Once you have a smartphone–iPhone or Android–for any length of time, you’ll quickly discover that the device makes it super easy to take pictures. Of everything. Lots of them. All of them irreplaceable.
A Google Photos icon sits in the notification area when the program is running and you can right-click on this icon to pause or resume backup, view uploaded photos, go to Google Photos, and access Google Photos settings. Let us know your opinion about Google Photos app for Windows 10. If you are a Mac or iOS user, all your photos are stored in an iPhoto Library. If you want to move or migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos, then first download and install 'Google Photos Backup' desktop application on your Mac.
If you’re like me, in no time, you’ll have thousands of photos on your device. Whatever your device is, the huge number of photos would seem to pretty much bake you into that operating system when it comes time to upgrade or you risk losing easy and convenient access to your photos and videos.
If you’ve recently made the switch from Android to iPhone (or the other way around), it’s now a lot easier to move your photo library to your new device. With the Google Photos apps for iOS, macOS, and Windows, migrating your photo library from an Android device to an iPhone is now fairly straightforward (and vice versa).
It’s also a good reference for loading your photo library to both ecosystems, which is a good strategy for backing up and keeping your photos safe. Even if your photos are all within the Apple ecosystem, Google Photos for iPhone is an easy backup option that’s cloud-based and worth looking into. Using one doesn’t mean you have to stop using the other. Plus, because it’s Google, you can access your photos from just about anywhere (Unless you’re my dad. Seriously, Pop, get a Gmail account).
- Google Photos is a smarter home for all your photos and videos, made for the way you take photos today. “The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge “Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired “Upload the pictures, and let Google Photos do the rest” – The New York Times.
- How to transfer pictures from Photos app to Google Photos. You can’t simply drag your photos directly from the Photos app on your Mac into Google Photos on the web. First, you’ll need to export the photos from the Photos app. Step 1: Select the images in the Photos app for Mac that you wish to copy to Google Photos.
Field Guide, a Gizmodo site, recently published a great post detailing how to easily migrate your photo library from Google Photos to Apple Photos for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It might take some time and a lot of bandwidth, but doing so will allow you to take your entire photo library to your new device, keeping the easy access of your irreplaceable photos and memories.
The Google Photos desktop client for macOS doesn’t have two-way sync, but the one for Google Drive does. First, go to Google Drive on the web, open the Settings page (via the cog icon) and tick the box marked Automatically put your Google Photos into a folder in My Drive under the General tab.
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I didn’t previously know that trick using Google Drive. The post guides you step-by-step and gives you a good idea of what to expect, regardless of your smartphone or computer operating system.
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Click to read all of How to Move Your Photo Library Between Apple Photos and Google Photos by David Nield on Gizmodo.
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If you are a Mac or iOS user, all your photos are stored in an iPhoto Library. If you want to move or migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos, then first download and install 'Google Photos Backup' desktop application on your Mac. Once you have installed 'Google Photos Backup', it will check the iPhoto Library option by default. Now click 'Start backup' button to migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos.
You have another option to migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos i.e via Google Drive. To do so, you need to download and install Google Drive Desktop app on your Mac and create a folder on you desktop named 'iPhoto Library (Date)'. Export your iPhoto Library to your desktop using the folder you have just created. Be sure to choose 'Original' file type and 'Highest Quality' and include videos. Now drag the folder to your Google Drive desktop sync folder.
Quick Tip to Keep your Photos Safe
Making backups of your photos & videos is a chore you probably skip, but it really doesn't have to be hard. Here's an effortless way to backup photos - PicBackMan. PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your photos safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your photos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all photos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.
You have another option to migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos i.e via Google Drive. To do so, you need to download and install Google Drive Desktop app on your Mac and create a folder on you desktop named 'iPhoto Library (Date)'. Export your iPhoto Library to your desktop using the folder you have just created. Be sure to choose 'Original' file type and 'Highest Quality' and include videos. Now drag the folder to your Google Drive desktop sync folder.
Quick Tip to Keep your Photos Safe
Making backups of your photos & videos is a chore you probably skip, but it really doesn't have to be hard. Here's an effortless way to backup photos - PicBackMan. PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your photos safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your photos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all photos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.