Support photos & videos

About back upward and sync

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

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Any photos you take from a device with backup enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automated sync: Whatsoever edits you brand or photos you take will be attainable across any device that you sign in to. If you lot edit and salvage a photograph on your phone, the photo will expect 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.
  • Automated creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Earlier you go started

What yous need to back up photos & videos

  • Proficient internet connection.
  • File sizes that can be 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 can be 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 not listed here, it may not work with Google Photos.

Important: Your Google Account storage is shared across multiple products like Google Photos, Google Bulldoze, and Gmail. If you have used all of your storage, you won't exist able to support new files.

Types of RAW files you can back up

Canon
EOS-1D X Mark Three, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark Three, EOS-1Ds Mark 2, EOS-1D Mark 4, EOS-1D Marker Iii, EOS-1D Marker II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark Ii N, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark Two, 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 REBEL T6S/EOS 760D), EOS Kiss X10i (EOS Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Rebel T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Kiss X7i (EOS Insubordinate T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Osculation X10 (EOS REBEL SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS Insubordinate SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS REBEL SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Osculation X4 (EOS REBEL T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Osculation X3 (EOS Insubordinate T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Buss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS Rebel T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Osculation X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital Ten (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital North (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Buss Thousand (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark Ii, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 10 Mark II, PowerShot G9 Ten, PowerShot G7 Ten Mark Three, PowerShot G7 X Marker II, PowerShot G7 Ten, PowerShot G5 X Marker Ii, PowerShot G5 10, PowerShot G3 Ten, PowerShot G1 X Marker Three, PowerShot G1 X Mark Ii, PowerShot G1 10, 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, Eastward-M5, E-M10, Eastward-P1, E-P2, East-P3, E-P5, East-PL3, E-PL5, East-PL7, OM-D Eastward-M5 Marking Two

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

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Mark 2, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Mark II, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-v, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-vi, NEX-seven, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark II, RX100, RX100 Mark 2, RX100 Marking 3, RX100 Mark 4

DNG files
All .dng files

There are two ways to support your phone, photographic camera, or storage card from your computer:

  1. Install Backup and Sync.
  2. Upload photos from your browser.

Set up Google Drive for desktop

  1. On your computer, download and install Google Bulldoze for Desktop.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. Select the folders or pictures you lot desire to back up and thenDorsum upwards to Google Photos.
  4. Select Done and thenSave.

Important:

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

If you already have Backup and Sync for Bulldoze

Backup and Sync is now Google Drive for desktop.

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

To upgrade sooner, uninstall Backup and Sync and then follow the steps to a higher place to set up Google Drive for desktop.

Select a different upload size

You can change the upload size for photos and videos backed up to Google Photos from your reckoner.

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

Back upwardly your Apple Photo Library (Mac only)

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

Tips:

  • If y'all have more than i Apple Photos Library, only the Organisation Photo Library will exist backed up. You tin can use Apple Photos to alter the Organisation Photo Library.
  • If your Apple Photo Library is synced with iCloud, all photos and videos in your library and cloud volition exist backed up to Google Photos on macOS x.xv and higher up.

Upload items to Google Photos from your browser

  1. On your reckoner, open photos.google.com.
  2. At the top correct, click Upload and thenReckoner.
  3. Find and select your photos.
  4. Click Open.

Y'all can also elevate photos from your computer to the album to upload them to Google Photos. If you drag a photo to a specific anthology, the photo will be uploaded to that album.

View where your photos & videos were uploaded from

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

Related resource

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

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