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A #PictureKeeper Worth A Thousand Words #Review #Giveaway

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Pictures have been a big part of my life ever since I was born.  Not only was I raised by a “shutter bug” (my mother), my uncle was a professional photographer who had a built-in photography studio right in his own home.  One of the perks of being the niece of a photographer back then was getting to see the whole process of picture taking from start to finish. Removing the film from the camera, putting it through a special machine, and soaking the photo paper in chemicals, bringing the photos to life before my very eyes.  I was always fascinated, and thrilled, to be able to leave at the end of the day with some “home made” pictures.

So much has changed in the world of photography since those days.  In fact, in this “digital age”, it’s rare when any of us actually holds a real photograph in our hands anymore.  We are all taking more pictures than ever before, and those pictures? They are all ending up on the hard drives of our computers and laptops.

For me, the scary part about having all my precious photos sitting on the hard drive of my laptop is the fact that, as we all know, laptops die.  And they don’t usually die slowly and give you time to think about where you’d like to transfer your pictures to.  Ever seen that blue screen of death?  I have – twice.  In fact it just happened to me recently.  One minute I was typing away on my laptop, the next, I was headed over to Future Shop with my credit card in hand, ready to purchase a new one.

After my first brush with that blue screen of death a few years ago when I lost numerous photos that were not backed up onto an external hard drive, I got smart.  I purchased an external hard drive.  Wow…what a concept, eh? So this time when the blue screen of death appeared in front of me again, I just smiled. Ha! Ha! Didn’t lose any pictures this time!

Oh wait…I did.

You see, I had gotten lazy.  Getting out my external hard drive and hooking it up to my laptop had somehow become a chore – one that I would continually put off until “next time I upload more photos off the camera”.  So when my laptop died, I was certain I had just lost dozens of pictures – again.  I lucked out though.  I found that I hadn’t erased all the photos off my camera yet, so I was able to upload them to the new laptop.  Phew!

Then along came the folks from Picture Keeper.  Some how they knew I needed their help. In fact, I think they made their product just for me. That’s right.  They’ve made a photo storage product that is so easy to use, convenient and “smart”, that I no longer have any excuses when it comes to not backing up my photos.

You see, Picture Keeper “is the world’s first all-in-one Picture Keeper device with embedded software to protect pictures and other irreplaceable files”.

So what does this mean?

The Picture Keeper difference: no software to install, wires to connect, passwords to remember, or monthly fees. Use on multiple computers; both PC and Mac compatible. Once one Picture Keeper fills, just use another and the second will continue where the first left off. Amazing! Picture Keeper works well with all photo organizing software, like Kodak Easy Share, and is easy to use with your digital photo frame and favorite print kiosk.”

Picture Keeper has 4 different models to choose from:

PK 4 

Holds up to 4,000* photos 

$29.99

Keeps up to ~4000* pictures safe! 

*ESTIMATE – based on an average size of 1 MB per picture 

PK 8 

Holds up to 8,000* photos 

$59.99

Keeps ~8000* pictures safe! 

*ESTIMATE – based on an average size of 1 MB per picture

PK 16 

Holds up to 16,000* photos 

$99.99

Keeps ~16,000* pictures safe! 

*ESTIMATE – based on an average size of 1 MB per picture

 

PK Pro 

Holds up to 250,000* photos based on a 1MB photo size. ( drive color may vary) 

$189.99

With Picture Keeper Pro, it’s a snap to save up to 250,000* pictures! And because there’s no software to install, it’s that much easier. 

How much is peace of mind worth to you? With Picture Keeper you can store thousands of pictures – safely and securely. The Picture Keeper automatically finds and saves your pictures. Just plug it in, click start and Picture Keeper does the work for you.  Use it in a digital picture frame, LCD TV, photo kiosks or just store it away.

I was sent my very own PK 8 Picture Keeper that holds up to 8,000 (based on the size of the photos being 1MB each). I was really intrigued with this device as I wanted to see if I liked it better than using my external hard drive, and if it was really as easy to use as they say it is.

PictureKeeperStartBackup

I use Windows 8 on my laptop so I started my photo backup onto my PIcture Keeper by searching my programs and files for “File Explorer”.  Next I double-clicked on “Removable Disk D” (this could be E or another drive on your computer).  I was then able to “Launch Picture Keeper”.  Then I was presented with the “Start Backup” Picture Keeper screen you see above ^.  I clicked on the “Start Backup” button and…viola! That’s all there was to it! Talk about easy!

PictureKeeperSavingMyPhotos

The Picture Keeper backup process allows you to watch what is going on.  You can see what is happening as the Picture Keeper searches your computer for all new pictures since your last backup.

PictureKeeperPhotoStorage

 As the Picture Keeper was backing up my pictures, I could see “Time Remaining” for backup, “Pictures Copied” including total amount of space used, and “Duplicates Skipped”.

