Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET If you have been, then you have probably checked out Google Photos on the Web and the mobile device of your choice. That's what I did last week.
What is even the point of this photos app? Photos is a database for photos. A photo is more than the image file your camera produced. The Photos.app is storing and managing the relations between the different versions of a photo, derived from your original photo. Transfer and save your iPhone and iPad Photos to your computer - Convert HEIC to. Transfer Backups Music Ringtones Books Photos Apps Quick Transfer Safari. IPad to your computer - iMazing will even convert Apple's new image format. IMazing displays the usual smart albums like Favourites, Selfies or Slo-mo.
I am an old Picasa user and struggled through the awkward Photos-as-part-of-Google+ years before blossoming with Google Photos. I love its navigation, cross-platform functionality and search capability, in addition to the fact that Photos is again its own application. 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.
I don't take as many photos with my dSLR as I did before I began carrying an iPhone with me everywhere I go, but I do occasionally take my Nikon out and dump its photos 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? I didn't have to look far before I found the Desktop Uploader app for Google Photos. You can find the 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.
I installed the Mac app; the Desktop and Pictures folders were checked, along with Cameras & Storage Cards. 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. Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET 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 1080p 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: Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET.
Everyone else gets 5 GB for photos and videos. Use the Groups feature to privately pool and share full-resolution photos and videos. You can view and share your photos on nearly any phone, tablet, or computer, and you can set a screensaver on your Fire TV, Echo Show, or Echo Spot. AUTO-SAVE AND BACK UP YOUR PHOTOS Set the app to Auto-Save your photos and videos from your phone so they get backed up automatically.
Once your photos are stored in Amazon Photos, you can delete them from your device to make room on your phone. This free photo storage app can help you keep your photos and videos safe, even if your phone is lost or damaged.
PRIME MEMBER BENEFITS Amazon Prime members get free unlimited photo storage + 5 GB video storage as part of their Prime membership. They can also share their unlimited photo storage benefit with five others by adding them to their Family Vault, and search for photos by keyword, location, or the name of the person in the photo. SEARCH FOR PHOTOS BY KEYWORD Your photos are easy to find, because the app organizes your photos automatically. Prime members can quickly find any specific photos by searching for the things in their images, like 'dog,' 'sunset,' or 'Seattle.' SHARE YOUR PHOTOS WITH GROUPS Collaborate and share photos and albums with your friends and family by inviting them to a private, invitation-only Amazon Photos Group. You can pool everyone’s photos together from your latest family vacation, soccer team season, birthday party, friend’s wedding, or knitting club-or just share goofy photos with a collection of your favorite people. ACCESS PHOTOS ON ALL YOUR DEVICES Once your photos have been saved to Amazon Photos, you can access them from nearly any device.
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Finally move those family photos from your old laptop, your phone, and your desktop so they’re all together in one safe place. Features: - Auto-save photos for easy backup and to free up memory on your phone. Back up your photos and videos securely with Amazon. Share photos and albums via SMS, email, other apps, or privately with Groups.
See your photos on your Fire TV, tablet, computer, or on the Echo Show, where available. Prime members can search photos by keyword, location, and more. Amazon Photos offers secure online backup for your photos and videos. This free online storage app lets you store, view, and share your important photos right on your phone. Prime members get free unlimited full-resolution photo storage + 5 GB video storage. Improvements to ordering prints of your photos.
You can print your digital photos, in several sizes, or customize and order wood, metal, canvas, acrylic, or mounted wall prints, right from the app. Post and view comments on photos shared in Groups. See your photos from This Day through the years and other helpful info in Yours. Share all your photos from a year in This Day with a single tap. Faster loading of photos and Live Photos. General bug fixes and improvements.
Tell a friend about full-resolution photo and video storage with Amazon Photos. 5.9.2 Dec 3, 2018.
Prime members get free unlimited full-resolution photo storage + 5 GB video storage. Improvements to ordering prints of your photos. You can print your digital photos, in several sizes, or customize and order wood, metal, canvas, acrylic, or mounted wall prints, right from the app. Post and view comments on photos shared in Groups. See your photos from This Day through the years and other helpful info in Yours.
Share all your photos from a year in This Day with a single tap. General bug fixes and improvements. Tell a friend about full-resolution photo and video storage with Amazon Photos. 5.9.1 Nov 19, 2018. Prime members get free unlimited full-resolution photo storage + 5 GB video storage. Improvements to ordering prints of your photos.
You can print your digital photos, in several sizes, or customize and order wood, metal, canvas, acrylic, or mounted wall prints, right from the app. Post and view comments on photos shared in Groups. See your photos from This Day through the years and other helpful info in Yours.
Share all your photos from a year in This Day with a single tap. General bug fixes and improvements.
Tell a friend about full-resolution photo and video storage with Amazon Photos. 5.9.0 Nov 12, 2018.
Prime members get free unlimited full-resolution photo storage + 5 GB video storage. Improvements to ordering prints of your photos. You can print your digital photos, in several sizes, or customize and order wood, metal, canvas, acrylic, or mounted wall prints, right from the app. Post and view comments on photos shared in Groups.
See your photos from This Day through the years and other helpful info in Yours. Share all your photos from a year in This Day with a single tap. Faster loading of photos and Live Photos. General bug fixes and improvements. Tell a friend about full-resolution photo and video storage with Amazon Photos. Beth in Tn, Almost the perfect photo storage app! With just one or two tweaks this could be the perfect way to store photos.
