[Leica] Adobe Photography 20GB plan NEW AND IMPROVED!

Tue Jun 3 19:40:08 PDT 2025

I keep three physical backups on external HDDs of various sizes and ages.
One is with me, one is in my son's house and the last one is in a bank
locker. I need about 15TB for a complete backup of my data.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> While any cloud is not MY cuppa, it is good to keep your important records
> copied off line somewhere safe, like in the cloud.  Backblaze charges $100
> per year for unlimited storage.  ( if you use a NAS to copy from, they
> charge about $6 per TB per month).  This is a good deal, but not really
> super
> cheap.....
>
> For a lot less money ($120 or so, on a one time purchase) , you can buy a
> cheap USB desktop or portable HDD (WD or Seagate) and find a friend or
> Father.Mother,Sister,Son,Daughter's house to leave it at. Update it as
> often or infrequently as you wish.
>
> I use a second home as my remote location.  I have a Synology NAS there
> and another at home.  I sneaker-net the files across to update them.... my
> Internet provider wants a fortune to upgrade the service (speed of
> service)  such that I could use remote upgrade using NAS to NAS transfers.
> This is
> maybe not the cheapest solution, but the NAS costs about $300, 2x 16TB HDD
> at $200 each, and you have a 16TB fully protected system, forever.  (
> redundant data storage form the RAID array is another safety protection)
>
> It just occurred to me... does everyone know what sneaker-net is?
>
>
> I have worked with 2 of our LUG members to completely remotely setup and
> monitor their NAS solutions.  I would be willing to work with others as
> well.... just ask... cost is $0.
>
> Frank Filippone
> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
>
> On 6/3/2025 12:08 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> > Frank,
> >
> > that's another thing about those plans 20TB is not much when memory
> prices are dropping so fast and will go on doing so.
> >
> > I was looking at a backup backup to my local image store.   I recently
> uploaded a few GB to Dropbox and now I am continually pestered by "Upgrade
> > your space now" messages...and it was only a small folder.
> >
> > Mad!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > PS Glad to hear you sorted your bug.
> >
> > On 03/06/2025 17:42, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote:
> >> I understand now....
> >>
> >> I have had LR and PS for many years,,,,, and decided early on that
> saving ANYTHING on someone else's server, subject to their security and
> >> competence was something I was NOT going to do.....  ie, I do not CLOUD.
> >>
> >> Besides, at 60MP per click, 20TB is 320 images, and that was a
> ridiculously small amount of space.  My smallest SD card is 32TB.  Never
> could
> >> figure out what that small space is good for.....
> >>
> >> The offer to hold 20TB for free of storage is a come-on to pay even
> more to get a plan that is big enough to actually use....
> >>
> >> Not sure who would actually find it useful....but to each their own.....
> >>
> >> But you do make a good point.... download those 20TB before you do
> anything else......
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Filippone
> >> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
> >>
> >> On 5/29/2025 12:22 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> >>> Frank,
> >>>
> >>> I meant the images that you have stored on their site. Should have
> checked the mail before sending!
> >>>
> >>> I don't use Adobe, but was considering it along with a range of other
> options when I saw the mail.
> >>>
> >>> A timely post.
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>> On 29/05/2025 01:55, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote:
> >>>> Contents of what?  If you have a subscription, you already have the
> programs installed on your computer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Frank Filippone
> >>>> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
> >>>>
> >>>> On 5/28/2025 9:11 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> >>>>> If you choose not to renew, can you download the contents?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Peter
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 28/05/2025 18:18, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote:
> >>>>>> I just received, and suspect you will too, a message from Adobe
> that the 20GB Photography plane is being discontinued.  They say you need
> to
> >>>>>> act to not have your plan go away.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This is the $10 per month service.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   I went to fix the problem......to continue my service.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What is really happening is that Adobe wants to AUTOMATICALLY renew
> your program.  Not leaving it up to you to renew it yourself, annually or
> >>>>>> whenever you get around to it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If you follow directions, as I did, you will be caught in an
> endless loop of asking you to change something, but nothing will happen,
> loop....
> >>>>>> ditto... loop... ditto.  There are no options, no "other" plans to
> subscribe.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The $10 per month with 20GB free is apparently still available, but
> with the addition of an _automatic_ renew.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If you already have this plan, you are already covered.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sort of like.... NEW AND IMPROVED!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Improved for them......
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Frank Filippone
> >>>>>> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
> >>>>>>
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