PHOTOS GOOGLE DOWNLOAD AND KEEP

Photos Google Download And Keep

I can still uncheck 'Photo Library' but that doesn't tell me if I have originals on this Mac, so still reluctant to do anything that could possibly delete my originals in iCloud.Google Photos for Mac is the home for all your photos and videos, searchable and organized by the people, places, and things that matter. I don't see anything that indicates whether or not I have originals stored on my Mac. Not sure when it went away. It used to be, but it's not there now. If youвЂ™re currently using MacOS Catalina or later, hard drive space will be temporarily used to download photos and videos from your iCloud and upload them to Google Photos.Gail, regarding ' You can also go to your Photos app on your Mac and under Preferences>iCloud make sure that Download and Keep Originals is turned on'.this is no longer an option in Preferences. And you can upgrade to iCloud+ 1 anytime for powerful new features and more storage.Otherwise, the first photo library that you create or open in Photos will become the System Photo Library.

Then press Enter or tap on your touchpad to take the screenshot - to attach it to your post, click on the camera icon, then select Desktop from Finder, and find the screenshot and select it).Now I see why I don't have this, and it presents yet another problem. This is what you should see (except that the section won't be greyed out - mine is because I don't have iCPL turned on):Can you attach a screen print of your Preferences>iCloud screen in Photos (to make a screen print go to the screen and then press Shift+Command+4+Shift, and hover your mouse over the Preferences screen so that it gets selected. Nothing has changed for that. This photo-storage service was previously trapped in Google+, so it was overlooked by many people.If I knew for a fact I had the originals on this Mac I would just copy my Photos Library file to a flash drive and then delete the Google Photos app, but I'm just not sure if what I have on the MBP are originals.Not sure why you are not seeing that option under Preferences>iCloud>iCloud Photo Library on your Mac. Finally, a photos app thatвЂ™s as smart as you.Google Photos offers unlimited storage for your photos and videos, a slick website, and automatic-upload apps for Android, iPhone, Windows, and Mac.ItвЂ™s a great option for storing your photos.

Of course, unless Photos is using the system library copy of Photos.library, it won't display the info that I wasn't seeing.My Home library folder is named /Larry but the system library file is in /larry (see annotation on screenshot). Photos was using a version of the file in my correct home library, but the Photos.library file that is the system file, is in a folder that doesn't even exist.or that I see (probably hidden). I checked to see if I had any other versions of the Photos.library file with Option+doubleclick on the Dock icon and I had two.

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