How I sorted 22,000 digital photos without getting overwhelmed: 4 easy tricks

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ZDNET's key takeaways

  • Physical photos may be outdated, but they're important.
  • With 22,000 pics in my account, it was overwhelming to start.
  • There are several tricks to sort through your photos.

If you're anything like me, you have a box of old family photos stuffed in a closet somewhere that's one of your more important possessions. You pull them out from time to time and laugh and cry at memories you'd forgotten and pivotal moments in your family. Also, if you're anything like me, you can't remember the last time you printed a physical photo to preserve your own memories.

But you should probably get on that.

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I've always had an affinity for physical media. I spent more than a decade working at...

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