Questions tagged [google-photos]
An online service by Google to safely store photos and videos. Most Android devices automatically store all the created media in it as the default setting.
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Pixel 6: Files and Photo apps are slow to "notice" pictures added by non-Google apps. Can I force it?
I really like my Pixel 6 but this behavior I'm going to describe drives me to distraction.
When I copy pictures to the phone from my digital camera, the apps such as Files and Photos refuse to ...
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Wrong thumbnail on edited Google Photos pics
When I edit photos using Google Photos, the edited pics are stored in a folder DCIM/PhotosEditor. But the thumbnails for these pics that are displayed in other apps, such as Instagram and X-Plore and ...
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"batch" removal of EXIF MPF data on Android phone before uploading to Google Photos
My Canon camera sets MPF in its EXIF data on and if there is a way to stop it, I can not find it.
This results in Google Photos saving the pictures in Original quality even though Storage Saver option ...
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Should I transfer my photos via Samsung Smart Switch, when I sync them via Google Photos anyway?
I sync my photos (and videos) via Google Photos on my old Android device (Sony Xperia) and I plan to continue using Google Photos with the same Google account on my new Samsung Galaxy phone.
When I ...
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Google Photos is not backing up my gallery
I have a Redmi Note 12 Pro with Android 13 and I have the Google Photos app installed. The problem is that a lot of pictures that I take are not backed up.
If I go to the settings of Google Photos -&...
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I have added many photos from Camera to Album X for sorting. Is there any way to automatically add all remaining photos in Camera to Album Y?
Album X is supposed to be a "best of" album. However, I keep on noticing very good photos that I previously missed, and am adding them to Album X in an ad-hoc manor. It would be better to ...
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How to access photos and videos stored inside Google Photos "Locked Folder" using adb?
I would like to take the backup of all photos and videos stored inside google photo's "Locked folder".
I use adb to pull out files from my android. And i would like to seemlessly pull media ...
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Lost old MMS images; can't find in Google Photos
I have years-long Google Messages text threads that have many, many photos. I've changed phones a lot, and the images have always been retained in the threads. I believe I have always selected the ...
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How to download and keep local copy of google photos album on android phone
Is there a way to mark that a local copy of an album should be preserved (on an android phone)? If not what is the easiest way to download the album locally? (3rd party tools?)
Is there any other ...
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Is there any way to ensure that any images downloaded from social media apps automatically get saved to the Locked Folder in Google Photos?
I was curious if there was any way to ensure that all images downloaded from social media apps like Instagram or Twitter or Reddit are automatically saved in the 'Locked Folder' in Google Photos, ...
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Auto delete pic/vids from phone when deleted from Google Photos web
You take 10 photos and only one is good. But in Google Photos, all 10 are automatically uploaded. I don't want to maintain two places: my phone and the Google Photos Cloud.
How can I make it so that I ...
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SD card internal storage - photos not showing in Photos - how do I format/unmount safely to not lose WhatsApp history?
The storage on my Android 11 phone (Fairphone 3) was running out so I mounted a Lexar micro SD card to increase storage. I now realise this was a mistake but not knowing any better I formatted it as ...
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Is there a way to automatically share Google Photos of someone in real time?
I take a lot of pictures of one person and this person always wants me to share them. Google Photos is really good at identifying these pictures and so I was wondering if there was a way that Google ...
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After downloading Adobe/Acrobat, internal storage is filled with 100's of thumbnails to gallery?
For professional reasons, I needed to download Adobe/Acrobat on Android. Shortly, I noticed my Google Photos and Google Drive had 100+ thumbnail clipart replacing all my media, as well as internal ...
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How to download all photos from Google Photos into device?
I wanted to do a factory reset. I made a backup of my device using "Setting" → "Accounts and backup" → "Google drive" → "Back up data" → "Back up now" ...
