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vwhiting
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Q: Can I back up my iPhoto library to the cloud?

Is it possible and / or wise to back up my photos to my iCloud account? They are saved to my time Machine, however I would like to have access to them from my other computers, and to have an additional back-up. Thanks

iPhoto '08, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), I have 10,000 photos in iPhoto

Posted on Feb 18, 2013 1:17 PM

by Terence Devlin,Solvedanswer
Terence Devlin Terence Devlin
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A:

That's not a feature of iCloud.

 

You can upload your photos to any sharing site and that will allow you to access them from any computer and function as a back up. I use SmugMug for just that reason.

 

As to uploadng your Library to another cloud service - people have tried running a Library from the cloud and found it prone to corruption (as the servers are not appropriately formatted) and very, very, very slow. If you do upload to a cloud service remember to factor in the time to download again. iPhoto Libraries can be very very large and those kinds of data tranfers can take days to complete.

Posted on Feb 18, 2013 1:22 PM

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  • by Terence Devlin,Solvedanswer

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 18, 2013 1:22 PM in response to vwhiting
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    Feb 18, 2013 1:22 PM in response to vwhiting

    That's not a feature of iCloud.

     

    You can upload your photos to any sharing site and that will allow you to access them from any computer and function as a back up. I use SmugMug for just that reason.

     

    As to uploadng your Library to another cloud service - people have tried running a Library from the cloud and found it prone to corruption (as the servers are not appropriately formatted) and very, very, very slow. If you do upload to a cloud service remember to factor in the time to download again. iPhoto Libraries can be very very large and those kinds of data tranfers can take days to complete.