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How Google Photos will free up space in your life for all of your random pics

January 18, 2018 by Kim Lepre 8 Comments

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Do you use Google Photos to store images for school or even home? I discovered it a couple of years ago and have really depended on it to save and store all of my family photos from my phone, plus random images I find on the web.

Why it’s awesome

Whether you have the app on your device or use it through your browser, Google Photos gives you unlimited storage as long as you choose the setting to save your images as High Quality instead of the Original format (which will use up some of your Google Drive storage allotment).

Did I mention that it’s FREE? As long as you have a Gmail account, you have access to the entire Google Suite of Apps, including Google Photos. SWEET!

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This is my go-to method of backing up my photos on my phone rather than paying for more iCloud storage! You can even set it up to back up automatically for you in the background. Should you go this route, you probably want to change your settings so that it only backs up while you’re connected to Wifi. Otherwise, you’ll burn through your data.

I’ve been able to backup my entire Camera Roll on my phone, delete the not-so-important ones, and still see and access them through the Google Photos app or on the web. If I want any of those deleted photos back on my phone, I could easily download it again.

If you like to document your classroom and teaching

I probably don’t do this enough, but I know that many teachers like to take pictures of lessons in action, final projects, fun dress-up days, etc. If this is you, then Google Photos will be your best friend.

Not only does it store those pics, you can quickly create shareable albums. Do you have a hundred pictures from 6th grade camp? Organize them in an album, or go a step further and create sub-albums for activities, class, day of the week, etc.

Do you do an end-of-the-year slideshow? Google Photos can take care of that for you if all of the photos are in one folder.

The most recent update

When I’m on my computer, I’ve become accustomed to going to Google Drive to see my Google Photos. However, they’ve created a new separate app just for Photos.

If you go to https://photos.google.com/, you’ll find that Google Photos now has its own dashboard instead of being part of Google Drive. Right away you’ll notice that the sidebar for Google Photos is now dedicated to ensuring that the storing and sharing of your family vacation or epic soccer game more user-friendly.

What if I don’t like this update?

Google Photos in Google Drive will go away soon – so be ready for it! This change is actually a good thing since you have more options for creating fun products such as collages, animations, and photo books.

However, if you still want the option to access your photos in Drive:

  • Go to the cog icon on the right and select “Settings”
  • In the “General” tab, scroll down and check the “Automatically put your Google Photos into a folder in My Drve”

Now go check out Google Photos and start storing those precious pics!

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  1. Shannon Olsen says

    January 18, 2018 at 8:29 am

    How did I not know about this?? For someone like me who takes a million pictures, the unlimited storage is a gold mine. Thank you so much for sharing!

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    • Kim Lepre says

      January 18, 2018 at 1:37 pm

      It was pretty awesome when I found out! Now that it automatically backs up my phone I don’t feel bad deleting photos from my camera roll!

      Reply
  2. Brooke says

    January 18, 2018 at 11:21 am

    I love money-saving tech tips! Thank you!

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    • Kim Lepre says

      January 18, 2018 at 1:36 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  3. Amanda says

    January 19, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    I learned that you might need photos from one classroom after you’ve moved to a new school, position, or district for varying reasons. (I’m a teacher!) If you don’t store them in the cloud, you might lose.

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    • Kim Lepre says

      January 19, 2018 at 9:26 pm

      Absolutely! I love how easy Google Photos makes it easy to be anywhere and store and access them!

      -Kim

      Reply
  4. Amy says

    January 20, 2018 at 9:06 am

    Even though my ex husband works for Google, it has not dampened my enthusiasm for Google and all of their amazing products. Thank you for sharing this.

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    • Kim Lepre says

      January 20, 2018 at 11:04 am

      You’re hilarious! Yes, Google definitely has changed not only my own productivity, but also how I teach!

      -Kim

      Reply

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