erwaso
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A LG G4 promo. I took it just to have it. I like one drives UI and upload features better though.
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In the old Google+ Photos app, it would ask if I wanted to backup a folder.
It's a but more clear if you use the new, standalone Google Photos app. From the menu, choose Device Folders. At the top right of each folder, there's an auto upload button.
Thanks for the tipTardis! I already have 100 GBs on Google Drive so I'm not sure I'll use this, but it's nice to have.
As far as choices for photo backup Google Photos has some quirks but I like it because of the auto enhancements and auto awesome stuff.
You can also select which folders get backed up, and it's actually now easier to find with the new update. However, so far I think it's backing up folders which I've specifically told it not to, so I'll have to play around with it some more.
I read it backs up photos still even after deleting the app. I don't use google+ so would I still have this issue with the new photos app?
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Have you tried apps like FolderSync? It allows you to create folder pairs of local folders to sync with Google Drive folders. So you can pick which folders are backed up to Google Drive. It has options to delete the source content so it will effectively be transferred to your cloud storage. Works with Dropbox and others too. You can even set up local syncs, for example... I have a folder pair set up which will transfer local folder content to my external SD card (as there are a lot of browsers and other apps which don't support saving to the SD).So I've been using Google Drive for automatic backup of photos and really do not like it. It uploaded all of my album cover art - and every other jpg that it could find on my phone regardless of location or relevance.
However I'm also using to manually to select folders with jpgs on my local machine and uploading that folder. Then make a link and share only that folder. This works great!
Is there a a way to restrict auto upload from a specific folder(s) such as DCIM? If not this is a huge fail for Google and makes auto upload a nuisance..
I just went into Drive and I didn't get the 100GB notice either. I would really like it too. Wonder what I need to do to get it activated.I didn't receive this offer. Is it carrier specific?