Freimmientis36

Not a stick but e.g. an external SSD 1-2 TB which can be connected to the USB port.

I’ve had a Samsung SSD 2TB for a long time and they are very fast.

WalterB

I totally agree! Given the number of photos, you need an external SSD.

WalterB

Thanks for your reply. It is certainly a good solution, a little expensive, it seems. As I’m listening to ITunes recordings, I wonder if I could also save the music tracks on this SSD to back them up.

Freimmientis36

An SSD for backups is actually “throwing pearls before swine”, i.e. simply unnecessarily too expensive.

It can be done, but a normal external USB hard disc is much cheaper and certainly more suitable for a pure backup.

Z. For example a WD Elements Portable which is available from 1 to 6 TB.
Here is an example with 2 TB:
https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/wd-elements-portable-2-tb-externe-festplatte-448766

Werner

Thank you very much.
I find this product interesting and affordable.

Freimmientis36

By the way, if you don’t have large video libraries for backup, the external storage can also be significantly smaller.

Here’s another super-small USB stick that I often use myself.
It is available up to 1000 GB, here is the 256 GB version, which is actually already sufficient for most “normal users”:
https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/sandisk-ultra-dual-drive-go-256-gb-usb-a-usb-c-usb-stick-12453049

Werner

It’s an interesting solution too, but I wonder if I could really save all my photos there, i.e. nearly 14,000!

Werner

So I’m going to get such a key (256GB.) I’ll come back if I have trouble making the backup.

Thank you again.

Have a good evening.

WalterB

Sure it’s slower, but just to make a backup of “a few” Fötelis it doesn’t really matter how fast it is.

Just run it once and then add new photos incrementally with a backup programme (such as “Personal Backup”).