Third in the series of posts on organizing for the new year.
This is a bit about organizing digital photos. While Siftsort.com is good for saving your important documents, there some photos that make sense to ensure you have. For example, for insurance claims – you may want current photos so that when filing a claim for damage or replacement you can show to your insurance adjuster exactly what something looked like. Taking photos of your home, valuable collectibles and other antiques is always worth the effort. But if they are too much to organize in Siftsort and are already located somewhere else online, that’s fine too. Just document it, so that you are not struggling to find them when the time comes. Keep in mind that older photos can be scanned and uploaded to Siftsort.com in a snap.
– Get all of your “important” digital photos together –
By that I mean create one central repository or an inventory document, for “important photos”. When your photos are scattered across multiple devices it’s impossible to keep them organized.
Start a list, a photo inventory, of each place that you have importnt digital images stored. Every. Single. Place. Be sure to include your smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, memory cards, CD/DVD’s, photo sharing sites, external hard drives etc.
Your computer would make a great place for your digital photos, but if you do not have enough hard drive space or your computer crashes you’re in trouble. Online photo storage is better or even an external hard drive, but having the inventory list is crucial for insurance claims.
Once you’ve established your inventory, upload the inventory document into Siftsort.com