- #Google drive download ready but nothing happens mac#
- #Google drive download ready but nothing happens windows#
Without investing too much time and effort you should be up and running on your new photo management system and ready to take and store pictures again - at least until you decide to switch to something new. In other words you can’t go straight from cloud service to cloud service. All of your stuff gets served up as a compressed folder which you can then extract and move to Apple’s apps on the desktop, on mobile and in the cloud.Ī computer of some kind really is essential though as a stopgap between Google Photos and Apple’s Photos apps, even if you’re planning to use nothing but an iPhone and iCloud Photo Library for the rest of your life. Then, instead of running the Photos app on macOS, use iTunes and your iDevice, or just iCloud on the web, to get everything up to the iCloud Photo Library.Īlternatively you can use the Google Takeout service to download all of your pictures and video from Google Photos if you don’t want to go down the Google Drive syncing route.
#Google drive download ready but nothing happens windows#
If you have a Windows machine to hand, you can use the same trick as above to get the images and videos downloaded. Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google.Launched on April 24, 2012, Google Drive allows users to store files in the cloud (on Googles servers), synchronize files across devices, and share files. First, go to Google Drive on the web, open the Settings page (via the cog icon) and tick the box marked Automatically put your Google Photos into a folder in My Drive under the General tab. The Google Photos desktop client for macOS doesn’t have two-way sync, but the one for Google Drive does. With Apple Photos, you don’t have to store your pictures in the cloud, but if you do then you’ll probably need to pay for extra storage. Switching from Google Photos to Apple PhotosĪs we’ve said, Google Photos lives on the web, but getting all your pictures and videos back down again isn’t too difficult - though it might take some time if you’ve got a massive photo library and a sluggish internet connection. Once saved somewhere, they can be uploaded to Google Photos using a desktop client or just your web browser. Pictures can be downloaded individually easily enough, but for bulk downloads you have to use the Shift or Cmd keys to select multiple items at once, then click the download icon.
#Google drive download ready but nothing happens mac#
If for whatever reason you can’t get your iCloud photos back to a Mac or iOS device, the export options from iCloud on the web are a little less than stellar. On iOS, if you have the space, open Settings then tap iCloud, Photos and Download and Keep Originals. To get these files back on macOS, launch Photos, then open the Photos menu, choose Preferences, switch to iCloud and make sure Download Originals to Mac is selected. The only images and videos that might get missed are those you’ve uploaded to iCloud and deleted from your devices, if you’re using iCloud.