Like to have a backup of all the photos you have on your computer?

Monday, August 3^rd, 2009

If you’d like a backup of all your precious photos to take over for the folks to see, to take to the office, or just to have as a safety backup, here’s a real easy way to do it!  Just plug the Picture Keep USB device into your computer, and – and well that’s it! Picture Keep has built in software to do all the work. It finds all the pictures stored on your computer and saves them safely to the device. Then the next time you plug it in, it only uploads new photos you’ve added. That way you’ll never have to worry about duplicates! When you plug Picture Keeper in the first time, it will ask if you would like to be sent a reminder email at an interval you select to remind you it’s time to backup your photos again. It really is a trouble-free device to use, especially if you’re not a computer whiz. If your computer crashes you might be able to replace your documents, but you don’t want to risk losing one-of-a-kind family photos. This way you’ll have a complete backup. When I first put Picture Keeper into my computer it indicated that I had 925 photos to backup. Then it started the process automatically.  It took about 7 minutes to save them to the USB flash drive. The Picture Keeper comes in two sizes, 4GB which holds about 4,000 pictures, and 8GB which holds about 8,000 pictures. (A lot depends on the resolutions of the photos.) I’d go for the larger size unless you’re sure you’re not going to add a lot of new photos over time. The 8GB is $39.95 on the company’s website. For some strange reason, when I did a web search on Amazon, they had the price as $59.95, which is way too high! NOTE: Picture Keeper is for photos only, not videos. More details and help:

www.picturekeeper.com

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Update on August 3, 2009 by The Giz Wiz

Save an additional 10%! Email from Picture Keeper with some updates:

Thanks for your reviewof Picture Keeper on the Daily Giz Wiz for Monday 3 July 2009 - Episode 886 The price discrepancy between mysite and Amazon.com/Ritzcamera.com is in the process of being resolved.Atthe initial launch, I partnered with a digital picture frame manufacture (PortableUSA) and they set their own pricing. Better for me for customers to purchase from my website anyways! Additionally, in my current marketing I typically offer a 10% of coupon(save10). Twofeatures of Picture Keeper (over DVD based solutions) I'd like to point out are: - Use on multiplePC's and OS' (Windows and Mac) -Ability to add additional file types (ie .mov, .raw, .pdf, .xls, etc) via the "Advanced Options" to include in the default search. Lastly, the Picture Keeper software is licensed to you to run on ANY size device.For example, you can purchase a750 GB externalhard drive and just copy the program files to it and use it as a Picture Keeper drive.If needed, customerscan give us a call and weget their own drive setup for them. Thanks again.

Matt Stanchie