ImageIntact now available on the Mac App Store. For free! Members Public

ImageIntact is a Mac backup app I started building a while back to address the very specific needs of photographers. Specifically photographers who don't want to have to be IT specialists to ensure their digital assets are safe. As all of us know, making backups of our images,

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Konrad Michels

A Photographer’s Backup Nightmare (And the App I Built to Prevent It) Members Public

A while back, I was talking with another photographer who had what I can only describe as a nightmare of an archive system: they never reused memory cards. Instead, they just kept buying new ones and used the cards themselves as the archive. Photos were imported to a computer to

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Konrad Michels

It's 2025. Why Are Your RAWs Still on an External Drive? Members Public

The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About After 25 years deep in tech, building and breaking systems at scale, I thought I'd seen it all. Then I discovered that professional photographers - in 2025 - are still being told to keep their RAW files off their computers because

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Konrad Michels

You Don’t Need to Be a Tech Person to Back Up Like One - Part III: In the Field Members Public

How to protect your photos in the field: proven strategies, gear tips, and habits from the trenches to avoid data loss before you get home.

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Konrad Michels
Photo Backups

You Don’t Need to Be a Tech Person to Back Up Like One - Part II Members Public

All Posts Previous Post Next Post Section 3: Pick Your Risk Level Not all photographers need enterprise-grade disaster recovery. But all of us need something more than “I think I copied it to my SSD.” The best backup system is the one you understand, and actually use. That starts with

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Konrad Michels
Photo Backups

You Don’t Need to Be a Tech Person to Back Up Like One - Part I Members Public

Learn what you actually need to back up, why RAWs aren’t enough, and how to protect your photos without becoming an IT expert.

Konrad Michels
Konrad Michels
Photo Backups

If You Can’t Restore It, You Don’t Have It: Rethinking Backup for Photographers Members Public

Learn what you actually need to back up, why RAWs aren’t enough, and how to protect your photos without becoming an IT expert.

Konrad Michels
Konrad Michels
Photo Backups