Backing up photos to PC is much simpler than backing up the photos to Google. What do you think? Leave your comment below. Thursday, November 23, Try A Simpler Backup Method. Step 3 Since there is no select all option on Google Photos, to select all photos to download: Select the first photo on Google Photos; Keep holding Shift key and scroll down to the last photo; Click the last photo to select all photos.
Click three dot icon in the top right corner and choose Download. Step 1 Open Google Photos on your phone. Select the photo you want to download to Gallery. Step 3 Tap Download icon to download the picture to your device. 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. Table of Contents. What is the flower for the 50th wedding anniversary? You may also like. Recent posts. What happened to Google Image Search Size? What is considered a small wedding? Can you wear a veil if your not a virgin?
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When you're scrolling through Photos on your phone and want to jump to a specific date, touch the quick-scroll icon on the right side of the screen. Then just move your finger up or down to fly back in time faster than a flux capacitor would allow.
The next time you need to select a bunch of consecutive photos from your phone, don't do the one-tap-at-a-time dance. Instead, touch your finger to the first photo until it becomes highlighted, and then -- without lifting -- drag your finger up or down to quickly select a whole set of images. Flawless as I know you are, you may one day discover you deleted a photo by accident.
Take note now: Photos has a 'Trash' folder that's accessible via the app's main menu. Every axed image stays there for 60 days and can be recovered with a couple quick taps or clicks. One of Photos' greatest strengths is its image-sorting intelligence. You can use the search bar at the top of the app to find photos based on all sorts of terms -- month, season, location or even objects or general themes.
Note that if you've never used Photos before, it may take a little while for newly added images to start appearing in searches. Prefer browsing over freeform searching? You can go to the Albums tab accessed on the left side of the desktop website or the bottom of the mobile app and then look at the carousel at the top to scroll through common terms specific to your collection.
Google Photos can also help you find images based on who appears in them -- even if it doesn't know every person's name. Go to the Albums tab and select 'People' to see a list of faces from your collection.
If you want to be able to search for someone by name, just tap her face, select 'Who is this? That name will then appear whenever you start typing the first few letters into the app's search bar. In theory, Photos recognizes how a person ages over time and groups all the photos in which he appears together -- but in reality, it doesn't always get it right. If you see someone's face showing up in two different places within the 'People' section, first use the naming process described above to make sure the person is properly labeled.
Then tap the second place where the person appears, select 'Who is this? You can also manually remove images from a person's grouping by clicking or tapping the menu icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and then selecting the option labeled 'Remove results. If you're hunting for something specific in your collection, try using multiple search terms together -- 'dog and park,' for instance, or 'Mom and Dad.
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