personally I run PhotoSync and then have a local cloud in a pair of Drobos (yeah, whole nether story there) I suspect that Apple cloud or Dropbox would be cheaper than S3 Google photo is 15 GB free - 100GB $2 Apple is 5 GB free - 50GB $.99/mon 200GB $2.99/mon Dropbox - 2GB free - $10/mon 2TB SOOO many choices - can't even find a real free S3 (lots of variants that are not simple files) Takes some tech skill to even make sense of it all R. On 11/11/2023 2:31 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:22:35 -0500rich at tnrglobal.com wrote: > >> yes but - generally deleting an image on the phone deletes it from the cloud > True. > >> I've yet to find a reliable way to delete from the phone without >> deleting on the cloud, >> which seems to defeat the purpose of having a cloud backup >> > One can always backup from one "cloud" (Google Photos) to another "cloud" > (say, Amazon S3). > > Note: many Android phones include a uSD slot, so to conserve space on the > "internal" storage, one can insert a uSD card and use that as a alternitive > place to store stuff and keep the internal storage freer. iPhones specificly > *lack* anything like a uSD slot -- a distent downside to the iPhone. > -- Rich Roth CEO TnR Global Bio and personal blog:http://rizbang.com Building the really big sites:http://www.tnrglobal.com Small/Soho business in the PV:http://www.hidden-tech.net Places to meet for business:http://www.meetmewhere.com And for Arts and relaxation: http://TarotMuertos.com - Artistic Tarot Deck http://www.welovemuseums.com http://www.artonmytv.com/ Shakers:http://www.shakerpedia.com/ Helping move the world:http://www.earththrives.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20231111/7c4b3706/attachment.html>