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Memory Maker - download to computer or photo website?
Lenny and I were just talking about the Memory maker. We're going to go with it (Will - we've loaded Windows 7, higher IE and more memory into my computer so I should be all set now. No more XP with no support and a much faster running computer) but Lenny asked a very good question. When we download the pictures, do we have to download to my computer or can we send it to a photo website like Shutterfly or Photobucket? He also mentioned that with a site like Shutterfly, I can send all the photos to Walgreens and they'll do prints and/or a disc. As I said, we've made "improvements" to my computer so there shouldn't any problems for me but we are just curious. TIA
Lenny and I were just talking about the Memory maker. We're going to go with it (Will - we've loaded Windows 7, higher IE and more memory into my computer so I should be all set now. No more XP with no support and a much faster running computer) but Lenny asked a very good question. When we download the pictures, do we have to download to my computer or can we send it to a photo website like Shutterfly or Photobucket? He also mentioned that with a site like Shutterfly, I can send all the photos to Walgreens and they'll do prints and/or a disc. As I said, we've made "improvements" to my computer so there shouldn't any problems for me but we are just curious. TIA
First of all, kudos on the upgrade! It's not something that most folks want to tackle unless they're technopiles, but more and more I'm seeing people dive into OS upgrades and PC rebuilds and other stuff that was once as mysterious as The Deep Magic.
Now, as to your question - once you complete your Memory Maker download and have all of your PhotoPass pics on your computer, you can do pretty much anything you want with them. You can keep them, burn them to CD, print them, or upload them to Facebook or Shutterfly or Snapfish or any other printing site or storage site. If you want to get them printed at Walgreens, you can burn them to a disk and take them to your local store, but I believe Walgreens also has an option to upload your pics to their site for printing.
My recommendation is to burn a CD or DVD of your pics as soon as you download them, which will act as a backup in case your computer melts down. This is good practice for all of your critical computer files, in fact - make backups of everything! And make sure that at least one backup is "off site", i.e. not in your house, because if your house drowns, burns down, or blows away to Oz, anything in it - including your computer and your backups - will go right along with it.
First of all, kudos on the upgrade! It's not something that most folks want to tackle unless they're technopiles, but more and more I'm seeing people dive into OS upgrades and PC rebuilds and other stuff that was once as mysterious as The Deep Magic.
Thanks to you I knew about the XP support - so thank you, I appreciate everything you said in my other thread. Lenny knows more about computers than I do so he actually did it for me (so I'll send your kudos to him) and it actually seemed like it was pretty easy. Probably because most of what I do on the computer is my Disney websites and games (meaning things that can easily be reinstalled/found again). I'm still in the process of "learning" all the ins and outs but it's not nearly as bad as I expected it to be - and mostly due to the fact that school in running Windows 7 and I didn't even realize it until the other day .
As for the Memory maker, it's pretty straight forward then - just like putting my own photos in and then putting them in Photobucket only instead of having my SD card, the photos will be off in space first .
I think most sites for photo sharing require that you upload the files from an actual device. I tried to upload something from my google drive to flickr and couldn't find an option to do it
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Thanks to you I knew about the XP support - so thank you, I appreciate everything you said in my other thread. Lenny knows more about computers than I do so he actually did it for me (so I'll send your kudos to him) and it actually seemed like it was pretty easy. Probably because most of what I do on the computer is my Disney websites and games (meaning things that can easily be reinstalled/found again). I'm still in the process of "learning" all the ins and outs but it's not nearly as bad as I expected it to be - and mostly due to the fact that school in running Windows 7 and I didn't even realize it until the other day .
As for the Memory maker, it's pretty straight forward then - just like putting my own photos in and then putting them in Photobucket only instead of having my SD card, the photos will be off in space first .
Yeah, Windows 7 and XP have similar interfaces, with mostly just tweaks here and there (Control Panel is arranged differently, the Start button looks different, and there are load more options for desktop themes and backgrounds).
Since you already have Windows 7 experience, the switchover should be pretty painless for you. And, just like cleaning out your closet every now and then, it's a good idea to wipe your computer and reinstall the OS and all your applications now and then, just to give it a sort of spring cleaning. You can leave off apps that you don't use, and you get rid of drivers for old hardware that's gone, and update to the latest drivers for your current hardware, so the machine tends to hum along like a Swiss car for the first few months. Just remember to keep your anti-virus and anti-malware software up to date; nothing drags a computer down more than malware!
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Originally Posted by EastYorkDisneyFan
I think most sites for photo sharing require that you upload the files from an actual device. I tried to upload something from my google drive to flickr and couldn't find an option to do it
Yes, that's because your Google drive is online, and Flickr is online. Flickr, and most photo sharing/printing/storage sites, won't accept a transfer from another online source, they can only accept an upload from your computer or mobile device.
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