It seems an awful pain. Just how much space does it save?
I picked up a 1TB Seagate Black Armor network backup for $59, and it does its own thing. But, I can and do copy files to folders on it. They are separate.
It is of course very fast, and I can reach individual files as and when.
Photos can take a long time to scan, so to me, they're very valuable. I'm acutely aware, I only have two full sets - many thousands - and really that's not enough backup. DVDs have been discussed in the past, but really don't seem reliable enough to trust this amount of data on.
Multiple copies left at several addresses and regularly refreshed, seems the only way