Michael<p>I have found that all of the "solutions" I've looked at are just locking you into some more specific ecosystem, so went back to the revolutionary idea of using the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filesystem</span></a> I have my photos and videos in a folder structure on my laptop by year, trip.</p><p>I don't auto backup from my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sonya6700" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sonya6700</span></a> anymore, that really just synced a load of cruft I had to delete, or pay to store. I move photos I want to my laptop, where I adjust and edit them in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darktable</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rawtherapee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawtherapee</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digikam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digikam</span></a> </p><p>🧵 2/4</p>