![]() ![]() Even though Google Photos is one of the simplest options for safely storing your photo library online, it’s always good practice to have multiple backups of your snaps. These tips will be helpful if you don’t want to shell out for a subscription plan – or if you just want to make an offline copy of your online image collection. We’ve also included instructions for saving your entire Google Photos library to a hard drive. The limits apply across all Google products, including Drive. Plans start at £1.59 / US$1.99 per month for 100GB of storage capacity, up to £7.99 / US$10 per month for 2TB. Luckily, Google One subscriptions are flexible and affordable. Google no longer offers unlimited free storage for ‘high quality’ images - or any kind of unlimited cloud storage deal (although many of the best photo storage and sharing sites do offer unlimited space on a subscription basis). If the pixel count is too low, wait a few minutes and check again.Google Photos offers 15GB of storage for free, which should be sufficient if you’re only planning to back up your very favorite photos.īut if you want to make a second copy of your entire image library, you’ll need to consider a Google One subscription. Check the pixel count after adding to library. Warning: There have been reports of reduced pixel count when using "Add to library." It seems that the smaller copies are replaced by larger copies in the shared album after some time. Open the link in the new account and "Join" the album. The photos will be added to an album, but not transferred again (no duplicates, but it is good to check).Īlbums shared with you will have to be transferred manually. You can also first use method C (Share library) which already transfers all photos/videos, and restore albums later using this method B. Please have a backup of your entire collection in case anything should go wrong while sharing. "Comments" and "Likes" can also not be transferred. You will have to add or copy it manually. When a date/time was changed, the changed date is also transferred.Īny additional information added to the album (text, maps, locations) cannot be transferred. "Descriptions" added in Google Photos or "Captions" added in Picasa Web Albums are also transferred. You will find the photos in the "Sharing" tab in the other account, where you can "Save" them to Google Photos, but not add them directly to an album. You can select photos and click Share > "Send in Google photos". Share selected photos by "Send in Google Photos" Or only add the photos to the Photos tab by clicking on the "Save photos" icon (cloud with down arrow) ![]() If the photos were already saved to account 2 (for example using the "Share library" method) they will not be added again to the timeline, but are still added to the album. The photos are now added to the album, and automatically also added to the library of account 2. Select all photos in the album (or the ones you want to transfer).Ĭlick the + icon ("Add to"), and select "Album" > "New album". Go to a browser window where you are signed in to account 2, and open the album Click the "Share" icon > "Get link" or "Copy" when already created ![]()
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