch of hard drive space. I don’t back up my computer every night, but I do back it up once a month. All my photos are backed up a two different external hard drives. Also, I have my operating system and program disks plus all updates are on a separate hard drive.

  Thanks again for keeping us smart about updating and backing up!

  Dennis

  PS: Have a Great Thanksgiving!

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  Gene Kimball November 21, 2011 at 4:38 pm

  I did not consider integrity checks but, sytematically, it creates one every time I do a catalogue backup. BTW, I have also had problems with full system backups in the same fashion which is why I choose not to put all my eggs in one basket [metaphorically speaking]. I generally keep two backups for this reason. What impressed me most about this particular blog was that you are willing to look at other views and reconsider your own views if there is sufficient reason.

  I enjoy your blogs, books and videos. This is one of the reasons I think so highly of your material which is to say, you listen.

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  Mike Nelson Pedde November 24, 2011 at 1:38 am

  For Windows users (there’s likely a Mac equivalent), this might be of use:

  Deleting Old Lightroom Backups
  http://www.wolfnowl.com/2010/05/deleting-old-lightroom-backups/

  Mike.

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  Dawn Camp November 26, 2011 at 12:03 pm

  Apparently I hadn’t deleted any old backups since some time in 2010. Thanks for the advice and the reminder!

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