PictureKeeperDone

Within a very short time my pictures were backed up and safely stored on my new Picture Keeper. The whole process was super fast.  In fact, Picture Keeper lied, lol.  You see that time of 3:22 on my 3rd screen shot?  It didn’t take that long.  It only took about 90 seconds to back up my 476 pictures. As  you can see, even after 476 pictures saved, I still have 84% free space remaining on my Picture Keeper! Amazing!

PictureKeeperReminder

 I love this reminder service that pops up at the end of the backup process.  You may not find this service too handy, but I do.  For someone like me who “puts off” backing up my pictures, this is a great idea.

2 Key Things I Love About My Picture Keeper:

  • This device keeps track of all pictures you have already saved to your Picture Keeper.  This means that your Picture Keeper won’t use up valuable space by saving the same pictures again, next time you save your photos to the device.  My laptop isn’t even that smart.  The last time I went to save photos from my camera to my laptop, it automatically uploaded all 410 pictures again, instead of just uploading the 10 new photos.  I still haven’t deleted the duplicates yet.  You can see from my screen prints that Picture Keeper avoided copying the duplicates!

  • Picture Keeper comes with a FREE downloadable Mobile App for you iPhone, iPad, or Android phone that you can download right from the iTunes App Store or Google Play.  This allows you to backup photos wirelessly from your phone to your computer.  This is a terrific feature.  Currently, if I wish to save pictures from my phone to my laptop, I have to email them to myself and download them to my computer from my email account.

By the way, according to this post, a Picture Keeper is actually worth 1,367 words!

I will be enjoying my PIcture Keeper for a long time to come.  Now you can enjoy having your own Picture Keeper too!  The great folks at Picture Keeper have generously offered up a PK 4 Picture Keeper (holds up to 4,000 pictures!) for one lucky Canadian Blog House reader! Here’s how you can enter to WIN:

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Disclosure: “Picture Keeper has agreed to giveaway the PK4 device. I was not paid in cash for this posting. I was sent a product for review and all opinions are my own.” 

 

 

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  1. I have 3 huge external hard drives in which I store photos and other stuff. I also burn my photos periodically onto DVDs.

    • Oh good for you, Piroska! That is awesome! Sounds like you are well covered. That’s something I need to start doing also..putting my pics on DVDs! Thanks for entering!

    • So you’ve experienced losing pictures too, Amy? Yes, you need to get yours backed up asap so it doesn’t happen again 🙁 Thanks for entering!

    • You sure need a Picture Keeper, charityk! Those precious memories could be gone in the blink of an eye. Like I said…I’ve had 2 computers die all of a sudden. Pictures cannot always be recovered from a hard drive if your computer dies. Even if they can, it could be very expensive to do so. Thanks for entering!

  5. I back up my photos to my external hard drive, when I remember, just like you. Have various flash drives with photos too. I’ve been lucky with no losses of photos. Cross my fingers.

    • Yes, fingers crossed it never happens to you, Cruiser. Sounds like you do a good job of keeping them backed up on other sources. Thanks for entering!

    • Oh it can, and it can happen suddenly, without warning, Karen. You need to backup your photos/videos to make sure you always have a copy. Thanks for entering!

  8. Great prize…I could use this. I try my best to save pictures, but like most of you, I am bad at doing it. LOL, pictures of myself I do not want to save!

    • Hi Pam!! Sounds like many of us are in the same boat. LOL…I’m never worried about pictures of me getting lost. Most of them I hate anyways 🙂 Thanks for entering!

    • Omg Harry….I would definitely start backing those up! You’d hate to lose that many pictures 🙁 Thanks for entering!

  11. I need to back up my pictures more often. I am always going to do it tomorrow. I use dvds to put my pictures on. No failures yet.

  12. I try to remember to backup my pics, but it is always the one photo that you need that you always forget to backup … sigh.

  13. Yes, I do. I keep backups of important photographs on multiple hard drives (using a docking port to easily switch between), a couple flash drives, DVD-RWs, an online storage cloud, and of course I always keep some in print form in my fireproof safe.

    • Wow, Jennifer! That’s impressive! Sounds like a Picture Keeper would be a great addition to your collection of backup options 🙂 Thanks for entering!

  14. No I do not backup my pictures and over the years I have lost pictures when my laptop died and could not be brought back from its untimely demise.

  18. I keep my photos backed up on an external HD! Have never had a PHOTO storage fail, although have lost other documents before… =(

    • Sorry to hear you have lost other documents, Rachel 🙁 You can store videos and docs on the Picture Keeper too. Thanks for entering!

  20. I have burnt some of my photos onto DVDs but have thousands of pictures that I should back up.

  23. Right now we keep the original memory card full and back up onto the computer. But we have too many memory cards now and I’m worried about them getting lost because they are so small.

    • I worry about that sort of thing too, Angela. You almost need a “dedicated” container to hold them all in. Thanks for entering!

