Joyce's Digital Photo Workflow

Manual transfer

Auto transfer

View in iOS app

Key

Application Purpose Access Limit To Configure Comments

FlickrShare photos with family &

friends

Private on upload; mark sets public selectively

1 TB On iPhone app, “Auto upload”

• iPhone photos automatically upload to a set titled “Auto Uploads.” • I generally create a set for every iPhoto event. • All sets are organized into yearly collections. • I usually make sets public once organized.

iCloudEasily transfer photos to all

Apple devicesPrivate Unlimited

On Mac, System Preferences,

iCloud, Photos, Options

• iPhone photos automatically upload to My Photo Stream on iCloud and get pushed to my MacBook Air.

• Photos are visible in the “My Photo Stream” album in Photos for iOS. • Photos are stored on My Photo Stream for 30 days (enough time to

show up on other devices) and do not count against iCloud storage.

Google+ Backup at full resolution Private 15 GB (full

resolution)Use the icon on OSX menu bar

• Photos are visible on the iPhone in the Google+ app. • I generally do not organize photos on Google, just use it for storage. • Unlimited photo storage at lower resolution.

iPhotoPhoto

organization & storage

PrivateHD

Capacity (256 GB)

iPhoto, Preferences,

iCloud

• I group photos into events and name them, including year in the title. • I share photos to Flickr, creating a set for each event. I usually share

as publicly viewable once their organized (sometimes before).

Time Machine

Permanent local backup Private

HD Capacity (350 GB)

Use the icon on OSX menu bar

• I backup my entire machine contents to an external hard drive at least once a week.

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Selective sharing

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