Apple now enables the transfer of photos and videos stored in iCloud Photos to Google Photos. Therefore, the process is quite simple for those who want to make this transfer. However, it should be noted that the process will be done directly by Apple after you give the command.
Are the transferred photos and videos deleted?
It is also essential to know that photos and videos will be copied to Google servers and not deleted from Apple servers. Of course, at this point, there must be enough capacity to keep all the files in the Google account. Apple also provides information on how much space is required before starting the process. Although Google offers 15 GB of free storage space per month, people who need more capacity can upgrade with 100 GB, 200 GB or 2 TB options.
Also, Apple ID must use two-factor authentication. Otherwise, the transfer operation cannot be performed. Apple may be introducing such a requirement to ensure more use of two-factor authentication.
Export iCloud photos to Google Photos
- First, go to privacy.apple.com and log in with your Apple ID.
- Click on ‘transfer a copy of your data’ in the middle of the page.
- On the page that opens, it is given information about how many photos and videos from iCloud Photos will be copied and how much capacity is required with it.
- The location to transfer data must be selected on the same page.
- Then click the checkbox to indicate whether you want to export photos and videos, or both.
- At this point, it is stated that it is necessary to sign in with a Google account.
- Then
, an e-mail is sent that you have completed the transfer.
Transfer Restrictions
Apple promises to export photos or videos in original format or ‘industry standard formats that are easy to open and read’.
Although there is a limit of 20 thousand photos per album in Google Photos
, there is no album limit for videos.
In addition, Apple specifically states that shared albums, smart albums, photo streaming content, live photos, some metadata and other location information are not shared.
The fact that Google has included Google in this system
, which Apple has recently implemented, shows that there may be expansion for other storage services over time. Maybe it will be possible to transfer photos from iCloud directly to Microsoft OneDrive or DropBox in the future. Stay tuned for more tech news.
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