Hi there
Is there an app or service that can be a backup for google photos ? so basically whatever I have on Google photos it'd stay synced with it as well..
in other words to have a backup somewhere for my backup on Google
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Is it possible to have Google Drive do an automatic backup of my camera pictures? Dropbox does it and the Google+ Gallery does it, the thing is Google+ does a Backup on the cloud, and then I need to go to Google+.com and then download the pictures to my Laptop and that's not so handy, is it? I want the Backup on my Laptop :/
I believe FolderSync will do what you want. Just set it to sync your DCIM/Camera folder. I haven't tried it personally, but I think it's worth a go. :good:
[Q] Will "backup all" in new Google Photos create duplicates in Google Photos?
I have downloaded new Google Photos app. Will the "backup all" images feature create duplicates in my image archive on Google Disk? Currently I have 2000+ pictures I would like to backup, but many of them are already updated, so I don´t want to end up with hundreds of duplicates...
Bump. I'm also interested in an answer to this question.
You don't have to backup them to Google photos as well because it uses same storage as old application did
Ol, but not what I meant. They have never been uploaded, not to old app and not to new app.
Hi. I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. I even posted in the google support forums and got a bunch of bogus answers.
There is a sync option for google photos under settings>accounts>google. There is also a backup and sync option in the photos app itself. My understanding is that backup and sync in the photos app will sync my photos to the cloud, and any changes made will synchronize between my phone and the cloud. What does the google photo sync option do under account settings?
I have tested this extensively....I used my wife's phone to sign into my google account. I turned backup and sync on (in the photos app) on MY phone so a few pics would go to the cloud, and then made sure I shut it off on both phones. The pics appeared on my wifes phone under photos once they were in the cloud, even though I had backup and sync turned off on both phones in the google photos app. I also checked and made sure the sync option under google account sync was off. I then tried deleting a pic on my phone, and sure enough, it deleted it from my wifes phone. I found this odd so turned off ALL sync options, even app data, in my wife's phone and tried deleting another pic on my phone. Sure enough, it deleted on her phone. I also tried turning backup and sync on in the photos app on my phone, and still had ALL sync options off on my wifes phone. Her phone got the pics as soon as they went to the cloud.
Even more interesting: When I turn backup and sync on in the photos app, then go to the sync options under google account, there are TWO options - google photos, and google photos backup!? When backup and sync are on in the photos app, the switch for google photos backup under google account gets turned on, but the google photos switch remains off. This proves that this google photos sync switch is separate than the backup and sync in the photos application. BUT WHAT DOES IT DO and why are photos syncing to my wife's phone, even when I have ALL sync and backup options turned off???
I am so frustrated with google lately and the way they have over-complicated everything. I've rooted plenty of phones and am not a newbie to this stuff so I don't understand how the average person is expected to make sense of this craziness. They offer no support except the google support forum, and I got a bunch of answers there that I could quickly disprove were true.
Not sure if this will help you but it might be worth checking out. Good luck.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/13/ye...ll-sync-your-photos-after-you-delete-the-app/
http://www.androidcentral.com/stop-syncing-google-photos
As I understand it, switching on photo backup in Google Photos activates the backup service, but when you uninstall the app the backup permissions remain and the phone continues to send your photos to the cloud even though you probably (as I did...) think that by removing the app you stopped the backups. Er... no, you didn't. You have to use the Google Settings to stop it.
In my very humble opinion, a devious and underhand piece of trickery, even if Google didn't intend it as such.
I've installed Whatsapp on a new phone, and during installation all messages and photos were restored to the phone from the backup in Google Drive. Now I want to delete all photos from the Whatsapp folder on the phone, because they occupy a lot of space.
The question is whether during the daily automatic backup of Whatsapp to Google Drive, the same deleted images will also be deleted from the backup? i.e. will deletion be synchronized, or maybe the photos will be restored to the device from the backup?
I don't want them to be restored to my phone again, but I do want them to remain backed up in Google Drive so if I'll install Whatsapp on another device in the future, I'll be able to also restore the photos if I want.
How do I recover my deleted photos, I deleted a few photos on Google photos a few years back, I'm using a different phone now. But I still have my original email I backed up with
How is this automotive? You are talking about a phone
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How do I recover my deleted photos, I deleted a few photos on Google photos a few years back, I'm using a different phone now. But I still have my original email I backed up with
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Go to https://photos.google.com/ if they are backed up they are there.
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