To the cloud and back without a space vehicle U3A Photography Mike Hender 3 Jan 2014

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Why Photos in The Cloud? Share Edit and enhance Keep devices in synch Store Support phones and tablets Backup and secure

Devices in Synch For me, the use of The Cloud grew out of a need to access my files anytime, anywhere

REMIND ME – WHAT EXACTLY IS THE CLOUD?

But what computers!

Caveat Today’s focus is on easy-to-use, consumer services – Google Drive, Microsoft Sky Drive, Apple iCloud and Dropbox Not covered – Flickr, SmugMug and semi-pro oriented services – Facebook, Instagram,...

The Cloud – How do I use it? 100GB500GB 16GB 3GB

The Cloud – so what is it? 100GB500GB 16GB Your B/Up Your Docs Your eBooks Your s 5GB – 200GB 50GB* 2GB 1GB 10GB 100GB * Example sizes 1GB Your Diary 1GB Your Contacts 10GB Your Music Your Photos 16GB 3GB

The Cloud – so what is it? 100GB500GB 16GB Your B/Up Your Docs Your eBooks Your s 5GB – 200GB 50GB* 2GB 1GB 10GB 100GB * Example sizes 1GB Your Diary 1GB Your Contacts Microsoft Google Apple Amazon Dropbox 10GB Your Music Your Photos 16GB 3GB The Cloud pulls ecosystems together

What use is all this to me? Store and share your photos and videos Store and stream your music and podcasts Send large files to friends Backup all your valuable stuff Play multi-user games

What use is all this to me? Subscribe to digital newspapers Borrow, buy and read digital books on any device Have all your photos, music and videos available wherever you are on all your gadgets Enjoy cloud services like iPlayer and Facebook

You can now keep in the Cloud Anything that you would previously have kept on your own: – PC hard disk – Video recorder – DVD player – CD library – Book shelf And this is one of the driving forces boosting Mobile/Phone/Tablet computing

Value Add Some of this is simple storage (e.g. Dropbox) Most have a ‘value add’ service attached – Photos indexed by who is in them and automatically enhanced – Your video camera shake removed – Your music catalogued and ‘improved’ – Your data automatically backed up and encrypted – Version history of your files – All your books available on any device – University courses – Social sharing services (commutes, bikes, etc.)

How I use The Cloud 1.All recent photos 2.Best photos for sharing 3.My entire photo archive 4.Photos from iPhone and iPad 5.All photos backed up Dropbox Primary Storage 1 Dropbox Primary Storage 1 Google Drive Calendar Photos 2 Sky Drive Photo 3 Archive Sky Drive Photo 3 Archive iCloud Contacts Photos 4 iCloud Contacts Photos 4 Amazon Books Amazon Books CrashPlan Backup 5 CrashPlan Backup 5 100GB* 45GB* 15GB* * My storage allowance

Photo Workflow (Replicated) Camera Card Originals Originals Lightroom (catalogue) Lightroom (catalogue) Edited 01 Kids … Edited 01 Kids … Dropbox Google Drive Archived 01 Kids … Sky Drive After One Year iCloud

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So how safe is my stuff? Offsite Encrypted Supplier Reputation Supplier Health Mandated passwords Must be connected to the internet

How do I get it? You probably have some of it already! Facebook, Gmail, Live Mail, Photo Stream, Kindle... Start with online Backup e.g. CrashPlan Share your photos with Flickr, Facebook, G+,... Try Dropbox, Google Drive, Sky Drive to synch your gadgets

What will I need? Your normal address One of these accounts – outlook.com, msn.com, hotmail.com – icloud.com – gmail.com An internet link Your normal browser

How much does it cost? The first 2 to 5GB tend to be free Office 365 bundles 20GB in subscription Google Drive free for Google Docs and My Dropbox ~ £8 per month for 100GB

How difficult is it to use? Not very if you can Drag and Drop files on a PC Download apps on a PC and/or Tablet/Phone Apple App Store

Where can I get more information? Google Drive – Sky Drive – Dropbox – SugarSync –

What will I lose out on if I don't use it? Clearly, this won’t cure world hunger or solve global warming (yet) But, It does offer some services that can open new horizons and make your life a little easier and more enjoyable particularly if you love to travel while staying in contact with friends and family

Dropbox Account Cost First 2GB is free

Dropbox Account Details

Sky Drive

Google Drive

Store and share your photos and videos I use: -Google Picasa to organise my photos -Google+ to store them in the Cloud -‘Web Albums’ App to view on tablet

Sky Drive Free – 25GB The Times

Microsoft release Office 365 Home Premium STOP PRESS

Google Drive Free – 5GB

Dropbox £106/year – 100GB

iCloud iTunes Photo Stream – Free Unlimited Free – 5GB

My costs Microsoft Sky Drive – Free – 25GB Google Drive – Free – 5GB iTunes Photo Stream – Free Unlimited iCloud – Free – 5GB Dropbox - £106/year – 100GB iTunes Match - £22/year Carbonite Backup - £30/year – Unlimited GB

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