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Your memories across devices Securely back-up your photos and videos to Google Photos and enjoy them from any device.1 The home for your memories Your memories across devices Securely back-up your photos and videos to Google Photos and enjoy them from any device.1 Find the right photos faster Your photos are automatically organized and searchable so you can easily find the photo you’re looking for. Easily save and share Share photos and albums with friends and family. Bring moments to life with editing Give the perfect moment a perfect finish with editing tools2 and smart filters From your phone to your home Your memories, framed into a whole new light with smart displays4 Find the right photos faster Your photos are automatically organized and searchable so you can easily find the photo you’re looking for. Easily save and share Share photos and albums with friends and family. Bring moments to life with editing Give the perfect moment a perfect finish with editing tools2 and smart filters From your phone, Printing services Your memories, framed into a whole new light with smart displays4 More ways to
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Uploading from a computer to Google Photos"Backup & Sync" from computerBackup & Sync (B&S), a Google Drive app, was launched in July 2017 and was intended to replace Google Photos Backup ("Desktop Uploader"). On May 12, 2018, the Desktop Uploader was discontinued and no longer works. B&S is intended to upload photos in bulk, without automatically creating albums. B&S uploads to folders in "My computer" on Google Drive and from there to Google Photos. In fact it's no "sync," but a one time upload. If you want all photos in albums, you will have to do that manually later on. B&S builds a new hierarchy in Google Drive which mirrors the computer folder structure before passing the photos on to Google Photos. We recommend creating a new hierarchy on your computer for new photos. Trying to merge already backed up files will be very difficult. If you don't want your photos uploading to Google Drive, do not use B&S. See Geeks on Tour video about installing Backup & Sync to upload photos and videos from your Windows computer to Google Photos.
Upload manually in a browserThis method allows you to add photos/videos directly to albums. You keep control and can create a nice album collection. It allows to edit photos before uploading and to upload selectively. Using the "Upload" button In the Photos or Albums tab, click the "Upload" button. You get a choice between "Computer" and "Google Drive"
Drag & Drop
Uploading from a mobile device to Google Photos
Upload photos/videos directly to an album
Use the "Add photos" button in an album
Remarks: If you see a message that photos were "skipped," click "View Skipped" and note the file names that were skipped, then upload them again. If there are many you can just upload the whole batch again: no duplicates will be uploaded. You can add photos from the device to albums, also after the photos/videos have been backed up. This is especially interesting for Android where the Google Photos app also shows device folders.
Uploading for Picasa desktop usersGoogle disabled direct upload from Picasa in March 2018. Picasa continues to be useful for local management of a photo collection with basic editing and some extras such as creating collages with much more options than in Google Photos. Emailing photos from Picasa using Gmail was also disabled. Instead you can export (select the size you want) and add as attachment to a mail. If you edited photos in Picasa3, you must create an edited copy on the computer by using Export or Save. The "Export" method To upload photos from an album in Picasa, you always need to "Export" to get a folder with the photos.
The "Save" method:
How to get all photos in albumsIn Picasaweb all your photos were automatically added to albums. Backup & Sync however uploads all photos only to the "Photos" tab. Re-creating the albums on Google Photos can be very laborious, but the following may help: Rename photos on the computer, so that the file name also contains (parts of) the folder name. Bear in
mind that Google Photos has no sub-albums, thus for sub-folders you may have to add elements from the hierarchically higher folder(s). I also always include at least year-month, for example 2020-08 Zoo with John and Jane-001 etc Upload new photos manually. There are several options:
Get older photos from the "Photos" tab in albums
Why can't I add photos to a Google album?Update the App
Your photos might have stopped uploading to Google Photos because it needs to be updated. Visit the Google Play Store or App Store to make sure there are no pending updates for you to download.
How do I move photos into Albums?Touch and hold a photo, and then select the photos you want in your new album. Select Album. Optional: Add a title to your new album.
How do I add shared photos to a Google photo album?Create a shared album. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app .. Sign in to your Google Account.. At the bottom, tap Photos.. Select photos or videos for the album.. At the top, tap Add .. Tap Shared album.. Enter an album title.. When the album is complete, tap Share.. How do I move photos from album to Google album?Basic steps: Select the photo > press the three-dots icon on the right upper corner > tap the Add to album button > choose the album. 2. You can easily remove the photo from the album by selecting the photo in the album, and tapping the three-dots icon on the top right side to choose Remove from album. 3.
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