With all the cloud services available out there, you don’t have to store your photos locally on your Mac. That memory space can be used for other items. Services like Google Photos let you upload and store an unlimited number of photos and videos on the cloud provided you meet their quality requirements. Show
Google Photos offers multiple ways to sync photos from your Mac to the service. You can either let it upload all your Mac photos or you can choose the ones that you want to upload. Also, you have a web version available to use in case you aren’t willing to install one more app on your Mac. Upload All Mac Photos To Google Photos With The “Backup and Sync” AppGoogle offers an app called Backup and Sync that allows you to upload files from your computers to your Google account. You can use it to upload all the photos that are in the iPhoto and Photos app on your Mac. It lets you select custom folders as well to upload photos from. To take advantage of the unlimited free storage on Google Photos, you need to allow Google to:
You don’t need to manually resize or compress your content as Google will do it for you.
Upload Mac Photos Using The Google Photos Web VersionIf you only have a few photos to upload to Google Photos and you don’t want to install an app to do it, you can use the Google Photos web version to do this. It’ll let you create albums and upload your photos to them — all from your web browser.
Upload Chosen Photos From iPhoto To Google PhotosIf you use the Backup and Sync app to upload your photos, you’ll find that it only lets you upload full iPhoto libraries to your account. There’s no option to manually select photos from your library for uploading. Luckily, there’s a workaround to get this done.
If the Photos app happens to be your primary photo management app, you can selectively upload your photos from this app to Google Photos. You’ll need to use a workaround to do this as the Backup and Sync app doesn’t allow you to do it by default.
Do you keep your photos locally on your Mac? If so, what is it that’s holding you back from uploading them to services like Google Photos? We’d be curious to know in the comments below. Can you move iPhoto library to Google Photos?Apple quietly rolled out a tool that lets you copy all of the pictures you have stored in Apple Photos over to Google Photos. It makes the switch much easier if you're moving from iPhone to Android. It's also useful if you just want to back everything up in Google Photos.
Does Google Photos sync with iPhoto?Automatically sync your favorite photos between Apple Photos and Google Photos.
How do I move photos library to Google Photos?Upload from Photos or iPhoto to Google Photos. Open iPhoto or Photos.. Create a folder on your desktop.. Select the pictures you want to upload. Then, drag-and-drop them into that folder.. In your browser, go to photos.google.com.. Drag-and-drop that same folder into your browser.. Is Google Photos better than Apple Photos?Both Google Photos and iCloud offer integrated editing options for your photos. Google Photos allows you to access these from any platform, while iCloud's tweaking tools are only available through the Photos app on a Mac or iOS device. Google Photos excels when it come to automated edits powered by AI.
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