13.3. External Hard Drives for Storage

The number of images that you acquire through digital photography grows dramatically. iPhoto does a great job keeping your photos organized, but you still need a plan to store the electronic images once they are downloaded from the camera. You need the storage capability that enables you to back up and archive photos. Understanding the difference between storage, backup, and archiving helps you better devise a strategy to locate and secure your digital photographs.

Storage

Storage generally refers to a permanent mass storage device, such as a computer hard disk drive where you can download and save electronic ...

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