I’ve mostly just relied on Google Photos, and I really like its features. However, I have always been deathly afraid of losing access to my Google photos account and losing all of those, so I need a better way to actually back up my photos. Right now all I do is do a Google Takeout every so often, but that’s inefficient as hell.

How do you do it? How do you backup or sync your photos with a PC/local server?

  • AnEilifintChorcra@sopuli.xyz
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    Syncthing, super easy to set up and use on android and linux. It works with everything, not just photos.

    To access files stored on my home server from my phone, I use Material Files with sftp set up

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      Syncthing is awesome. I’m never losing data to a damaged or stolen device again, and it makes accessing data from a computer and sending data to the phone so much easier.

      But we have to keep in mind that syncthing doesn’t protect by default us from accidental deletion, so it’s not a 100% replacement for a backup.

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        Quote Syncthing! I’ve also a Nextcloud instance shared with my girlfriend in order to share selected photos.

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      Just gonna chime in and agree with this guy. Syncthing is great! I use it with Android and Windows for my photos and password manager.

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      The same but I am just using my ordinary laptop bc my laptop has 2 tb, I don’t have storage concerns