#Google photos backup only on wifi install#
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If not, you may need to do the above step again, taking care to login with the correct Google account, and copy the response token carefully. If successfully authorised, it will proceed to sync your photos. Copy and paste that back into the terminal running gphotos-sync.

Once signed in, and permission granted to your photo collection, you’ll be presented with a response token. Take the URL and paste it into your browser where you should login under the Google account you wish to sync photos from. The application will start, and then request you click a URL. $ mkdir /home/alan/Photos $ gphotos-sync /home/alan/Photos Create the folder then run gphotos-sync and point it to that folder.

Once the client ID is created, download it as client_secret.json and save it under the application configuration directory ~/snap/gphotos-sync/current/.config/gphotos-sync – this directory won’t exist initially, so will need to be created by the userĭecide on a folder into which you’d like the photos synced and make it.

Create a Client ID by following the setting up oauth 2.0 procedure with application type set to Other –.

Authorize it to use the ‘Photos Library API’, following the Activating and deactivating APIs procedure –.

Create a project on Google Developer Console –, following the Creating a project procedure –.

The Snap Store page lists the steps required to setup gphotos-sync. Once installed there’s some configuration to do, which can be a little overwhelming initially, but only needs doing once. Don’t run the snap yet though, as it requires configuration to work correctly.

#Google photos backup only on wifi install#

Installing gphotos-sync is as simple as snap install gphotos-sync. If your distribution lacks snap support, that can be added by following the simple directions at Gphotos-sync is published in the Snap Store, so can be installed on a wide range of systems running popular Linux distributions. Once setup, it can be run on a regular basis, to ensure all the pictures stored in the cloud are also stored locally on your own storage. It’s purpose is to backup Google Photos and Albums using the Google Photos Library API. Gphoto-sync is an open source command-line tool written in Python. There’s also the worry that the Google Photos service might one day go away, and so might your pictures.

#Google photos backup only on wifi Offline#

Wouldn’t it also be handy to have a local backup of your treasured pictures? Perhaps to put on a photo frame, or to do some offline editing, or share with non-smartphone members of the family. Indeed many cellphone users have never physically connected their device to a PC. These days, cellphone users typically rely on WiFi or their carrier connection to backup photos and videos to ‘the cloud’, and rarely connect it to a computer for backups.

#Google photos backup only on wifi Pc#

In the past phones were commonly connected to a PC to transfer data, music and photos.

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Many Android and some iOS users have chosen to store their photos in the free or paid Google Photos service. For most, the single, double or even triple cameras on modern phones are great for making memories. (Every transmission of data over Internet protocol has some overhead: acknowledgments, check sums, connection establishment, authentication, and so on.With a smart phones in their pocket, most people don’t bother carrying a traditional camera anymore.

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The amount used will be the size of the photo plus what ever overhead is required to send it. If you set it to back up using cellular network and WiFi and take a picture while there is no WiFi connection available, it's going to use Ting data. If I am on vacation, they won't be backed up when I plug in to charge unless I also connect to a guest or friend's WiFi. The result is that I don't use any Ting data for photos, but pictures I take are not backed up until I plug in and the phone can connect to WiFi - usually at home, at night or at work. Personally, I have 'Upload size' set to high quality, 'Back up photos' set to WiFi only, and 'While charging only' set to yes.

You can also choose to backup 'While charging only'. In the Backup Settings section, you can choose to 'Back up photos' either using cellular network (Ting data!) and WiFi or WiFi only. You should review all the settings here and make sure you understand the implications. Tap on that for settings to control how your photos are backed up. In the Settings menu, you will find a Backup & sync entry.

The Google Photos app has settings to control data usage.