https://driveless.in/blog/Plain answers on video storage, Mac storage and cloud streaming, from Bengaluru.en-in https://driveless.in/blog/what-is-driveless/https://driveless.in/blog/what-is-driveless/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530Driveless is a streaming cloud drive for Mac made in Bengaluru. Your footage lives in the cloud, shows up in Finder as a normal drive, takes 0 KB on your Mac and plays in Premiere in under a second. Launching in India in January 2027. https://driveless.in/blog/how-much-storage-does-1-hour-of-4k-video-take/https://driveless.in/blog/how-much-storage-does-1-hour-of-4k-video-take/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530One 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. https://driveless.in/blog/how-many-hours-of-video-fit-in-1tb/https://driveless.in/blog/how-many-hours-of-video-fit-in-1tb/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +05301 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. https://driveless.in/blog/how-much-storage-does-a-youtuber-need/https://driveless.in/blog/how-much-storage-does-a-youtuber-need/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530A 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. https://driveless.in/blog/how-much-storage-does-a-wedding-videographer-need/https://driveless.in/blog/how-much-storage-does-a-wedding-videographer-need/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530An 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. https://driveless.in/blog/macbook-storage-full-video-editing/https://driveless.in/blog/macbook-storage-full-video-editing/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530A 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. https://driveless.in/blog/can-you-edit-video-directly-from-cloud-storage/https://driveless.in/blog/can-you-edit-video-directly-from-cloud-storage/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530Yes, 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. https://driveless.in/blog/external-ssd-vs-cloud-for-video-editing/https://driveless.in/blog/external-ssd-vs-cloud-for-video-editing/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530Rupee 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. https://driveless.in/blog/is-256gb-or-512gb-enough-for-video-editing-on-mac/https://driveless.in/blog/is-256gb-or-512gb-enough-for-video-editing-on-mac/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530512 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. https://driveless.in/blog/best-way-to-store-video-footage-long-term/https://driveless.in/blog/best-way-to-store-video-footage-long-term/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530How 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 the cost per TB per year of each option in rupees, including the ₹599 per TB archive tier.