Google just made it easy for Android to iPhone defectors to move their pics from Google Photos to Apple iCloud but theres a catch

Date:
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:22:48 +0000

Description:
Its now very easy to shift photos from one service to the other but watch that free storage allowance.

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If you have all your snaps stored in Google Photos , but want to shift them
to the iCloud equivalent perhaps because youre making the leap from Android to iPhone then youre in luck, as Google has just implemented a new tool thatll do exactly this.

This is part of the Data Transfer Initiative (DTI), and previously, Apple
made it possible to transfer your photos and videos directly from iCloud Photos to Google Photos. Now, as announced by the DTI , Google has made it so you can send all your pics the other way, from its service to iCloud.

The Transfer Data tool is rolling out over the next week, so you might not
see it just yet but its imminent, rest assured and represents a very convenient way to get your images onto iCloud. (Although do note that your pics wont be deleted from Google Photos, not unless you do that yourself, after the transfer).

It certainly makes things a lot easier than trying to manually shift a
library of photos across (by downloading them to your PC, say, then uploading them to iCloud, which is a ponderous process).

If youre wanting more details on the process, Google provides a nice, neat
set of instructions in the form of this guide .

There is something of a catch, though, as The Register , which noticed the development, points out and it pertains to the size of your existing photo library. Lets dive into that next. (Image credit: Future) Analysis: Reasons
to be careful

The mentioned caveat lies in the size of the free cloud storage allocation in Google Photos and iCloud. Assuming youve plumped for free accounts with both far from unimaginable the allowance is 15GB with Googles service and 5GB
with Apples.

So, as you can see, migrating from iCloud to Google wont be a problem for freebie users, but as for the other direction if youve got approaching 15GB of pics in Google Photos, thats obviously not going to fit into Apples much more meagre free amount of storage. What happens then? Well, youll get 5GB worth of photos transferred over, then the migration will grind to a halt
and thats that. In this case, youll have to pay up for more iCloud storage
and run the transfer again.

It should also be noted that only supported file types will be moved over to iCloud, although that list encompasses most common picture and video formats. For image files, it includes JPG, GIF, PNG and RAW the full list is
available in Googles instructions on the process that we linked above. You might also like... Here are all the best Google Photos alternatives How to download all your Google Photos to PC or Mac Windows 11 or bust: Microsoft is insistently urging Windows 10 users to move on, or get left behind



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