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Digital Photo Archive - Backup

Add Dates to Folder Names

SUMMARY: Remember when photos were taken by adding dates to folder / directory names before backup.

Before archiving your digital photos on backup media, you should add the date(s) photos were taken to the folder names, if not the filenames of the photos themselves. This can help you later when trying to find photos, especially if you knew around what time the pictures were taken.

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