

Photobucket is a sham and a lot of people got taken. "…what is there I have backed up on cds…." If something tragic happens to your home you don't want to lose both the files stored on your computer as well as your back-up copies. Maybe place them in a detached garage, your place of business or a safe deposit box. And as an extra safety measure consider storing any storage hard drives or discs away from your computer. For that matter, depending on how many images you need to save, you could store a surprising amount of images on an 8gb or 16gb thumb drive pretty cheaply. You can burn them to CDs or DVDs or copy them to an external hard drive. Your best bet is to maintain your own copies of the full sized image files. As a result, these images are not the best quality for making prints, especially in larger sizes. Save storage space and make them upload and download quicker. Plus you or the image hosting service will probably downsize your images to If you have truly irreplaceable photos, do not depend on a free image hosting service as your only back-up storage. (Alternate Step 3: Select the album of your choice then scroll down the page to the "Actions" menu on the right and click on "Download Album".) The picture will be saved to your computer View a photo and click the download button Has only restricted the ability to view your photos on 3rd party sites.Ībsolutely, at any time. Yes! All your photos are still available by logging into yourPhotobucket Account. If needed you can download a free copy of 7-Zip ( ) or something similar. You will need a bit of software to expand the Zip file and convert the contents into more standard image files like jpegs, but most computers already have some form of Zip software already installed. It's a little time consuming but it involves the contents of the album being converted to a compressed Zip file first and then downloading the Zip file to your computer. Instead of downloading each image individually it appears that you can download entire albums at one time. If you wish to retrieve your images from PB they are available for download to your desktop by following the instructions below. PB just no longer allows you to link your images elswhere online if you're using their free account.

To the best of my understanding your uploaded photos on Photobucket are safe and not being "held hostage".
