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Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by simplerman »

reaperducer wrote: post #57
miles wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I hope that Apple will eventually allow bulk downloads of iCloud photos to the desktop. Right now you can only do 1,000 at a time When downloading directly from iCloud.com that's true (and annoying), but you can also bulk download all of the originals via Photos.app (making sure to check "Download Originals to this Mac" rather than "Optimize Mac Storage").

When downloading directly from iCloud.com that's true (and annoying), but you can also bulk download all of the originals via Photos.app (making sure to check "Download Originals to this Mac" rather than "Optimize Mac Storage"). Unfortunately, that wouldn't work for my wife's situation. Her computer is one of those MacBooks with a 256GB drive, and only one USB-C port. So the amount of data stored in her iCloud photos…

> I'm not interested in buying a hub for a one-off operation.

If cost is the issue, there are a lot of off-brand hubs. I bought one for $15 of Amazon. So far no issues.

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by uneekname »

reaperducer wrote: post #57
miles wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I hope that Apple will eventually allow bulk downloads of iCloud photos to the desktop. Right now you can only do 1,000 at a time When downloading directly from iCloud.com that's true (and annoying), but you can also bulk download all of the originals via Photos.app (making sure to check "Download Originals to this Mac" rather than "Optimize Mac Storage").

When downloading directly from iCloud.com that's true (and annoying), but you can also bulk download all of the originals via Photos.app (making sure to check "Download Originals to this Mac" rather than "Optimize Mac Storage"). Unfortunately, that wouldn't work for my wife's situation. Her computer is one of those MacBooks with a 256GB drive, and only one USB-C port. So the amount of data stored in her iCloud photos…

Admittedly an additional cost/annoyance, it is possible to buy USB-C "docks" that can supply power to your laptop while also plugging in another USB device.

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by ghostpepper »

vorpalhex wrote: post #50
IfOnlyYouKnew wrote: post #44

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I'm just amazed these services have face tagging for dogs , and that you consider it so obvious that you feel like complaining about it.

If it's broken, then it's broken. It doesn't matter how futuristic and awesome it is.

Yep, in this case it sounds like “awesome futuristic idea poorly implemented” is worse than not having the feature.

Adding a simple toggle to disable it (or even better, a blacklist of tags to never auto-add) would be the best compromise.

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by rakoo »

It is a bit sad to see something as simple as "you can now take your photos and put them where you want" become a newsworthy article. This is yet another demonstration that Digital Feudalism is alive and well, and just like its ancestor, we need to get rid of it by empowering people to be their own self

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by fungiblecog »

Just give us a ‘download all’ button with the ability to resume in the event of a failure. RSync has been around for a long time why reinvent the wheel for every different service. Welcome to Modern tech - constantly reinventing (square) wheel

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by janaagaard »

morpheuskafka wrote: post #83

Any idea why they built this to go straight to Google rather than just exporting in a standard format for Google to upload? There aren't any other real competitors AFAIK, but still why not just make it a simple export rather than an integration that will require continual maintenance?

Probably because they want this to work for people who only have a mobile device. Agree that it would be nice to have an option to download everything.

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by [deleted] »

rakoo wrote: post #144

It is a bit sad to see something as simple as "you can now take your photos and put them where you want" become a newsworthy article. This is yet another demonstration that Digital Feudalism is alive and well, and just like its ancestor, we need to get rid of it by empowering people to be their own self

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Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by ghostpepper »

adrr wrote: post #125
elliottkember wrote: post #72

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I don't know whether you're on iOS, but if you are, the app on the app store called "Gemini" has been a game-changer for me in this regard.

Gemini is a great app. I wish apple photos or google photos had similar features. Even Lightroom needs it since 1/5 of my photos are out of focus.

I like the idea but I’m a bit put off by the new privacy tags on the App Store: this app uses product interaction, device ID and user ID track me? No thanks

Off topic but I also hate the new trend of apps not telling you how much the full version costs until after you’ve installed it.

Re: Apple now lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Photos

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Post by lostlogin »

jcims wrote: post #70

Lol two months ago I moved about 80GB of photos from iCloud to Google and it was an absolute nightmare. Nothing worked correctly through the entire collection.

Imagine a service which properly integrated your phone camera (such that messaging etc worked nicely) had a desktop app and allowed network storage and backup.

Have I just missed this application?

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