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Using a Drobo with only two hard drives

In this article, I’m going to share with you what happens when a hard drive fails in the Drobo 5D3. Drobo sent me a new 5D3 to work with and I had some older hard drives that I wanted to test. One of them I believed was of questionable reliability

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Preserving digital assets, photos, videos, music and more a free live webinar June 27, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EDT on Photofocus

Preserving digital assets — a free live webinar

This Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, attend a free webinar on how to preserve your digital photos, videos, music and all the rest of your important info. Remember, all hard drives die. Learn how your data can survive. Topics Where assets are currently stored and potential issues

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How to safely destroy your old internal hard drives

(Editor’s note: Please observe safety precautions before using power tools mentioned in this article. Author Eilenberg explains ways of making certain no one can access data on discarded hard drives using various methods to physically disable them.) This is the year I get rid of my household hazardous and E-waste. I

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How to Show the iCloud Drive Icon on iOS

When Im on the road, I find myself using Apple Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on my iPad and saving files to iCloud Drive to keep my photo business organized. Whether its a budget, proposal, or slideshow… I’ve got them synced across my phone, tablet, and desktop (Windows users can sync

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Why You Should Fire Yourself Once a Year

This is a guest post by Brooke Shaden. She is well known for her portraits that show fantastic realities. She combines painterly techniques as well as the square format. She also takes traditional photographic properties are replaces things with otherworldly elements. If you’re self-employed, or you have a creative passion,

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Safe and Simple External Storage

Data loss is something that I wish upon no one. Those who have experienced this catastrophe already know that one occurrence can easily mess up one’s day, jack up one’s week, and quite possibly destroy one’s year. Many of us have priceless photos of those we love, places we’ve experienced,

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