Photobucket gone pear shaped :/

[makeitfit]

Seems like Photobucket is going down the tubes or something ? I've not been able to access my account for days, and on the odd occasion I have managed to get in , nothing seems to work
Any of you compuliterate types got any insight to the situation ? Anyway I can recover many 1000s of pics ?
IF I can get access again is there a way to download the lot back again ?
Thankyouplease :augie

 

[Blocky10]

All ok here at the minute:nenau

 

[makeitfit]

Hmph, can you do me a favour and click my link oo er missus
See if my stuff is there ??

 

[emjaybee]

It's just coming up with a blank screen bloke, sorry!

 

[makeitfit]

Oh bugger

 

[jims-terrano]

Hi Pete, I just clicked on your little linky. Nothing happens mate, it just doesn't work what can I say

 

[emjaybee]

Yeah, summat like that mate. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I'm on another forum and they're having photobucket issues, as was Banshee.

 

[solarman216]

No Pete it does not work for me, spends ages loading then when it stops no pics, Rick

 

[makeitfit]

That's what I feared .
Ah well my old "how to " threads will be a bit naff now :lol

 

[solarman216]

I have never used the likes of photobucket or indeed any recovery programs as I prefer to be in control, I make backups to memory sticks so if my lappy goes awol I just get a new one and load from the sticks, photobucket can die as far as I am concerned, Rick

 

[Banshee]

I can see everything when I click Pete's link now :nenau

Maybe service has been restored

 

[emjaybee]

Nope, can't see a bloomin' thing. Just keeps ticking with a blank screen.

Sorry bloke.

 

[Banshee]

This recent Photobucket malarky has really had me worried and I wanted a way of going in and bulk downloading everything I've ever uploaded just in case SHTF

If worst did come to worst I back up my phone every 12 months onto an external HDD so if I was really that desperate for the pictures back I could go back through them.

Better still though, I've found a beautiful little add-in for Google Chrome called Photobucket Album Donwloader Unlimit

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...ownloa/jmpbbfglflhdhbmimlcacoojpkeopelc?hl=en

For the hefty sum of £1.29 I can go into my albums and just hit a button that says "Download" and voila, I have all of my photos in a few mins time inside a .zip and they are the original resolution too :thumb2

You can try the free version here like I did and I tested it on a few of Pete's albums and it worked well, might nick the lot :naughty :naughty

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...ownloa/papfjgooflcelknccdephbdnhogadkfj?hl=en

 

[emjaybee]

Hold up!

Belay that, it's been ticking over for ten minutes now with a blank screen, it's suddenly brought up all your pics!

Good news!

:thumb2

 

[emjaybee]

This recent Photobucket malarky has really had me worried and I wanted a way of going in and bulk downloading everything I've ever uploaded just in case SHTF

If worst did come to worst I back up my phone every 12 months onto an external HDD so if I was really that desperate for the pictures back I could go back through them.

Better still though, I've found a beautiful little add-in for Google Chrome called Photobucket Album Donwloader Unlimit

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...ownloa/jmpbbfglflhdhbmimlcacoojpkeopelc?hl=en

For the hefty sum of £1.29 I can go into my albums and just hit a button that says "Download" and voila, I have all of my photos in a few mins time inside a .zip and they are the original resolution too :thumb2

You can try the free version here like I did and I tested it on a few of Pete's albums and it worked well, might nick the lot :naughty :naughty

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...ownloa/papfjgooflcelknccdephbdnhogadkfj?hl=en

Do you not keep a backup of your data? I'd have thought your experience in I.T. would have taught you that. I have a seperate hard drive that I regularly back up to.

:thumb2

 

[makeitfit]

Top find Banshee.If I cant get it this end you can do it for me :thumbs

 

[Banshee]

"If worst did come to worst I back up my phone every 12 months onto an external HDD so if I was really that desperate for the pictures back I could go back through them"

:nenau :nenau

That's what I said, only do my phone pics every 12 months but HDD backup on the laptop is weekly, all stored in a fireproof safe :thumbs

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Anyone else got an email from photobucket saying they have now temporarily locked their account and demanding $400 to go onto a plan that allows 3rd party hosting?

I have just received it, and now can't get to any of my pictures. Looked on Twitter and loads of people are incredulous to what they have done.

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[jims-terrano]

It's definitely been locked and not a spam email?

 

[don simon]

No news stories via Google, I'd say a scam. I'm pretty sure that they couldn't do that legally and commercially it'd be suicide as there are better hosting platforms out there for free.