DO NOT use google photos. it is complete and utter trash.
there is no way to download all your photos once they are "backed up" to google.
if they called it "transfer to google" that would be fine, but using the terminology "back up" which implies an ability to "restore" is a class-action in the waiting. the app actively deletes the photos from your phone, puts them into their cloud app, and then you are forced to interface with the cloud app to actually do anything with them.
i have years of my life "backed up" into google photos and no way to download them to a computer for printing, editing, sorting, etc, except one by one!
the only pseudo-official way to get all of them was via drive, and it already fails for large collections (i haven't read why they are discontinuing it but maybe something related).
are you kidding me? thanks google.
there is no way to download all your photos once they are "backed up" to google.
if they called it "transfer to google" that would be fine, but using the terminology "back up" which implies an ability to "restore" is a class-action in the waiting. the app actively deletes the photos from your phone, puts them into their cloud app, and then you are forced to interface with the cloud app to actually do anything with them.
i have years of my life "backed up" into google photos and no way to download them to a computer for printing, editing, sorting, etc, except one by one!
the only pseudo-official way to get all of them was via drive, and it already fails for large collections (i haven't read why they are discontinuing it but maybe something related).
are you kidding me? thanks google.