Simple and Easy Way To Backup Photos, Movies and Documents from handphones

 2 December 2023

In the past,  we used iTunes when we wanted to transfer or backup our photos,  movies, and documents from iPhones or Android phones to computers.  This is tedious, especially in iPhones.  Today,  we can use thumb drives quickly and easily. 

How?

We use Y-Disk Apps and a thumb drive

What needed?

a)  A special thumb drive that can use Y-Disk Apps and has the right connectors for your phones and PCs;  for example,  this thumb drive has the connectors for new and old iPhones and also the connectors for PCs

b)  Free Y-Disk Apps that can be downloaded from app stores.

How to Install?  

It is plug-and-play.  No installation is required except for the installation of the Y-Disk apps.

How to use it?

It is simple.  Just plug in the thumb drive and the phones will detect it if one has the Y-Disk apps already installed in the phones.    The app allows one to transfer photos such as jpg and png,  movies, and documents such as Excel files, etc depending on the design of the thumb drives

How Safe to use?

The software Y-Disk was developed by a Chinese company in Shenzhen.  Some users have expressed concerns about the security and privacy of using this app.   The AppleStore's App Privacy claims that the developer does not collect any data from this app.   However, it has been found that this app did store uploaded documents in its cache and the cache can only be erased when one uninstalls the app.