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Plain answers on storage.

How much video takes, why devices fill up, what streaming from the cloud needs, and how teams move terabytes around. Written in Bengaluru, for anyone whose device says it is full.

About Driveless

About Driveless · 5 minWhat is Driveless? The last drive you will ever carry, explainedDriveless is a drive that lives in the cloud and behaves like it is on your device. What it is, how streaming differs from sync, which devices it runs on, and what it costs.

Storage maths

Storage maths · 4 minHow much storage does one hour of 4K video take?One hour of 4K video is 27 GB to 500 GB or more depending on the codec. The table by codec, the maths behind it, and what actually fits on a 1 TB Mac.Storage maths · 4 minHow many hours of video fit in 1 TB?1 TB holds about 45 to 90 hours of 1080p, 11 to 22 hours of camera 4K, 4.5 hours of ProRes 422 and 2 to 3 hours of ProRes 422 HQ. One table for every common format, the real capacity of a '1 TB' SSD, and how to plan a year of shoots.Storage maths · 5 minHow much storage does a YouTuber need in 2026?A weekly 4K vlogger generates about 240 GB a month and 3 TB a year. A tech reviewer can pass 15 TB a year. The per-video maths for three creator profiles, where the storage goes, and where the plan usually breaks.Storage maths · 5 minHow much storage does a wedding videographer need?An Indian wedding shot on three cameras over three days produces about 1.7 TB of 4K footage. Per-wedding and per-season maths, what you owe the couple, how long to keep footage, and what it costs to keep it.

Mac storage

Mac storage · 5 minMacBook storage full while video editing: what to delete and what to moveA MacBook fills up during an edit because of app caches, render files, old exports and, above all, footage kept on the internal drive. The order to clear them in, the Mac paths, and the fix that stops it happening every project.Mac storage · 5 minCan you edit video directly from cloud storage?Yes, but only with cloud storage that mounts as a drive and streams frames on demand. Why sync apps copy everything down first, the bandwidth each codec needs, and what actually works in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on a Mac.Mac storage · 5 minExternal SSD vs cloud storage for video editing: real costs over three yearsRupee maths for a 4 TB footage library growing 1 TB a year: external SSDs plus backups plus couriers, against a streaming cloud drive, over 36 months. Where the SSD wins, where the cloud wins, and the line item most editors forget.Mac storage · 5 minIs 256 GB or 512 GB enough for video editing on a Mac?512 GB is enough for video editing on a Mac if footage lives off the internal drive; 256 GB works with discipline. The GB budget for macOS, apps, cache and previews, what to keep local, and why paying for the 2 TB Mac is the expensive fix.Mac storage · 5 minThe best way to store video footage long term (and what fails first)How long HDDs, SSDs, NAS, LTO tape and cloud archives actually keep footage, what bit rot is, the 3-2-1 rule applied to video, and and the cost per TB per year of each option.