Google Drive also has a backup feature that allows you to set up continuous, one-way sync between a desktop folder and the cloud. That is the more reliable method of the two.
How to backup photos from iPhone 5 to Google Drive? Google Drive is a cloud storage service by Google. Google Drive offer users 5GB of free storage space to store photos, videos and documents.
Users can upgrade their free 5GB account to a paid monthly subscription plan for more storage space. Google Drive can work with any platform. There are 2 ways to backup photos from iPhone 5 to Google Drive: A. Backup photos from iPhone 5 to Google Drive via Google Drive App: 1.
Go to & sign in to your account. If you don't have an account, then create one. If you have Google Drive App on your iPhone 5, launch it. Or else download it from the Apple App store. Tap the 'Google Drive App' on your iPhone 5. Tap the '+' button located at the top right corner of the screen.
Select 'Upload Photos or Videos' option. Tap photos in your camera roll to upload it to Drive. Click 'Upload' button. Backup photos from iPhone 5 to Google Drive via share button on your phone: 1. Go to your phone 'Gallery' and select photo(s) or album(s) that you wish to upload. Once selected, click share button and you will see a set of options to upload photos. From the options, tap 'Google Drive' icon.
Your photo upload process will start. The time taken to upload photos depends on your internet connection speed & the amount of photos you upload.
Once the process completes you will be prompted with a message that says 'Upload Complete'. You can install PicBackMan's from the website and start backing up photos and videos. Quick Tip to ensure your Photos never go missing Photos are precious memories and all of us never want to ever lose them to hard disk crashes or missing drives. 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.
But last July Google decided to pull the plug on Google Drive and gave users until March 12, 2018, before they shut it down completely. The App, Not the Service Now before you frantically press the emergency button and jump out the window, please note that the “Google Drive” that Google kills is not the cloud storage service but the PC app we use to access the service. While you can breathe with a slight relief knowing your data is safe, you still need to do something about it.
You need to find alternative methods to access your data. Worry not, Google has prepared a successor to the Google Drive app called. Those who currently access their Google Drive or Photos might notice the nudge to upgrade. This replacement app does the same thing as its predecessor but comes with broader file-synchronization abilities. It’s able to selectively synchronize the files you have on your desktop with the ones on the cloud, including your photos to Google Photos.
Similar to Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, and Apple iCloud, Backup and Sync cuts people’s dependency on a single computing device and turns their personal computers or other gadgets into the tools they need to access their data in the cloud. How to Set Up Backup and Sync To start using Backup and Sync, you need to download the app from. Sign in using your Google account. At the moment, Backup and Sync can only handle one account. If you want to switch accounts, you’ll need to log out and then back in using another account. Sync Your Local Drive to the Cloud After signing into your Google account, a setup window will appear. You can select which folders you ‘d like to back up to Google Drive.
There are three default folders included, but you can add more by clicking the blue “Choose Folder” link below the folder list. Your backup will appear in the new “Computers” folder on your Google Drive. You can find it on the left menubar along with your existing folders. Another option that you can choose is whether you want your photos uploaded as “high quality,” even if you do, itwill not count against your data cap (translation: unlimited storage) or “original quality,” which will eat up your free 15GB storage. High quality means lower than 16-megapixel photos or less than 1080p-quality videos. Checking the “Upload photos and videos to Google Photos” box means you want all the photos on your computer to show up in Google Photos. Click the “Next” button to continue the process.
Sync Your Cloud Drive to Local The process goes both ways. Other than allowing you to back up your computer’s folders to the cloud, Backup and Sync also let you sync the content of your cloud drives to your computer. This way you can access your important files in the cloud even when you are offline. You can choose to sync all of your folders, or you can select specific folders. Set a Delete Rule After finishing the setup stage, you can set a delete rule by opening the Backup and Sync app and opening “Preferences.” Find the “Removing Items” area and choose how you want the Drive to react every time you delete a file on your computer.
The safest option would be to make the app ask you every time it’s about to delete something whether from the local drive or the cloud. You can also set it so that the deletion process will take place without having to confirm with you beforehand.
And any changes you make on either side will be reflected almost instantly on the opposite site provided that you have a good Internet connection. Wrapping Up As the name suggests, the app is a great tool to back up and sync your files to and from the cloud. But that’s how far it goes. Consider the app as an additional drive in the cloud, the combination of Google Drive and Google Photos in one application.
Never think that you can use it to restore the OS of your crashed computer. What do you think about the new Backup and Sync? Even though Google Drive users will surely appreciate the improvements, it doesn’t really do anything new that Dropbox and other cloud-based backup services haven’t already been doing for years.
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