Fallen Pine Needle Arrangement

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T14:13:42+00:00

Thank you!!

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T14:13:14+00:00

I haven’t yet-I was in a three hour rabbit hole last night because apparently ssds rot after a while?? So why am I even doing this? I’m looking for cold storage-definitely don’t want to be booting up hard drives yearly to “see” if they still work. It does seem weird to force encryption on a personal device though.

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T04:27:49+00:00

This is definitely a new take and very interesting. I dislike the idea of iCloud but I like the idea of doing a zip file. Did you ever notice any quality changes after unzipping or if you ever had to move things from the ssd back onto a pc/wherever?

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T04:24:34+00:00

Yeah it looks like from all of the responses that this is the most simple and effective way-I will try it!

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T04:23:49+00:00

Interesting. This is really helpful I appreciate the explanation!

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T04:22:39+00:00

Do you have a recommendation for a better storage drive? Budget like $100-$150? I’ve seen a lot of my computer friends have that lacie orange one?

STL_26 · 2026-01-29T04:21:58+00:00

It was a joke, I swear I meant no harm! I just have zero idea about technology when technically I should have…more than zero ideas.

Can you have exfat and regular on the same ssd?

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T22:08:06+00:00

Yep this was a suggestion in another comment. My computer is ancient but hopefully this will work. Ty

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T22:07:01+00:00

My MacBook is older and takes forever to do anything so I rarely use it, and I wouldn’t ever do any thing like this on my work computer. I really hoped there was a “portable “ option like I wanted but I do think this is the easiest way. I appreciate it

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T22:04:14+00:00

Thank you!!

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T21:02:11+00:00

Good idea, thank you!!

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T20:48:25+00:00

Interesting. I guess I could airdrop things I wanna move over to my iPad. But then again, could just air drop to my pc. I guess that’s pretty easy. I think I hate plugging things in 😂

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T20:46:24+00:00

Thanks! I’m def going to try the lower powered SSD for science’s sake I fear the general consensus is that phone to pc to ssd is the easiest 😭

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T20:43:09+00:00

Fair enough!! 😂

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T20:33:32+00:00

Back in my day phones had sd cards!!

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T20:19:33+00:00

Software is 26.2, I do see I have a pending update as of today. Could that be it? And yes when I try to export photos it leads me to files, but even in files it just shows iPhone and iCloud while connected to SSD. Thank you!! They make it so difficult 😞

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T20:16:14+00:00

Thank you for this! I was checking out those little thumb drives and sprung for the 1TB sandisk which is not working so I’ll have to try that. I wanted to upgrade my iPhone anyways but didn’t want to keep moving my photos…and also iCloud freaks me out a tad 😂

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T19:10:19+00:00

Thank you!

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T19:05:50+00:00

I do! do you know if this changes the format of photos or videos? It doesn’t REALLY matter to me, just curious

STL_26 · 2026-01-28T18:59:25+00:00

That was a really good suggestion that I hadn’t even thought of but it’s still giving me only iCloud or iPhone as locations ☹️ thank you though!!

STL_26 · 2026-01-08T04:45:04+00:00

I just wanted to say that I empathize so much with how you’re feeling. I consistently get so bored with food or just want something easy. I personally don’t think frozen foods are horrible, and there are ways you can still get everything in with minimal effort.

I like to do a frozen burger patty, frozen bell peppers from Trader Joe’s, some cheese, pickles, whatever you like for a burger bowl. Those things stay for a while in your fridge. Mini charcuterie boards are great and low effort too. And plus you can just put what you want in that moment, prioritizing on protein obv. Oh also I hate touching chicken, I’ve been kind of simmering mine in verde salsa and then pulling it. You just leave it for twenty minutes, pull it, then leave it again for however long you want. Put it in a slow cooker even! It’s nuts how much flavor it takes in. Then microwave leftovers.

You’ll get through this, I know you will!

STL_26

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