The Desktop Uploader For Google Photos Does Not Open On My Mac

• Backup & Sync (replaces the Desktop Uploader). Backup & Sync is intended to upload all your photos in bulk, without any local selection or editing before uploading, and without automatically creating albums. BUS uploads to Google Drive and from there to Google Photos. • Upload manually using various methods allows you to add the photos immediately to albums. This method is more work, but is simple to do. You have control and can create a nice album collection. We recommend you edit photos before uploading and to upload selectively. • Backup & Sync 'syncs' images to Google Drive.

Automatically back up photos from your Mac or PC, connected cameras and SD cards. Open the installer on your computer and follow the prompts to start backing up.

The folders structure from the computer will be maintained in Drive but not in Photos. That allows sharing of Drive folders that include sub-folders. However, edits made at Google Photos will NOT sync to Google Drive. • Photos and videos will upload into one big library sorted by camera date (if present). • When you select 'High Quality' in the Backup & Sync app, photos will be compressed and will NOT count against your Google storage. • BUS doesn't use any storage quota if standard JPGs are used. Some RAW and videos may count against the quota, but you will see a warning message.

• The Drive folders are synced with the folders on the computer. That means that Backup & Sync' is not a real 'backup' (see more about this further above). • Erroneous deletions, corrupted files, etc., will also sync two ways. Be sure to have another backup method (such as to external hard drives and/or other cloud services). • When you activate 'Show Google Drive photos & videos in your Photos library' in, the photos will be added to your.

Mac tools for vmware 4. • If you activate 'Automatically put your Google Photos into a folder into My Drive,' the photos uploaded with 'Backup & Sync' will NOT be added to that folder. • If you want to convert folders on your computer to albums in Google Photos, it would be better to upload manually (see methods below). Drag & Drop directly to 'Photos' (the library) or into 'Albums'.

Following are directions for dragging & dropping photos and videos from a computer (File Explorer for Windows) into or into • Go to the library or open an existing album at • Drag and drop one or more files from your computer to Photos or into the album. • A small pop-up window appears on the lower left corner of the monitor; if you click 'Stop' - this will cancel the upload. The file(s) will appear in your library (look for it in '). • If you dragged into an existing album, the photos now appear in the album (and in the library), and you may stop reading here.

• If you dragged into the library, you'll now see a larger pop-up window. Click the X to close the window if you only want the photo to appear in the library. Proceed with the following directions if you want to create a new album or add photos to an existing album. • If you didn't click X, you'll see 'Add to Album' and 'Shared Album.' In this tutorial, we're going to 'Add to Album' • Click 'Add to Album' then choose either 'New album' or select an existing album from a list of albums. Finding an existing album may not be easy if you have hundreds of albums. You can use the browser's 'Find' (Ctrl + F) function to find the album right away.

• If you select 'New album' you can rename the 'Untitled' album by typing a new name in the Untitled field, then click 'Done' (the check-mark in the top left side of the blue header). The new album name at is searchable using the search bar after a delay of several minutes. Upload photos into the Photos library using the Upload button. • From, click 'Upload' • Browse to a folder on your computer and click 'Open' • Select one or more photos (Ctrl+select) and click 'Open'. The photo(s) will upload to your library. • A small pop-up window appears on the lower left corner of the screen • If you click 'Stop' - this will cancel the upload • In the pop-up, you have the option to 'Add to Album' then choose either 'New album' or select an existing album. Finding an existing album may not be easy if you have hundreds of albums, but you can use Ctrl+F. • If you select 'New album' you can rename the 'Untitled' album by typing a new name in the Untitled field, then click 'Done' (the check-mark in the top left side of the blue header).

The new album name at is searchable using the search bar after a delay of several minutes. Upload photos into Albums using the 'Add photos' button. • Select thumbnails in the library of Picasa3. To select all photos in a folder or album you can either use Ctrl+A or click between the photos to select none. To select photos from different folders/albums you must add them to the tray by clicking the green 'Hold' button. • Click 'Export' and select the options you prefer. We recommend 'Use original size' (for image size) and image quality of 'Automatic' or 'Maximum'. Yuo can add numbers to preserve the order or add a watermark. See for details.