Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Questions about usage and problems should generally be asked at webapps.stackexchange.com unless they involve integration with PC-based software.
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Find missed uploaded files from Google Photos
I recently uploaded my personal photos to google photos but it seems it did not upload all my photos. I have around 20k photos so manual checking is not feasible.
I tried removing the data folder under the AppData for Google Photos Backup app to…
user46769
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Google Photos desktop backup uploader and mapped network SMB shares
I've got a network drive mapped/mounted on both OS X and Windows 8.x.
The respective Google Photos desktop uploaders are configured to read that drive, and indeed recognizes the files on the mounted directory.
The problem is that the uploader…
p.campbell
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How can I find photos that are not in an album with Google photos
I use the Photos app from Google (photos.google.com).
When I organize my photos into albums, I often lose track of which photos I have already added to an album and which are still 'unassigned'.
Search capabilities within photos.google.com are…
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How can I sync my photos on my Windows PC with Google Photos now that Google Drive is no longer synced automatically with Google Photos?
I used to just drop them in the Google Drive/Google Photos folder and they would be uploaded automatically, but now that Google Drive is no longer synced with Google Photos, I don't know what to do... I want to put the photos in Google Photos, not…
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Google Photos sync to Windows
Ok, this is a long shot but let's see if is anyone have an answer.
I'm using Google Photos and the Windows desktop app "Backup and Sync". When I upload a picture on my computer (e.g. from my camera) it syncs to Google Photos. My mobile phone…
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How to compress photos already uploaded to Google Plus / Google Photos ?
I reached my Google account storage limit because I didn't take care to the fact that the sync of my photos via Google Plus and Google Photos is done with the initial size of the photos (limited storage), not with a reduced size (unlimited storage).…
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photo deleted from Google Drive does not properly delete from Google Photo device
I am testing out Google Photos. For the most part, it works nicely. It even integrates reasonably well with Google Drive, as advertised (I can view Drive photos in Google Photos and vice versa)
However, when I delete a photo from Google Drive, a…
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How to download data from google account when you run out of space?
I run out of space on google (used 14.5GB of 15GB). This means like 9GB of photos and 5 GB of email attachments. I want to download everything and then clean the cloud. I realized google does not really provide any tool useful for this purpose.
I…
Prokop Hapala
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Google Photos - is it possible to autosync it with PC?
so I know that since 2019 there have been some changes so the Google Drive app no longer works with Photos (somehow). If I setup Google Drive to mirror my files, weirdly it works the way that all photos and videos until 2019 get downloaded into…
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How to sync google photos to google drive or local desktop
Is it possible to sync or backup google photos to my local PC, now that google removed the photos->drive sync?
Any 3rd party software is also considerable...
Asaf Pinhassi
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Google Sync backs up non-media files
Google Backup and Sync on my Mac is configured to only sync photos and videos.
Yet I see it made a backup of “photos.db” and “store.cloudphotodb” from Apple Photos, among other things.
I only want to use Google Photos, and not clog my Google Drive…
nute
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How does the new Backup and Sync treat existing Google Drive users?
Google has upgraded both Google Drive and Google Photos' softwares into a single software called "Backup and Sync". Until now one had to backup/sync everything into a special folder called "Google Drive". From now on one can backup/sync multiple…
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How to share family pictures using Google Photos, Drive and Picasa?
Google released a great app called Google Photos this year, which also enables you to store/backup your pictures using a dedicated folder in Google Drive.
Nearly all pictures are family pictures, so I would like to share ownership of the pictures…
Thieme Hennis
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Showing pictures on a map in the web version of Google Photos
On my phone, the Google Photos app can show my pictures as a heatmap on an overlay of a Google Maps map. I have yet to find something similar on the web version. Is this possible?
I frequently find that I want to find some picture taken on my cabin,…
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Google Photos on Windows 10 Screensaver
I'm trying to set up an automated screensaver for my parents on their Windows 10 machine. Idea being a few minutes of idle time then shows random pictures from Google Photos. Right now Windows has a very limited photo screensaver built-in, but of…
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