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Back up your SD card right after every shoot

Here's how I avoid ever needing to "recover" files from an SD card: the moment I pull it out of my camera, I back it up to my Mac and a cloud drive before I touch anything else. I also keep a quick recovery tool on standby just in case a card still gets corrupted.

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Polina Fomenkova

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Date published

July 1, 2026

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Step-by-step process

Step 1

Connect your SD card to your Mac as soon as you finish shooting.

Step 2

Back up the card's contents to your Mac with Get Backup Pro.

Step 3

Mirror that backup to a cloud drive with CloudMounter for extra safety.

Step 4

Format the card once you've confirmed both backups are complete.

Step 5

If a card ever gets corrupted before you back it up, scan it with iBoysoft Data Recovery.

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Try this workflow on Setapp

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