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1. #BACKBLAZE BACKUP EXTERNAL DRIVE HOW TO#
2. #BACKBLAZE BACKUP EXTERNAL DRIVE INSTALL#
3. #BACKBLAZE BACKUP EXTERNAL DRIVE TRIAL#

It also allows you to keep a safety net folder where all deleted files go, just in case you accidentally delete something you didn’t mean to.ĬCC is very user-friendly and will walk you through the entire installation process. I do this with a program called Carbon Copy Cloner by Bombich Software, Inc (we’ll say CCC from now on).ĬCC allows you to connect 2 external hard drives and make an identical copy of one to the other.Īfter the initial copy, CCC will only copy over new and updated files, and leave untouched files, making the cloning process fast every night. One thing I have made a habit of is cloning my working external hard drive every night I use it. Using Carbon Copy Cloner to backup your wedding photography Now that you have your wedding photography backing up to the cloud, its time to download Carbon Copy Cloner.

You can download the contents of your backed up hard drive to your computer, or have them send you a new hard drive. If something does happen and you need to download your files, just sign in to Backblaze in your browser and click on ‘View/Restore Files’. This way your cloud is always up to date. If you make edits to your external hard drive, like add images or make edits in your Lightroom catalog, Backblaze will find those edits and sync them to your backup in the cloud. Once it’s connected again it will resume where it left off. If you disconnect your external hard drive, your backup will pause. Just leave your hard drive connected to your computer and use your computer as you normally would. Click ‘OK’ and then click ‘Backup Now’.Make sure that the external hard drive that you use for your wedding photography business is connected to your computer.

Now, click on the settings button, name your computer, and select the hard drives to backup.

#BACKBLAZE BACKUP EXTERNAL DRIVE INSTALL#

#BACKBLAZE BACKUP EXTERNAL DRIVE TRIAL#

After your trial ends it’s only $5 a month per computer. It is really easy to install and it comes with a free trial. Now that all of your photography is organized on one external hard drive, your first step is to download Backblaze.

#BACKBLAZE BACKUP EXTERNAL DRIVE HOW TO#

I wrote an extensive blog post showing you my Lightroom workflow for wedding photographers with step by step instructions on how to import your images directly to an external hard drive using Lightroom. Backup your wedding photography to cloud storage with Backblazeįirst off, If you don’t keep all of your wedding photography on one working external hard drive and you want to learn how, You’re in luck. These two simple steps can save you from having to tell your bride/client that you lost all of their wedding photos. In this post, I am going to show you how you can easily backup your wedding photography to cloud storage and how to clone your working external hard drive to another external hard drive every night. It happens more often than it should especially in the day and age we live in. One of my biggest fears as a wedding photographer was losing the images and not being able to find them.