![]() It’s not the quickest way to go about it, but then again, this won’t be an interface most people will be trying to do a lot of work in. You’ll need to check a box to select the file or folder, click the move icon, and then choose the destination from a list. Expecting to drag and drop your files and folders to move them around? Think again. ![]() I found organization to be a little frustrating. If you want something uploaded to your cloud storage, you have to put it there yourself. So, you can’t, for example, tell Prime Photos to watch a specific hard drive or folder on your computer and upload any new images it detects. Unfortunately, there is no syncing option. The error message will tell you which files failed to upload. A second try uploaded all the missed files easily. Aside from a file name that had an odd punctuation character in it, the only upload failures I encountered were due to random glitches in my Internet connection. This is the Mac desktop app.Īn error message will pop up to alert you if a file fails to upload. Select a location to upload your photos to.Īnother option is to upload from the Windows or Mac desktop app. Uploading from the web browser interface. If you do this, note that you do need to leave the page open while uploading. I tend to start the upload before I go to bed and just let it run all night. Actual upload speeds will depend on your Internet connection, but even with a fast connection it will take some time. Uploading takes, as with any cloud service, a pretty long time. You can either choose files or folders manually or drag and drop them into the window. ![]() The uploading interface for Prime Photos is a fairly basic affair. Once full, you can purchase additional space. They must be smaller than 2GB and shorter than 20 minutes in length, and they count toward your 5GB of Cloud Drive space. Video files can also be uploaded (MP4, QuickTime, AVI, MTS, MPG, ASF, WMV, Flash, and OGG), but are not included in the unlimited photo storage capacity. JPEG, BMP, PNG, and most TIFF files are supported, as are RAW files from Canon, Nikon, and Sony. You can upload from a browser interface, a Windows or Mac desktop app, or an iOS or Android mobile app. For a $99 yearly Amazon Prime membership, you get unlimited cloud storage space on Amazon’s Cloud Drive for image files. What exactly do you get with Amazon Prime Photos? (Note that Amazon Prime membership still includes 5GB of space on the Amazon Cloud Drive for non-photo files.) Should Amazon Prime Photos be your new backup system for your photo archives? Can it really be that simple and inexpensive? As always, the answer is both yes… and no. Most serious photographers require at least 1TB storage capacity for a backup system, and perhaps realistically need closer to 3-5TB, so Amazon offering unlimited photo storage is a big jump. Prior to Prime Photos, Amazon was already offering Prime members 5GB of storage on the Cloud Drive. While Amazon Prime started as a basic “free two-day shipping” upgrade for a flat yearly fee, it has evolved to include many more features, such as an e-book lending library, instant videos, streaming music, and now Cloud Drive storage specifically for photos. Last fall, Amazon announced that a new feature was going to be added to its Prime membership- Prime Photos, which is unlimited photo storage in Amazon Cloud Drive. ![]() However, the time may be right to switch to (or incorporate) cloud storage. Many of us have made do for years with multiple external hard drives, RAIDs, and offsite backups. One goal that I know many of us could stand to work harder toward is creating and maintaining a redundant storage and backup system for our digital images. Now that it’s March, and all the “I’m going to start eating healthy and running 5 miles every day” New Year’s resolutions have been conquered (or fallen by the wayside), perhaps it’s time to put some effort into your photographic resolutions for 2015.
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