Good labeling practices are key for photo organizing and computer file management. When your digital files are foldered and labeled correctly, it’s also easy to maintain that organization by adding new files into the right folders. This post covers a …
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VHS tapes are keeping the moments from your family trips and weddings alive. They also face several risks, like crushing at the bottom of storage bins and even snapping in your VCR. Since we fix lots of damaged videotapes at …
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Film and audio tape makers tried to set their products apart from competitors’ with slight changes in size, length and reel styles. Now, all these years later, these variations can make it difficult for families to determine what formats they …
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We all have the plastic sleeves of 35mm negatives stuffed in the back of our photo envelopes, falling out of albums and loose in our photo boxes. Every time we see them we ask ourselves, “Do I even need these?” …
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Written by: Jens Peterson & Vanessa Boucher ARE VCRs STILL MADE? If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Are VCRs still made?”, the answer is no. Funai Electric made the very last one in July 2016 – a big turning point in …
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Feeling nostalgic for the good old days? You can convert old home movies to digital and relive them anytime, anywhere. Film projectors and VCRs have been phased out, and the condition of aging tapes and film gets worse every day. …
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In the past week, we’ve covered a lot of ground on how to make a homemade cookbook to help you turn your heirloom family recipe cards into amazing and functional heirloom cookbooks. In parts one and two, we got you …
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As the members of the Greatest Generation leave us, so too does part of our family history. The history of storytelling begins with families passing down history through centuries of oral tradition. But that doesn’t happen as much as it …
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Family recipes are at the heart of the holiday season, and it’s always a wonderful feeling to pull out recipe cards written in your grandmother’s cursive, but paper is fragile and easily damaged. Aging recipe cards have been bent and …
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Saturday, October 21st was Home Movie Day – a day to celebrate and preserve the memories of home movies! We work with home movies a lot at EverPresent, and we are going to cover some basic tips on caring for …
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