iPod photo storage

I have finally done it - bought a real iPod (i.e. not a Shuffle). I am now the proud owner of an 80GB fifth generation iPod. It's superb.

Now my reason for posting this news in the fotoblog is simply that I have decided to use the spare hard disk space on the iPod to store my Adobe Lightroom library. The hard disk on my PowerBook is continually "nearly full" so something has to go. The beauty of the iPod concept is that it can be used as an additional storage device and, with its USB 2.0 interface, it communicates well with the PowerBook (and any other computer for that matter).

I will be backing up the image files and Lightroom library files on DVD and, eventually another hard drive, so there will be no risk of losing data if the iPod is stolen or otherwise incapacitated. Although I am not using iPhoto I will be able to preview the thumbnails on the iPod by syncing to the images. At least I hope I will be able to do that. More on this later.