Manage my family's digital content

Yoga_Fuego Other DK30 Quarantine 2020 2 2

Description

Figure out a sane strategy for managing all of my family’s digital “content” (photos, videos, movies, books, music, etc.) This includes consolidating it so it’s easier to find than being scattered around a bunch of flash drives, hard drives, mobile devices, computers, and cloud accounts. It also includes figuring out which files need cloud backups and, eventually, creating a media center or dropbox type of setup so I can share photos and movies with friends.

Recent Updates

Yoga_Fuego 5 years ago

NAS has been set up and user accounts made for wife and me. Created two catch-all file deposits, one for myself and one for the wife, and dumped all of our stuff from various accounts in it. I think mine is 98% done, there is still a flash drive somewhere I can’t find. Wife’s stuff, I THOUGHT was done, but discovered she had 2 other portable hard drives and an SD card with photos I still need to pull.

Estimated Timeframe

Apr 20th - May 20th

Week 1 Goal

Set up and configure NAS. Create user accounts. Create Time Machine Storage partition. Import all data into NAS drives.

Week 2 Goal

Deduplicate files

Week 3 Goal

Sort and organize photos, movies, and music. Line up files to user accounts. Segregate admin from personal user account and remove access privileges from user account.

Week 4 Goal

Sort and organize legal/personal documentation. Create “emergency folder” for access to accounts. Discuss storage of personal keys and backup codes with family.