![]() What I did was:ġ) First downloaded all my photos from Google via Takeout. That's fine if you don't mind when you want to delete something you have to manually delete it both on the PC side and on the Amazon side. Here's the trick, when you setup Amazon Photos on your PIC, it wants to set it up as a Backup, not a Sync. One intention may be to create a stronger long-term relationship as once you don't have the ability to access your photos via file folders like you can with all your other documents (PDFs, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, etc) it's not as straigtforward to move things around and organize things let alone move to another service. I now have my Photos syncing back to my PC like it used to be before Google shot themselves in the foot by removing the Google Photos folder from Google Drive. I dumped Google photos last night and switched to Amazon Photos and am SO much happier. But unfortunately in this case, Google, you lost me. Most people are either an Apple ecosystem person, a Google/Android person, a Microsoft person (OneDrive) or an Amazon ecosystem person. I compose an email in Outlook, click the button to attach a file to the email, there's no way to attach the photo I took without going to Google Photos Website, finding the photo then downloading it first. I take a photo on my phone, it automatically gets uploaded to Google Photos. Maybe if I explain it this way more simply. I don't think you understood the question. I've searched and there appears to be no solution to sync Google photos to the PC (only to sync photos from the PC to Google Photos.) If that's true has anyone found an alternative photo storage solution that automatically uploads your photos from all your devices and syncs everything back down to your PC so photos taken on your phone that get uploaded get downloaded to your PC or at least you get a network mapped drive that is just symbolic pointers to all your photo files and folders? ![]() Yes you can use Google Takeout to get everything downloaded but that's messy and unnecessary when you just need a few photos.įor anyone not following what I'm meaning pick and read any article here: Now that that Google got rid of that functionality, the only way to get photos out of Google Photos that were not already on your PC to begin with is to download them on demand. So if you wanted to email or do something with one of those folders using your PC you could easily access them from Windows Explorer. ![]() It used to be there was a Google Photos folder in your Google Drive so you could get a file folder structure view of all your Google Photos and you could sync that folder to your PC. And those people typically have the Google Photos App which automatically uploads your photos to your Google Photos. More and more people these days are using their phone to take photos. Unless you are using Photos for your business or you have a photography hobby, the 100GB plan should be plenty of storage.I know there are a lot of other frustrated users in my shoes. When you purchase Amazon Photos through Amazon Drive, you have two options: 100GB for $1.99/mo and 1TB for $6.99/mo. This is on top of the unlimited photo storage. If you access Photos using your Prime membership, you will have 5GB of video storage available. But depending on the subscription you have, your usage limits will vary. You can also upload other media, like videos, to Amazon Photos. Related: How to Convert Google Photos Into Memories With Photo Prints ![]() Amazon Photos allows you to upload all your pictures to create backups, share photos with others, create albums, and play slideshows. You can access the platform through a browser, on a desktop app, or through your mobile device. If you don't have Prime, you can get Amazon Photos for free with 5GB of storage. Amazon Photos is included in all Prime subscriptions with unlimited storage space. This way, your photos don't take up space on your phone or desktop. Amazon Photos is a cloud service that lets you upload and manage your photos.
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