Digital Decluttering: Detail Work, Final Paper Scans (Premium)

This article series was inspired by our move from a large house into a small apartment and the amount of decluttering we needed to do in its wake. I had thought that I was good at decluttering, but what I came to understand is that what I was really do… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Detail Work, Final Paper Scans (Premium)

Digital Declutter: Finish Work, Final Scans, and a Peek at the Future (Premium)

As you may recall, I wrote last week that I had essentially finished organizing and decluttering my documents archives. But at that point, it was only in two places, one temporary: OneDrive, and then the locally synced copy on the laptop I was using. S… Continue reading Digital Declutter: Finish Work, Final Scans, and a Peek at the Future (Premium)

Microsoft is Changing How OneDrive Photo Storage Works in October

Microsoft has started warning OneDrive users that adding a photo that’s already been backed up to an album will soon make it count twice against their total storage quota.
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OneDrive for Business Kills Unlimited Storage Option for Commercial Customers

Microsoft has quietly discontinued its once-generous unlimited cloud storage option for the OneDrive for Business service. Indeed, all new commercial customers are now limited to OneDrive for Business (Plan 1), which offers 1 TB of storage for $5 per user per month. Up until now, Microsoft used to offer unlimited storage as a part of…

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Digital Decluttering: For the Love of NAS (Premium)

As part of a grueling summer in concrete construction the summer after I graduated from high school in 1985, I built a wall. And not just any wall, but a concrete wall surrounding a field for horses that was molded using a Styrofoam “foam form” that wo… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: For the Love of NAS (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: Tackling the Document Archive (Premium)

Over the weekend, I was able to dramatically reduce the file size of my pre-Thurrott.com archives, which dropped from 116 GB to about 48 GB.
At a high level, this work resembled what I did with my loose photos and scans: I assessed what I had, volume- … Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Tackling the Document Archive (Premium)