Take Control of Your Digital Legacy by Joe Kissell

Author:Joe Kissell
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: TidBITS
Published: 2017-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

Be careful that your scanning software doesn’t arbitrarily restart the numbering (for example, after a system crash or other glitch); otherwise, you’ll end up with a confusing set of duplicate file­names. In fact, even if your software offers to number files sequentially by itself, you may want to number them manually.

To avoid the clutter and confusion of thousands of image files in a single folder, consider dividing your images into folders of 100 or so photos each.

If you’ve scanned both the front and back of a photo, give the two files matching names—for example, 1234-front.tiff and 1234-back.tiff.

If you crop or otherwise edit a scanned image, make the modifications on a copy, and always leave the original file intact.

Keep your annotated index in a safe and easily accessible place.

Take your time, and don’t worry about finishing quickly. It’s better to scan and annotate a small fraction of your photos than none at all.

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