We all have many photos we love saved on our devices – and maybe even a few we don’t – but they’re all equally important to us, which is why they should be backed up on The Cloud with Google Drive. Show We all possess countless memories in photo form saved on our smartphones in this digital era, whether they’re from a family holiday, a wedding, or any other significant occasion. The problem is, having thousands of images on your device can slow down its performance, so it’s critical to keep a backed-up private library of your digital files. This can be made simple with Google Drive. Google Drive is accessible at any time and from any location on a variety of devices, as long as you have access to your Google account. Plus, just having a Google account alone qualifies you for 15GB of free storage space. It’s simple to get your photos onto Drive and there are a few methods to choose from, so without further ado, here’s how to move photos from Google Photos to your Google Drive: Method One – Download-UploadThe ‘download then upload’ method is the most commonly used way of transferring images from Google Photos to Google Drive. First, choose which images you want to upload to Drive and download them to your device’s local storage. If you have a large number of photographs and videos to relocate, this approach may take a long time. Furthermore, for transfer purposes, your smartphone will require a large amount of storage space itself. You must also have both Google Drive and Google Photos installed on your smartphone to use this method. Both of these Apps are available for free on the Google Play Store. Once your images and videos are saved to your device, if they weren’t already, you can now manually upload them to Google Drive by signing into your Drive, clicking “New”, and choose the folder that contains the images you wish to upload. Method Two – Auto SyncIf you find yourself having to regularly move images from Google Photos to your Google Drive but you don’t have the Google Drive application automatically synchronizing the folders, this is the most convenient method to use:
This strategy is the simplest way to keep Google Drive and Google Photos in sync and once the setting is enabled, you can relax knowing your favorite images are constantly being backed up by Google Drive and The Cloud. Synchronising Your Local Images With Google DriveIf you’re looking to back up images that are saved to a local folder on your PC or Mac, there’s a very easy way to do this, too. If you don’t already have the Google Drive application downloaded on your computer, go to google.com/drive/download and click “download” to begin the appropriate download for your operating system. Once installed, there are a few ways that you can automatically synchronize your photos folder with your private, secure Google Drive: Method One – Auto SyncIf you want to keep the specific image and video folders backed up by Google Drive, this can be permanently achieved using the following auto-sync method:
Method Two – Manual UploadsIf you don’t want to synchronize entire folders and just want to occasionally choose images to upload to your Google Drive, follow these steps:
Installing The Google Drive ApplicationLike the sound of the backup methods made possible by the Google Drive application but don’t yet have Google Drive installed on your computer? Here’s a quick guide to installing the Drive application on your computer:
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