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You’ll need to decided whether to have your high-resolution shots downscaled to 2,048 pixels horizontally by Google+ Photos – in which case the uploads don’t count against your Google storage quota – or go full res. The good thing about this step is that Google automatically calculates the size of your backup. Next, check or uncheck your photo sources or add any folder on your system to the watched folders list for photos and videos. To begin, you’ll need to sign in with your Google Account.
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Your uploaded photos are made private on Google+ Photos, but you can share them later with your contacts or the web at large using the Google+ Photos interface on the web or through the free Google+ iOS app.
There also used to be an iPhoto plugin from Google to upload your images to Picasa Web Albums. That said, the Google+ Auto Backup tool is designed to work exclusively with Google+ Photos, as evidenced by its icon which uses the new Google+ Photos icon.Īs first noted by the Google Operating System blog, the app sites in the background and automatically synchronizes watched folders with the Google+ Photos service, much like Google’s other desktop syncing utilities like Google Music Manager and Google Drive. It’s worth mentioning that Picasa for Mac has had for years a built-in feature where you sign in with your Google Account to have your albums synchronized with Picasa Web Albums, the search giant’s defunct photo sharing service that now now redirects to Google+ Photos. In addition to a few new features and complementary fixes, the improved Picasa also brings out a brand new standalone tool allowing you to synchronize a batch of photos and videos residing on your Mac with Google+ Photos…
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Instead, yesterday’s update has proven there’s still life left in Picasa.
Matter of fact, I’ve been using the program for years as my primary point of entry for sorting, geotagging and organizing images in folders prior to importing them to Aperture for advanced touch ups and album management.īut aside from maintenance updates, Picasa for Mac spent much of 2013 unchanged in terms of features, so much so that I began to suspect that Google could perhaps discontinue it in order to make room for a standalone Google+ Photos app for the Mac. Google has been offering its standalone Picasa Mac app for years and while it may lack ease of use and elegance of Apple’s own iPhoto and Aperture software, by no means is it a slouch.
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