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keithtaylor in Rant, Complain, Talk • 17 days ago

I went through something similar near the end of life of Windows 95. When most of my data was in Microsoft Office. So I managed to get it online by switching to Google. For anything that I couldn't get online, I briefly used Linux Mint. Briefly being a few years.

Long before I retired last year, I had everything online. So that I could work anywhere in the world without interruption. My office was wherever I sat with my Chromebook.

I think that the online move is easier nowadays. Around 3 years ago I had a similar chat with a photographer. "Not possible," he said, "because I have too much raw photo data to move it all online and I need [name of Windows apps forgotten]."

Earlier this year, as we were chatting about imaging software, he revealed that he had moved to Adobe Cloud.

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17 days ago in Rant, Complain, Talk by keithtaylor

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holoz0r 17 days ago

Hello! Adobe's Cloud is not great if you're working with large files on a very regular basis - for a few reasons. 1) You still have to sync the files locally 2) The Cloud is just someone else's computer 3) You're paying a monthly fee to have an inferior experience than to have a local copy of the file

I have photographic data and records from when I was about 13 (when I got my first digital camera) - I'm nearly 40 now, and I would be buying a hard disk every three months if I was paying for Adobe's equivalent of the storage they offer on their plans.

The Cloud isn't back up, particularly when it comes to people's wedding photos, portraits of loved ones who aren't around anymore, or other events that cannot be reproduced.

I am "my own cloud" with my photography stuff, and hold back ups in other locations that regularly get rotated. It is part of my selling points as a photographer - my robust back up methodology!

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cmplxty 17 days ago

I think it's great to be nimble that's for sure! I personally highly dislike G()gle and refuse to use their services but it is convenient for many people which helps! Being able to take your work wherever you go is a really awesome thing in a lot of ways! I'm glad you were able to benefit greatly from that change. I for sure have taken advantage of being able to do my work remotely and gone on 3 week vacations, working for 2 weeks, taking one week off. Awesome stuff!

The photographer I can agree with. I don't want to know how much he pays in a subscription fee to them lol. RAW photos are heavy! I do store my photos in a private cloud, so if my computer shits the bed, I'm not up a creek!

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keithtaylor 17 days ago

Back then, I had to switch from MS Office reluctantly. But a couple of years ago I did a collaboration with a client. So I tried the online Microsoft service to access his Office files. I was very impressed with it. And I would do things differently today.

But the important part was getting online. And after I finished my comment, I had a flashback to 2014 and an extended family holiday in Portugal. Very happy memories of doing a couple of hours work after a family breakfast before rejoining them for lunch. So I agree with you how awesome it is to balance work with vacations.

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