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Copying Files to Your PC
When you bring your project home from Chaos to Memories, we suggest copying your files from the USB thumb drive or external hard drive to the internal hard drive on your computer…
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Copying Files to Your Mac
When you bring your project home from Chaos to Memories, we suggest copying your files from the USB thumb drive or external hard drive to the internal hard drive on your computer…
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Common Mistake: Backing up to CD or DVD
In the early 2000s it was popular to backup photo memories on optical discs including CDs and DVDs. It might seem like that was just yesterday, but…
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Three Things I’d Never Do: Home Movies
I’ve been converting home movies for decades, and here are three things I’d never do…
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Checklist: Where to find digital photos
Our average client has 250,000 digital photos spread across their phones, computers, clouds, and backups. Here’s where to find those photos…
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Your DVDs and CDs are at Risk!
Would you believe we have a better success rate converting 40-year-old Betamax tapes than 10 year old DVDs? Unfortunately…
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Course: Gathering Digital Photos and Videos
Our average client has over 250,000 digital photos and videos, so we’ve developed a digital gathering workflow that’s…
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What kind of hard drive should I use for my photos?
Our average client has over 250,000 digital photos, so choosing a hard drive is an important decision to keep your memories safe and…
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How should I name my digital photos?
If you follow these best practices then you will have a photo archive where every filename is unique, chronological, and self-explanatory…
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Five Ways NOT to Organize Your Digital Photos
It’s hard to know how to organize your digital photos and you don’t want to invest lots of time and find yourself in a dead end. Here are five common strategies we suggest you avoid:
