Another important reason to consider downloading all of your shots from Google Photos is the policy change coming into force from June 1 So if you use Google Photos as a backup for your smartphone shots, you might find that you max out the 15GB that Google gives you for free. The most straightforward way to download images from Google Photos is one at a time, which you may find is the best approach. But unless you only have a handful of shots stored in the cloud, downloading individually will be a painstaking way to save all of your photos.
An alternative is to pick batches of snaps to save simultaneously. You can then click other images to add to your selection. Holding shift when you click will also allow you to highlight batches of snaps between the first and last shots you select. Google will compress your chosen shots into a single zip archive, ready for saving. From June , Google will also offer a free storage management tool to help you find and delete shots that are underexposed or blurry, which should make it easier to pick through pictures to find your favorites.
Use the search bar to filter your images — such as by location or date — then pick from the results. This makes it easy to save similar images, such as ones from the same place. This will compress all of the images and videos contained in the album into a single zip file for you to download. The benefit of this approach is that you can selectively download your snaps in just a couple of clicks, and keeps them organized on your hard drive.
The downside? Instead, each one has to be opened and saved individually, which could prove laborious if you have a large number. That said, checking through a sizable Google Photos library could be a time-consuming task. You might instead want to wait for the arrival of the free storage management tool from Google, due in June , which should make it simpler and quicker to root out superfluous photos lurking in your library.
Ready to go? I set it up to back up the photos on my iPhone but soon got to wondering how to sync it with the photos I have on my Mac. How do I get those photos to Google Photos without engaging in the two-step process or downloading them to the Photos app on my Mac and then dragging them to the Google Photos Web app?
There's no way to directly import your photos from Flickr and upload them to Google Photos. Instead, you'll need to download your Flickr photos and then re-upload them to Google's photo service. Download all photos or videos.
On your computer, go to drive. Click Settings Create a Google Photos folder. In My Drive, find and open the Google Photos folder. Select the folder you want to download. Click More Select All Download. Download multiple photos at once from Google Photos using Google Drive 1. Make sure you've the latest version of Google Drive app installed on your phone. Back up unlimited photos and videos for free, up to 16MP and p HD.
Access them from any phone, tablet, or computer on photos. Find your photos faster. You can find the Desktop Uploader here or by opening the sidebar on Google Photos in your browser and clicking App downloads. There are versions for OS X and Windows. After installing the app and logging into your Google account, you can select which folders Google Photos will automatically back up. This last option means that no matter where I put the photos from my camera's SD card, Google Photos will get them.
You can also uncheck the default options listed and add other folders as auto backup sources. During setup, you must also choose a photo size. You are given the same two options as you encountered on the Web or Google Photos mobile app: High quality or Original. The former caps photos at 16 megapixels and videos at p but provides unlimited storage space, while the latter lets you upload full-resolution photos and videos but will almost undoubtedly force you into one of Google's paid storage plans.
With your options set, click the Start backup button. I found that the Desktop Uploader did not begin backing up my entire photo library contained in the Mac Photos app but only a handful of photos and screenshots outside of my library that I had scattered on my desktop and in a folder on my desktop.
Even though I left the Pictures folder selected as a backup source, Google Photos did not touch the library database file that packages my entire photo library in the Pictures folder. You will need to export any existing photos from the Photos app in order to back up them up to Google Photos.
When I tested the ability to back up photos from a camera, I connected my Nikon to my Mac and got this message:. I was pleased to see I could choose different options for different cameras, from Never to Always or Just once. Turn a photo into an Excel spreadsheet: Microsoft's new tool for Android phones saves you endless time. At Mashable , Google Photos has quickly become our favorite online photo and video storage service because it's free and offers unlimited storage, as long as you're OK with photos being no larger than megapixels and videos no greater than p full HD resolution.
Another reason we love Google Photos: It's super easy to get your photos and videos from all your devices into one place.
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