Unlimited capacity of "Google Photos" is about to end!The secret trick to keep using without worrying about the capacity --Yajiuma no Mori --Window Mori

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How to back up and sync virtually infinitely at no additional charge

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From June 1, 2021, if you reduce the image quality to "high quality" (images are 16MP, videos are 1080p), you can upload photos to "Google Photos" for free and unlimited, "Google Drive" Will consume the capacity of. Fortunately, it seems that the photos already uploaded do not consume the capacity of "Google Drive", but after June it seems that it will not be possible to take photos with a smartphone and leave them as they are.

There is 15GB of free "Google Drive" capacity, but some people may already be using "Google Drive" for backup etc. and have a little remaining capacity (current free space is "Google One Storage"). In can be confirmed). What should I do in such a case?

The easiest way is to buy "Google One" and increase the capacity of "Google Drive". If you have 100GB, you won't consume all your photos so much, so if you pay 2,500 yen a year (250 yen a month), you can upload photos to "Google Photos" as before without worrying about the capacity. If you want to use it for system backup in earnest, there is also a plan of 13,000 yen per year for 2TB.

So what about switching to another service? The first thing that comes to mind as a service that is as easy to use as "Google Photos" is "One Drive." It has abundant functions such as synchronization from smartphones as well as classification by location. If you use "Microsoft 365", 1TB capacity will be prepared, so you can back up photos almost unlimitedly, but the free capacity is 5GB, which is a little small.

"Amazon Photos" is a service with unlimited capacity. You need to be an Amazon Prime member, but your smartphone and PC are perfectly synchronized. It's not as easy to use as "Google Photos" or "One Drive", but you can also use the unlimited viewing service for videos and music, so if you use Amazon a lot, you may consider becoming a member.

There is also a way to keep backing up and syncing your photos without spending any money and without worrying about the capacity. All you have to do is get another account for "Google Photos". Is it troublesome to switch accounts every time you see new photos? The "Share with Partners" feature of "Google Photos" solves this problem. The specific method is as follows.

1. Get a new Google account for your photos
2. Log in to "Google Photos" with the acquired account
3. Press the gear button on the top right to open the settings screen
4. Click Share with Partner
5. Click [Try]
6. Enter the email address of the main account in [Select Partner] and select your own account displayed.
7. Click the [Next] button
8. Select [Select Date] from [Show only photos after this date], set today's date, and click the [Next] button.
9. Press the [Send Invitation] button
10. Log in to "Google Photos" again with your main account
11. Click Share on the left sidebar
12. Click the item [Photo of Mr. XX (name of photo account)]
13. Click [Accept] in the displayed pop-up.

Now you can view the photos uploaded to your photo account in your main account. Be careful not to click Turn on autosave. A photo that consumes only the capacity of the photo account will consume the capacity of the main account.

When the capacity of the photo account is full, you can increase the capacity infinitely by creating a new account and making it visible in the main account with the "Share with partner" function.

To upload photos taken with your smartphone to your photo account, you can do the following with the "Google Photos" app on your smartphone. It's a hassle at first, but once you've done it, you can upload your photos without thinking for the time being.

1. Tap the icon of your account in the upper right to display a pop-up, then tap the [Manage Google Account] button.
2. The [Google Account] screen will be displayed, so tap the part where your email address is displayed at the top of the screen. 1. Tap the icon of your account in the upper right to display a pop-up, and click the [Manage Google Account] button. Tap 2. The [Google Account] screen will be displayed, so tap the part where your email address is displayed at the top of the screen.
3. Tap [Add another account] in the pop-up that appears.
4. Authenticate yourself 3. Tap [Add another account] in the pop-up that appears 4. Authenticate yourself
5. Log in with your photo account
6. If you agree to the terms of use and wait for a while, the photo account will be added, so press the [x] button to return to "Google Photos" 5. Log in with the photo account 6. Agree to the terms of use and wait for a while for photos An account will be added, so press the [x] button to return to "Google Photos".
7. Tap [Backup completed] (display may differ depending on the backup status) to display the [Backup] screen.
8. Select [Backup Settings] from the menu button (three dots arranged vertically) on the upper right. 7. Tap [Backup completed] (display may differ depending on the backup status) to display the [Backup] screen. Display 8. Select [Backup Settings] from the menu button (three dots arranged vertically) on the upper right.
9. Turn off the [Backup and Sync] switch
10. Tap the icon of your account in the upper right to display a pop-up and switch to the photo account 9. Turn off the [Backup and Sync] switch 10. Tap the icon of your account in the upper right to display the pop-up , Switch to photo account
11. In the pop-up that opens when you tap the photo account icon in the upper right, tap [Turn on backup].
12. Select the image quality to upload and tap the [Confirm] button 11. In the pop-up that opens when you tap the photo account icon in the upper right, tap [Turn on backup] 12. Select the image quality to upload and click [Confirm]. ] Button
13. Now your smartphone photos will be uploaded to your photo account 13. Now your smartphone photos will be uploaded to your photo account