Import Photo Library Mac To Google Photos
I am trying to help my daughter move her photo library from iCloud to Google photos. She currently has several thousand photos stored in iCloud and is paying for storage. She would like to move them to Google photos so as to free up and downsize her iCloud storage. If you are a bit short of space on your Mac, here’s how to transfer your photo library to an external drive and store it there. How to copy the Photos library to a hard drive. Where are the photos I imported into Photos on my Mac? By default, the photos and videos you import into Photos are stored in the Photos library in the Pictures folder on your Mac. When you first use Photos, you create a new library or select the library that you want to use. This library automatically becomes your System Photo Library.
There's no shortage of ways to store your photos and videos in the cloud.
At Mashable, Google Photos has quickly become our favorite online photo and video storage service because it's free and offers unlimited storage, as long as you're OK with photos being no larger than 16-megapixels and videos no greater than 1080p full HD resolution.
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Nov 13, 2017 In Disk Utility, select the disk that contains the file that you want to delete. Then use the First Aid feature of Disk Utility to repair that disk. Quit Disk Utility, then restart your Mac and empty the Trash. Published Date: November 13, 2017. If you can't empty the Trash on your Mac. Jan 26, 2018 I emptied the trash can and restarted the Mac. The Photos.app in Applicationsis part of the system and cannot be deleted, only the Photos Library in Pictures. If you created the Photos Library from and iPhoto Library, your Photos Library and the iPhoto Library are sharing the photos by hard links. You will have to delete both of them to free. Jan 12, 2020 It's not clear why Apple decided to hide the user's Library folder, but you have multiple ways to get it back: two Apple provides (depending on the version of OS X you are using) and one in the underlying file system. The method you use depends on whether you want permanent access to the Library folder or only when you need to go there. There’s an override for files you can’t delete, but take care. Your Mac will show a warning dialog that reads, “The operation can’t be completed because the item ‘name’ is in use. Is it safe to delete /Library/Caches? Ask Question. In the Library of the Mac OS X Hard Drive? It's a pretty big file, 3.56 GB, Caches reminds me of logs i don't need or browser cookies. Is it safe to delete the folder 'Caches'? Macos hard-drive file. This folder can run quite large just because so many apps cache something in there.
Another reason we love Google Photos: It's super easy to get your photos and videos from all your devices into one place. Here's how to do it.
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iOS and Android
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Google Photos is available as a free app for iOS and Android. If you own a Nexus device with the latest version of Android or a device running a stock version of Android, you may already have it installed.
Once downloaded, it's a matter of letting it auto upload all of your photos and videos into the cloud. If you have tens of thousands of photos and videos like me, it may take quite a bit of time to get your files.
Mac, Windows, camera and memory cards
Auto-uploading your photos and videos from your computer, camera and memory cards is equally as easy.
First, go to the Google Photos website and download the Desktop uploader. Install the app and then log into your Google account.
You'll then be prompted to choose backup sources. On Mac, the app automatically includes your iPhoto Library, Apple Photos Library, Desktop and Pictures folders, but you can click the 'Add folder' button to add more folders or select an external storage location like a camera, memory card or hard drive. You can also, of course, deselect the default backup sources.
We recommend leaving the 'Photo size' set to 'High quality (free unlimited storage).' Click OK and the photos and videos in the selected backup sources will start uploading into Google Photos in the background; new photos and videos added to the folders will automatically upload.
Manual upload
If auto-uploading and backing up your photos and videos from your computer is too extreme, you can always manually upload photos by going to photos.google.com, logging in and clicking the little cloud button with the 'up' arrow inside of it, which is located at the top of the screen.
Alternatively, you can drag and drop files or folders directly into Google Photos to upload them.
Transferring from Flickr
There's no way to directly import your photos from Flickr and upload them to Google Photos. Instead, you'll need to download your Flickr photos and then re-upload them to Google's photo service.
To download Flickr photos, select the ones you want under the Camera Roll tab and click the 'Download' button located at the bottom of the screen. Once the zip folder containing the photos is downloaded, unzip it and manually upload the folder or individual files into Google Photos, as outlined above in the manual upload section.
Transferring from Facebook
Like Flickr, there's no direct way to import your photos from Facebook to Google Photos. Getting your photos off Facebook is also more of a hassle.
You've got two options: 1) manually download all the photos you want and re-upload to Google Photos or 2) download all of your Facebook data, locate your photos and videos, and then re-upload to Google Photos. The latter will get you all your Facebook photos, but the process of downloading all your Facebook data takes an eternity.
Amazon, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.
The situation is similar to getting your photos from other cloud services into Google Photos. You'll need to download pictures and videos to a computer and then re-upload them manually into Google Photos.
We know, it's time-consuming — and figuring out how to download all photos and videos can be a real pain if there's no 'download all' button. But look on the bright side, once they're all stored in Google Photos, you'll be able to search pictures for people and objects using its powerful search feature.
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If you are a Mac or iOS user, all your photos are stored in an iPhoto Library. If you want to move or migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos, then first download and install 'Google Photos Backup' desktop application on your Mac. Once you have installed 'Google Photos Backup', it will check the iPhoto Library option by default. Now click 'Start backup' button to migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos.
You have another option to migrate iPhoto Library to Google Photos i.e via Google Drive. To do so, you need to download and install Google Drive Desktop app on your Mac and create a folder on you desktop named 'iPhoto Library (Date)'. Export your iPhoto Library to your desktop using the folder you have just created. Be sure to choose 'Original' file type and 'Highest Quality' and include videos. Now drag the folder to your Google Drive desktop sync folder.
Quick Tip to Keep your Photos Safe
Making backups of your photos & videos is a chore you probably skip, but it really doesn't have to be hard. Here's an effortless way to backup photos - PicBackMan. PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your photos safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your photos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all photos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.