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Hi, forgive me if this has been asked before but I hope to get some advice nonetheless.
I have about 10 years' worth of photos (c. 1TB) which are currently stored :
(i) on an external hard drive (in folders by year); and
(ii) on my Apple (mainly on my Mac's hard drive as the cloud upload is not complete, more on that below)
What is on the external hard drive is mainly uploaded from SD cards from my 'proper' cameras and what is on Apple is mainly snapshots from my phone (important memories nonetheless!) but also some uploads from SD cards.
I have spent a great deal of time, with Apple support, trying to get all my photos on iCloud but so this is still work on progress, having been on an off Apple support since January (don't ask).
I am now beginning to think that all my efforts with Apple may not be proportionate to what I will ultimately achieve. I thought that 'Photos' would give me a tool to not only save but also organise my photos, create albums, folders etc... but.... is it going to be too basic?
Is it worth getting Lightroom? If so, which version? Every time I google Lightroom I get confused by the options and reticent about the price. Having said that I do not want to buy into a system which may lose support in a few years time, so any free online storage systems fill me with suspicion.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Happy Sunday.
I have about 10 years' worth of photos (c. 1TB) which are currently stored :
(i) on an external hard drive (in folders by year); and
(ii) on my Apple (mainly on my Mac's hard drive as the cloud upload is not complete, more on that below)
What is on the external hard drive is mainly uploaded from SD cards from my 'proper' cameras and what is on Apple is mainly snapshots from my phone (important memories nonetheless!) but also some uploads from SD cards.
I have spent a great deal of time, with Apple support, trying to get all my photos on iCloud but so this is still work on progress, having been on an off Apple support since January (don't ask).
I am now beginning to think that all my efforts with Apple may not be proportionate to what I will ultimately achieve. I thought that 'Photos' would give me a tool to not only save but also organise my photos, create albums, folders etc... but.... is it going to be too basic?
Is it worth getting Lightroom? If so, which version? Every time I google Lightroom I get confused by the options and reticent about the price. Having said that I do not want to buy into a system which may lose support in a few years time, so any free online storage systems fill me with suspicion.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Happy Sunday.