Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
☀️ Your photos capture moments you can never get back, but one lost phone or crashed hard drive could wipe them out forever. Protecting them is easier than you think. Here's a simple plan to make sure your memories are never just one accident away from gone.
☀️ Backing up photos
As soon as it’s practical, make copies of the photographs stored on your camera or other devices. On smart devices, enable auto-upload to one of the many cloud storage providers to automatically back up all your photos there. And, of course, back up your PC, especially if it contains your photos. Sensitive or confidential photos need extra consideration to prevent accidental exposure.
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Chapters
0:00 Back Up Photos and Never Lose Them Again
0:46 Backing up photos on your digital camera
2:42 Backing up photos on your smartphone
4:34 Back up photos to your cloud
6:03 Now that they’re on your PC, back that up too
7:51 A note about those “sensitive” photos
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☀️ Your photos capture moments you can never get back, but one lost phone or crashed hard drive could wipe them out forever. Protecting them is easier than you think. Here's a simple plan to make sure your memories are never just one accident away from gone.
☀️ Backing up photos
As soon as it’s practical, make copies of the photographs stored on your camera or other devices. On smart devices, enable auto-upload to one of the many cloud storage providers to automatically back up all your photos there. And, of course, back up your PC, especially if it contains your photos. Sensitive or confidential photos need extra consideration to prevent accidental exposure.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/16005
🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: go.askleo.com/ytsub
✅ Watch next ▶ In Search of a Complete Photo Management App ▶ youtu.be/lDioIA8gOEk
Chapters
0:00 Back Up Photos and Never Lose Them Again
0:46 Backing up photos on your digital camera
2:42 Backing up photos on your smartphone
4:34 Back up photos to your cloud
6:03 Now that they’re on your PC, back that up too
7:51 A note about those “sensitive” photos
❤️ My best articles: go.askleo.com/best
❤️ My Most Important Article: go.askleo.com/number1
More Ask Leo!
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☑️ newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter.
☑️ askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo!
☑️ askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo for even more!
#askleo #backup #photo
