Back up photos & videos

Most dorsum up and sync

Back up and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Business relationship. These photos and videos will be attainable from any device where you are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Whatever photos you accept from a device with backup enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits yous brand or photos you accept volition be accessible across any device that y'all sign in to. If yous edit and salvage a photograph on your phone, the photo will await the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You tin search your photos by the people (when you've enabled face grouping), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Earlier you lot become started

What you lot demand to back up photos & videos

  • Good cyberspace connection.
  • File sizes that can exist backed up.  Your files won't be backed up if they are:
    • Photos larger than 200 MB or 150 MP
    • Videos larger than 10 GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 x 256.
  • File types that tin can exist backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos can be backed up if you use the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .mod, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If you try to back up a file type non listed here, it may not piece of work with Google Photos.

Of import: Your Google Business relationship storage is shared across multiple products similar Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If you have used all of your storage, you won't be able to back up new files.

Types of RAW files you can support

Canon
EOS-1D X Marking III, EOS-1D 10 Mark Two, EOS-1D 10, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Marking II, EOS-1D Mark Four, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Marker 2 Due north, EOS 5D Mark 4, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark II, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Mark Ii, EOS 7D, EOS 90D, EOS 80D, EOS 70D, EOS 60D, EOS 60Da, EOS 50D, EOS 40D, EOS 30D, EOS 20D, EOS 20Da, EOS 9000D (EOS 77D), EOS 8000D (EOS Insubordinate T6S/EOS 760D), EOS Buss X10i (EOS Rebel T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Insubordinate T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Osculation X7i (EOS Rebel T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS Insubordinate SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Osculation X9 (EOS Insubordinate SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Buss X7 (EOS REBEL SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS Rebel T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Osculation X4 (EOS REBEL T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS Insubordinate T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Insubordinate T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS Rebel T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS Insubordinate T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS Insubordinate T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital 10 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark Two, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 10 Mark 2, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark Iii, PowerShot G7 Ten Marking Ii, PowerShot G7 10, PowerShot G5 X Marker Ii, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 Ten Marking III, PowerShot G1 X Marking Two, PowerShot G1 X, PowerShot G16, PowerShot G15, PowerShot G12, PowerShot G11, PowerShot G10, PowerShot S120, PowerShot S110, PowerShot S100, PowerShot S95, PowerShot S90, PowerShot SX70 HS, PowerShot SX60 HS, PowerShot SX50 HS, PowerShot SX1 IS

Fuji
X100

Nikon
1AW1, 1J1, 1J2, 1J3, 1J4, 1S1, 1S2, 1V1, 1V2, 1V3, D3, D3X, D4, D4S, D40, D40X, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D200, D300, D300s, D600, D610, D700, D750, D800, D800E, D810, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D5500, D7000, D7100, D7200, Df
Coolpix: A, P7800

Olympus
E-M1, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, E-P2, E-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D E-M5 Marker II

Panasonic
CM1, FZ300, G70, GF1, GF3, GF5, GF7, GH3, GH4, GM1, GM5, GX1, GX8, LX5, LX7, LX100

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Marker Two, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Marker Ii, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark II, RX100, RX100 Mark II, RX100 Mark III, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

At that place are 2 means to back up your phone, camera, or storage card from your computer:

  1. Install Fill-in and Sync.
  2. Upload photos from your browser.

Set upward Google Drive for desktop

  1. On your computer, download and install Google Drive for Desktop.
  2. Sign in to your Google Business relationship.
  3. Select the folders or pictures you want to back up and thenBack up to Google Photos.
  4. Select Done and thenSave.

Of import:

  • If you lot remove a photo or video from your computer that you previously backed up to Google Photos, information technology stays in Google Photos.
  • If yous remove a photo or video from Google Photos, it isn't removed from Google Drive or your figurer.
  • Uploads can be slower and use more storage if you support to both Google Photos and Google Drive. Unless you need a 2nd copy in Bulldoze, we recommend you back upward photos and videos to Google Photos.

If you already have Backup and Sync for Drive

Fill-in and Sync is now Google Drive for desktop.

If you lot already have Backup and Sync installed, you'll be migrated to Google Drive for desktop.

To upgrade sooner, uninstall Backup and Sync and and then follow the steps above to prepare Google Drive for desktop.

Select a different upload size

You lot tin change the upload size for photos and videos backed up to Google Photos from your calculator.

Important: You tin can't change the upload size for files synced with Google Drive.

Back up your Apple Photo Library (Mac only)

If your computer runs macOS, you can support your Arrangement Photo Library to Google Photos.

Tips:

  • If you lot take more than i Apple tree Photos Library, just the System Photograph Library will be backed up. You lot tin can apply Apple Photos to change the System Photo Library.
  • If your Apple Photo Library is synced with iCloud, all photos and videos in your library and cloud will be backed up to Google Photos on macOS ten.xv and above.

Upload items to Google Photos from your browser

  1. On your estimator, open up photos.google.com.
  2. At the top right, click Upload and thenComputer.
  3. Find and select your photos.
  4. Click Open.

You tin also elevate photos from your computer to the album to upload them to Google Photos. If you lot drag a photo to a specific album, the photo will exist uploaded to that album.

View where your photos & videos were uploaded from

In Google Photos, yous can view how you uploaded your photos and videos.

Related resources

  • Download photos or videos to your device
  • Cease syncing Google Bulldoze files with Backup and Sync
  • How your Google storage works

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