Don’t take the risk

News items include daily reports of online photo storage sites closing down, giving users a scant 24 hours of notice to download their snaps.

While I do think MobileMe – Apple’s version – is safe, I would think twice about spending on online storage for your precious images. Apple has too much reputational risk riding on MobileMe and with over $25 billion in the bank is not about to go our of business, but you have to wonder about the other guys. Sure, online storage is nice as you can retrieve your images from anywhere with a computer and a broadband connection, but it’s not much use if your provider just went broke.

If you must use these, at least make a local back-up and store it in a location remote from your workplace. Heck, stick the backup drive in your car’s trunk as a minimum.