I’ve been using iCloud Photo Library for couple years now, it served me well. However my photos are exceeding 2TB available storage space. So I’m looking for some iCloud Photo Library alternatives. BTW, does anyone know if i put 2 iCloud accounts, each has a 2TB subscription, into a family share, do i get 4TB of storage, or one of the subscription will be automatically canceled.
here’s my needs, from more important to less important
1. Reliable And safe, I don’t want to worry about loosing my photos. They are THE most important digital asset for me. So i guess local iPhoto library + time machine is a no go. I still risk loosing data.
2. Stores photos/videos in their original resolution. I have a lot of RAW photos from sony A7R2 at ~47megapixels, each taking ~40-80M/photo. Plus those 4K videos. I don’t want them to be compressed
3. Not too expensive. 2TB in iCloud costs me $10/month, so i’m looking for something priced at around the same price, $5/TB/mo.
4. It’s best I can have access to those photos on my phone, just like iCloud Photo Library.
Anyone have any ideas?
I know a lot of you guys will mention google photos. However the regular google photo either stores photos/videos at 16megapixel and 1080p, or the next tier after 2TB is 10TB at $99/mo, which is too expensive and I’ll be wasting most of that spaces. Another google option is Gsuite, $10/mo for ‘unlimited’ space. But after all, these ‘unlimited‘ space is kind like a loophole, no one knows when or if google will starts to enforce the storage cap.
Another downside for google photos is, after google ‘unlinks’ G-photo and G-drive, there is not a reliable way to download all photos.
Anyone got any other services? Solution?
Maybe a NAS?
here’s my needs, from more important to less important
1. Reliable And safe, I don’t want to worry about loosing my photos. They are THE most important digital asset for me. So i guess local iPhoto library + time machine is a no go. I still risk loosing data.
2. Stores photos/videos in their original resolution. I have a lot of RAW photos from sony A7R2 at ~47megapixels, each taking ~40-80M/photo. Plus those 4K videos. I don’t want them to be compressed
3. Not too expensive. 2TB in iCloud costs me $10/month, so i’m looking for something priced at around the same price, $5/TB/mo.
4. It’s best I can have access to those photos on my phone, just like iCloud Photo Library.
Anyone have any ideas?
I know a lot of you guys will mention google photos. However the regular google photo either stores photos/videos at 16megapixel and 1080p, or the next tier after 2TB is 10TB at $99/mo, which is too expensive and I’ll be wasting most of that spaces. Another google option is Gsuite, $10/mo for ‘unlimited’ space. But after all, these ‘unlimited‘ space is kind like a loophole, no one knows when or if google will starts to enforce the storage cap.
Another downside for google photos is, after google ‘unlinks’ G-photo and G-drive, there is not a reliable way to download all photos.
Anyone got any other services? Solution?
Maybe a NAS?
