Tip: you can rename the photos to include the folder title. There is no option to upload directly from Drive to an album, but you can find them on top in "Recently added" (when not uploaded before to Google Photos). If you want to convert folders on your computer to albums in Google Photos, you will have to do that manually later on (see below). Photos/videos will upload into the "Photos" tab in Google Photos, sorted by camera date (if present). Edits done on the computer or in Google Photos do not sync to Google Drive. That allows sharing of Drive folders that include sub-folders.īackup and sync does not really sync. The folders structure from the computer will be maintained in Drive but not in Photos. See Geeks on Tour video about using Backup & Sync to upload photos and videos from your computer to Google Photos: īackup & Sync uploads images to Google Drive. If you don't want your photos uploading to Google Drive, do not use B&S. Trying to merge already backed up files will be very difficult. We recommend creating a new hierarchy on your computer for new photos. On May 12, 2018, the Desktop Uploader was discontinued and no longer works.ī&S builds a new hierarchy in Google Drive which mirrors the computer folder structure before passing the photos on to Google Photos. See this link.īackup & Sync (B&S), a Google Drive app, was launched in July 2017 and was intended to replace Google Photos Backup ("Desktop Uploader"). The second (manual) upload used to be very fast, because already uploaded photos were skipped, but now takes as long as the original upload. Warning: something seems to have changed which makes this two-step method less attractive. Duplicates will not upload again, but will be added to the album. To upload a big photo collection from folders to albums, you can first upload all the photos using Backup and sync, and later add them to albums (see further). You can also upload manually: select some photos, tap the 3-dots > Back up now.
GOOGLE PHOTOS UPLOADER MAC CREATING ALBUM ANDROID
On Android devices you can see the device folders in the Library tab. But you can at any moment select photos and add them to a new or existing album.
The photos will always sync with that account, also when you switched to another account for viewing.īackup and sync ignores the folder structure on your device: all photos are just uploaded to the Photos tab. If you have added more than one account in Google Photos, you must select one in Backup and sync in the settings of Google Photos. You can turn "Backup and sync" ON to systematically upload photos from the DCIM folder (obligatory) and other folders (optional). Uploading from a mobile device to Google Photos
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