If you want to convert folders on your computer to albums in Google Photos, you will have to do that manually later on (see below). Photos/videos will upload into the 'Photos' tab in Google Photos, sorted by camera date (if present). Edits done on the computer or in Google Photos do not sync to Google Drive. That allows sharing of Drive folders that include sub-folders.īackup and sync does not really sync. The folders structure from the computer will be maintained in Drive but not in Photos. See Geeks on Tour video about installing Backup & Sync to upload photos and videos from your Windows computer to Google Photos.īackup & Sync uploads images to Google Drive. If you don't want your photos uploading to Google Drive, do not use B&S. Trying to merge already backed up files will be very difficult. We recommend creating a new hierarchy on your computer for new photos. If you want all photos in albums, you will have to do that manually later on.ī&S builds a new hierarchy in Google Drive which mirrors the computer folder structure before passing the photos on to Google Photos.

In fact it's no 'sync,' but a one time upload. B&S uploads to folders in 'My computer' on Google Drive and from there to Google Photos. On May 12, 2018, the Desktop Uploader was discontinued and no longer works.ī&S is intended to upload photos in bulk, without automatically creating albums. Backup & Sync (B&S), a Google Drive app, was launched in July 2017 and was intended to replace Google Photos Backup ('Desktop Uploader').

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