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Once a year: download or copy originals to a labeled USB

Once a year: download or copy originals to a labeled USB — step 4 of 4 in Don't Lose Your Photos. Google Takeout or iCloud download for a year, or plug a drive into a computer signed into Photos and copy. Label the drive with the year.

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Free phones tip: Once a year: download or copy originals to a labeled USB (step 4 of 4 from "Don't Lose Your Photos").

Google Takeout or iCloud download for a year, or plug a drive into a computer signed into Photos and copy. Label the drive with the year. A drawer, not the only backpack with the laptop.

You passed when last weekend is in the cloud on a second screen. The drive is extra credit for the photos you cannot redo.

Pro tip: Two copies: cloud + drive. One copy is a story you tell after the theft.

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