![]() ![]() When I get back during a day of video shooting, time is almost always of the essence. Which brings me to the topic of backup workflow on the road - on location / in the field. Yes, it stinks to lose gear, but that’s what insurance is for… and no amount of that will recover your video footage if you don’t have backups. ![]() If, again by slim chance, my camera gets stolen I have a backup of all our hard-earned video footage in hand. Also, when we break, say for lunch, I like grabbing one of the memory cards and slipping it into my wallet. Though it’s never happened, if an SD card does fail by chance, I have a second one already on hand to save the day. That way I have two copies of everything - photo and video files are duplicated on both SD cards. When I’ve travelled somewhere and spent the day shooting video, filling up several SD cards, the last thing I want to happen is to lose it all.īecause I’m a very paranoid guy, I prefer cameras that have dual memory card slots (the Panasonic GH5, for example, has 2 SD card slots). For local backup there are a number of free programs like the following.Backup workflow on the road is always one of my biggest challenges. One can map the My Cloud to their local network computer for easier access in Windows File Explorer or Mac Finder.įor local network syncing one can use Sync Toy ( ) or Free File Sync ( ). One can use third party programs to perform backup or syncing. For local network access to the My Cloud one does not need to use any WD software. WD Sync is independent of Windows File Explorer. MySync? Do you mean WD Sync or is MySync something different? ![]() Can you use Windows File Explorer if you have MySync turned off? That software wreaked havoc when I had it activated. ![]()
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