Photos - iCloud - One drive what do you use

[keeper]

So I’ve just got rid on my Macbook Air, I’m now using iPhone, iPad and my gaming PC.
I’ve got loads of snaps from the years that traditionally would have been downloaded to my mac and backed up on Time Machine.

Now I’m not sure what to do having a PC as a main devise where I can control a backup other than pure iCloud.

Options seem to be, iCloud, download to PC via iCloud, download to PC via One Drive.

I’d like to have one new master library be that on the PC or in iCloud.
I also back up the PC files to a NAS.

How would you guys manage this?

 

[LeeW]

I use OneDrive, it's a great option but for photos, it is rather basic. It works but if you want some decent indexing, not the best solution. But it does for me.

 

[MBAir2010]

a nice lightning= usb a flash drive, screw both those jerks!

 

[Steve Adams]

I use onedrive. It's great. It's a much better cross platform solution than icloud.

 

[kamikazeeMC]

I manually manage backup with OneDrive because I get higher upload speeds and the web UI is better. Stuck with the web UI because I didn't want a local copy on my desktop (have external drive backup).

 

[nickdalzell1]

I'm old school but I use an NAS I built from a Linux box. I like being in control of my files, and not having to worry about a service unexpectedly dying (cough **Ubuntu One** cough). Don't trust the 'cloud'.

 

[Steve Adams]

I'm old school but I use an NAS I built from a Linux box. I like being in control of my files, and not having to worry about a service unexpectedly dying (cough **Ubuntu One** cough). Don't trust the 'cloud'.

Since I am doing media professionally now, I am working on getting my NAS server completed. Then I don't have to rely on the cloud. I do like having access to my personal media on any device, but it's all backed up too.

 

[grmlin]

iCloud just works way too good with my Apple devices and especially photos. Perfectly integrated into the ecosystem and no thinking required.

It sucks as a Dropbox, Onedrive etc. replacement, features as a synced storage are still lacking compared to these. Especially using anything else than Apple systems.

 

[maflynn]

iCloud could be a great solution if your full invested in the apple ecosystem. I'm not, I'm currently just storing my images on my data drive. Maybe I'll transition them onto my one rive since I get a terabyte

 

[c0ppo]

NextCloud is my weapon of choice. You have to set it up yourself, but once you do, works like a charm.
Way cheaper, and works on ANY platform without any problems.