I love the feature where it shows you photos from this date in the past. I like the fact that the photos are organized by the date they were taken, not the date you uploaded them. This takes out the step of trying to organize the photos in the correct order. The fact that this app has unlimited storage with your prime membership is such a great value and saves so much money. But where the app falls a wee bit short, is in these ways. It doesn’t tell you if you are uploading a duplicate photo.
There is no way to rotate the photos in the app. You have to download the photo, rotate and edit it in another app, then upload to this app. When you make an album, you can’t remove the photo from the main part. So you have duplicates.
At least let the people who don’t want numerous copies of the same photo delete them from the main list. But it is all in all great app and I will continue to use it. None of the issues are a deal breaker. I think if you try this app, you will like it. Beth in Tn, Almost the perfect photo storage app! With just one or two tweaks this could be the perfect way to store photos.
I love the feature where it shows you photos from this date in the past. I like the fact that the photos are organized by the date they were taken, not the date you uploaded them. This takes out the step of trying to organize the photos in the correct order.
The fact that this app has unlimited storage with your prime membership is such a great value and saves so much money. But where the app falls a wee bit short, is in these ways. It doesn’t tell you if you are uploading a duplicate photo. There is no way to rotate the photos in the app. You have to download the photo, rotate and edit it in another app, then upload to this app. When you make an album, you can’t remove the photo from the main part. So you have duplicates.
At least let the people who don’t want numerous copies of the same photo delete them from the main list. But it is all in all great app and I will continue to use it. None of the issues are a deal breaker.
I think if you try this app, you will like it. Yuls24, Still have to use iCloud. Review updated I started using the app after several days which were necessary to upload all the photos from my phone.
There are definitely nice features. I like that the app offers you to look at the pics that were taken on the same day previous years. My biggest disappointment, however, is that the app backs up pictures as soon as they are taken (if wi-fi is available) and doesn’t update them if they are being edited. I take quite a few pics a day and, at the end of it, I edit the best of them. If they were baked up some time earlier in the day, they remain unchanged.
I was hoping that Prime Photo could be a free (well, I pay for prime either way) substitute of iCloud, but, unfortunately, it can’t. As soon as I get a new phone, am I supposed to edit a couple thousand pics again?!. I haven’t really started using the app yet, but I’m already frustrated. I have lots of pictures on my phone - around 8 thousand. I know it takes time to copy/back them up, but not that much! The app was running a few hours at night and several hours in the morning, it managed to back up only a half!
My phone barely works when it’s running and they want you to keep the app open for it to work faster which means I can’t use my phone at all. I stopped myself from deleting the app several times already. I hope in a few days it’s gonna download all the pics so I could finally check out all the features. Yuls24, Still have to use iCloud. Review updated I started using the app after several days which were necessary to upload all the photos from my phone.
There are definitely nice features. I like that the app offers you to look at the pics that were taken on the same day previous years. My biggest disappointment, however, is that the app backs up pictures as soon as they are taken (if wi-fi is available) and doesn’t update them if they are being edited. I take quite a few pics a day and, at the end of it, I edit the best of them.
If they were baked up some time earlier in the day, they remain unchanged. I was hoping that Prime Photo could be a free (well, I pay for prime either way) substitute of iCloud, but, unfortunately, it can’t. As soon as I get a new phone, am I supposed to edit a couple thousand pics again?!. I haven’t really started using the app yet, but I’m already frustrated. I have lots of pictures on my phone - around 8 thousand. I know it takes time to copy/back them up, but not that much!
The app was running a few hours at night and several hours in the morning, it managed to back up only a half! My phone barely works when it’s running and they want you to keep the app open for it to work faster which means I can’t use my phone at all. I stopped myself from deleting the app several times already. I hope in a few days it’s gonna download all the pics so I could finally check out all the features. SushiCamiChar, Impressive App; Needs 1 fix One thing would make this a 5 star review: Would love it if the picture was removed from the main photos page when you add it to an album. OR at least, the app needs to clearly show if the picture has been added to an album. Currently, there is no way to know which pictures I have placed in albums.
This is very annoying when you have a thousand pictures to organize. Otherwise, love the unlimited storage of the ORIGINAL PICTURE SIZE with Prime membership!!! It’s TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! I’m just waiting for them to take that away (please don’t take it away).
Was using paid Dropbox, but I don’t have enough room to upload at original pic size (although Dropbox gives you a lot of storage, pictures are large!). This is a wonderful membership perk and well worth it! SushiCamiChar, Impressive App; Needs 1 fix One thing would make this a 5 star review: Would love it if the picture was removed from the main photos page when you add it to an album. OR at least, the app needs to clearly show if the picture has been added to an album. Currently, there is no way to know which pictures I have placed in albums. This is very annoying when you have a thousand pictures to organize.
Otherwise, love the unlimited storage of the ORIGINAL PICTURE SIZE with Prime membership!!! It’s TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! I’m just waiting for them to take that away (please don’t take it away). Was using paid Dropbox, but I don’t have enough room to upload at original pic size (although Dropbox gives you a lot of storage, pictures are large!). This is a wonderful membership perk and well worth it!