  24. we back up with an external hard drive but my husband isn’t sure how to get the pictures off of it 🙁

    • It should be as simple as plugging the external drive into your computer, opening up the drive, and dragging the files back onto your computer (or coping and pasting them). Thanks for entering, Caryn!

  25. Currently I don’t back up my pictures and I keep meaning to do that and just never get around to it. I must do this soon!

    • The Picture Keeper backup process is so easy…anyone can do it! They provide good instructions in the Picture Keeper box too. Thanks for entering, browncow!

  28. No, I don’t currently backup my pictures! So far I’ve been lucky — no “photo storage fail”!

  29. I back up my photos every few months. I am terrified of losing photos in between back ups, but it’s so inconvenient. This product sounds so amazing.

    • Glad you feel the same way, Sharlene! I just find the Picture Keeper so much easier than anything else I have used 🙂 Thanks for entering!

  31. We have them on CDs but were just talking about getting an external hard drive just to back up our pictures. This is perfect!

  35. I do a manual, monthly backup to an external hard drive. I also backup my photos onto Picasa web, although the photos are shrunk to a smaller resolution. Sadly, I did suffer a loss of photos when my hard drive crashed a few years ago. That is when I started the practice of backing up my photos.

    • Sorry to hear you had the same thing happen, Edmund 🙁 You sure sound like you are now taking some good steps to avoid that from happening again. Thanks for entering!

  38. I don’t back my pictures up and I know I should if something ever happened I would be so upset, so I think I really need a picture keeper

    • It’s scary to see how many of us don’t back up pictures in any way, Lynda. Like the others, I urge you to do that asap 🙂 Thanks for entering!

    • You raise a good point, Betty! A fire would wipe out all pics/external hard drive. Probably a good idea to back up another set and put that with a relative. Thanks for entering!

    • Oh dear, Carolle, you really need to back up your photos somehow 🙁 I urge you to so that you don’t lose them like I did. Thanks for entering!

  43. At the moment all my photos are saved as attachments to emails in a dedicated email account

    • I have some saved like that too, Vesper. I always thought that was a safe way to do it…until I read (just yesterday) about someone’s email account that got hacked and they lost total access to it. If that happened you would lose your pictures. Thanks for entering!

  44. I back up my photos on cd’s now
    Yes I had my computer crash and lots 4 years worth of pictures 🙁 Learned my lesson the hard way

    • Oh Cassie! That is heartbreaking 🙁 I felt bad when I lost a couple of months of photos..but 4 years. Sad. Glad you use CDs now! Thanks for entering!

  45. I sometimes back up photos on an external hard drive. Haven’t lost any photos so far, thank goodness!

    • Glad to hear you do some backing up, Donna 🙂 Probably should do it more often (as I have found out). Thanks for entering!

  48. Yes, I have my photos backed up on DropBox & on external HD’s, but I’ve had photo fails… I cheaped out on a memory card one time and it ended up falling apart while I was taking it out of the camera… I never made that mistake again.

    • Wow, Andreas! I never would have thought of that happening 🙁 Good advice..don’t cheap out on things like that. Thanks for entering!

  51. No, I don’t back them up. I lost a lot of photos when my old computer crashed. I really wish I had backed them up.

  52. I do now, I keep them on a sd card that has scads of memory, I lost a few years worth of my kids photos about 5 years ago when my computer got a virus and I have no backups and hadn’t printed them….all digital…I was devastated.

  61. I am so excited to have the opportunity to review this product and offer a giveaway too. I love that it remembers what is already saved. Saves time and means no chance of forgetting any. Thanks for sharing!

    Besos, Sarah

  65. I get my husband to back them up for me occasionally but not often enough (I’ve lost some). With a picture keeper, I’d learn to do it myself so I never lose any pictures.

  69. I dont have mine backed up, i should because im so scared of my computer just giving up!

  70. I have a all my photos backed up on another drive but panic that one day it will crash and i’ll lose them

  71. i currently keep them on the computer, but other than that no I don’t. I once got a computer virus that wiped my computer clean and I lost all my pictures including newborn ones of my son #4. Thankfully I had put a lot of them up on facebook so they weren’t totally lost, but still…

  74. I store them on multiple hard drive as I rake about 10,000 photos a year. Yes had one hardrive fail but glad everything was backed up.

  76. I have pictures on an old computer I can’t turn on, a laptop that the cord is broke, CDs, USBs, old cell phones. If I win this my dreams of having organized pictures would be a reality. Also expecting another child. All my kids baby books last week were ruined cause of a leaky pipe in the basement. Have to redo my girls books now and need my pictures organized. I didn’t know a few years ago that a camera card had to be formatted and my card froze. $50 to get my pictures put on a cd.

  79. CONGRATULATIONS TO LYNDA N. FOR WINNING THE PICTURE KEEPER!! ENJOY YOUR PRIZE, LYNDA!!

    THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ENTERING!!

    MANY THANKS TO THE GREAT FOLKS AT PICTURE KEEPER FOR SPONSORING THIS GIVEAWAY!!

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