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#BACKUP AND SYNC FROM GOOGLE BUG HOW TO#
#BACKUP AND SYNC FROM GOOGLE BUG INSTALL#
#BACKUP AND SYNC FROM GOOGLE BUG ARCHIVE#

It's incredibly flexible, letting you backup whenever when certain events take place, like taking a new photo, charging your device, or on a schedule.

Check your PC to make sure the photo was transferred to your PC.įor $2 you can nix the ads and enable auto-transfer.

Select a photo, click the red circle, and select your device, which should automagically show up, unless your router is blocking things.

Also, I had issues when both devices were on the "guest" network even though it's private.

Make sure the network is set to "private" instead of "public", so your devices can find one another.Under "Device auto detection", select "Restart device auto detection periodically" and set to "Every 5 minutes" (more on that below).Check the "Receive" tab, and make sure it'll save where you want.It also installs a service that listens for connections from your mobile device (again, on your network).It configures the firewall on your PC to allow communication on a particular port, from within your network.

#BACKUP AND SYNC FROM GOOGLE BUG INSTALL#

Install the free desktop app, available for Windows and Mac.

Here's the steps I followed to backup to a device on my network: I have absolutely no affiliation with the following one, but a quick search turned up PhotoSync, available for iOS and Android, and I like it so far. Find a reliable mobile app that'll back up your photos for you. Solution 4: Find a mobile app that syncs photos to Driveĭon't reinvent the wheel unless you have to. I was going to give it a go anyway, but then I found a better solution. I enjoy exploring APIs, but I find Google's to be tough to figure out sometimes. Have a drink nearby, because this is guaranteed to be somewhat painful.

#BACKUP AND SYNC FROM GOOGLE BUG HOW TO#

If you go this route, you'll want to read their Getting started with REST guide for how to enable the Google Photos Library API. Set it up as a service or whatever, so it runs periodically when your PC is on. Make use of the Photos Library API to write a script that downloads new photos. Solution 3: Write your own script to download photos You can still go back and download everything periodically, but at least this is somewhat automatic.

#BACKUP AND SYNC FROM GOOGLE BUG ARCHIVE#

In the "customize archive format" screen, be sure to choose the "scheduled exports" option. Solution 2: Schedule a download (sort of) for a yearĮvery year (on your birthday? Christmas?), go to and schedule to get a download link containing your photos every other month. Solution 1: Select new photos and download themĮvery once in awhile, go to, select all your new photos and download them. Here are some solutions, from least better to best better. Unfortunately, Google has a nice little utility called Backup and Sync, which conveniently and reliably backed up Drive to your PC. In an ironically named blog post titled " Changing how Google Drive and Google Photos work together" (which could be summarized as "they won't anymore"), Google explains how your photos will no longer sync with Drive, because "simplification, less confusion, something something".Īnyone who used it is greeted with this message: