How To Automatically Backup iPhone Photos to Google Photos

Part 1: How To Set Up Google Photos on Your iPhone

Offered by Google, Google Photos is a photo and video storage service that enables cross-device access to your media. You must enable the app and configure backup options to use Google Photos on your iPhone.

Steps of Downloading and Activating Google Photos

Here are the steps to install and enable Google Photos on your iPhone:

• Step 1: Launch the App Store on your iPhone to install the Google Photos application.
• Step 2: Launch the application and sign in with your Google account after installing it.
• Step 3: When prompted by your iPhone, tap Allow Access to All Photos.

• Step 4: Choose whether to back up your photos at the bottom of the screen.
• Step 5: Select Storage Saver to conserve storage space on your Google Account. Videos will be preserved at 1080p, and photos at 16 megapixels.
• Step 6: Tap Original Quality to maintain the original dimensions of your photos and videos.

• Step 7: After selecting, tap Confirm.

Move iPhone Photos From iCloud to Google Photos

Here's how to move iPhone photos from iCloud to Google Photos once you've installed and enabled it:

• Step 1: Sign in to privacy.apple.com using your Apple ID.
• Step 2: Click the Request a copy of your data link.
• Step 3: Mark photos and videos as the source and select Google Photos as the backup location. Click Continue below to proceed.

• Step 4: On the subsequent page, select Continue again, then click Add to your Google Photos library to sign in with your Google Photos account.
• Step 5: Click Confirm Transfer to back up the selected data from iCloud Photos to Google Photos.

Note: Apple estimates that the transfer to Google Photos will take between 3 and 7 days, with some time required to verify the user's identity

Disable Backup to iCloud Photos

After learning how to back up iPhone photos to Google Photos, you may wonder how to stop syncing pictures to iCloud. Here's the way to stop the backup process for future usage:

• Step 1: Tap your name within the Settings application.
• Step 2: Tap iCloud>Photos.
• Step 3: Toggle off Sync this iPhone in the iCloud tab.

Part 2: How To Automatically Upload Photos & Videos From iPhone to Google Photos

To automatically upload photos and videos from your iPhone to Google Photos, you must enable the backup and sync option in the app. This operation will allow Google Photos to automatically back up your media whenever you have an internet connection.

Here is the procedure:

• Step 1: Launch the Google Photos iPhone app. In the upper-right corner, tap your profile picture and select Google Photos Settings.
• Step 2: Tap Backup and Sync and turn on the toggle to start the backup.

Your iPhone photos and videos will now be backed up automatically to Google Photos. Once everything has been backed up, you can delete photos and videos from the Photos app on your device if you're running out of space.

Part 3: Backup the Photos With Wondershare Dr.Fone

If you're experiencing difficulties backing up your iPhone photos to Google Photos, you can consider other, more reliable options. You can back up your iPhone images to your PC and then upload them straight to Google Photos. This way helps conserve iCloud storage space, minimize network difficulties, and get greater control over your backup process.

But how can you quickly upload and back up your iPhone photos to your PC? Wondershare Dr.Fone is the solution to this!

Wondershare Dr.Fone is a sophisticated program that will assist you in seamlessly transferring and backing up your iPhone images. It lets you see and pick the photographs you wish to back up before saving them to your PC in a readable format. You can also restore the backup to your iPhone or another iOS device.

Dr.Fone can backup and restore all images, including live photos, burst photos, screenshots, and more. Other supported data formats include contacts, messages, notes, videos, music, etc.

Key Features of Dr.Fone

Here are some of the key highlights that you must know:

• Backup and restore iPhone data selectively and flexibly.
• Preview and export iPhone data in a readable format.
• Support various data types, including photos, videos, messages, contacts, etc.
• Compatible with all iDevices.
• Safe and easy to use, with no data loss or overwrite.

Pros

A few benefits of Dr.Fone are:

• Extremely reliable on data safety
• Efficient and quick transfer
• Allows for large data to back up without losing data

Cons

Despite a few pros, here's a con you should be aware of:

• You'll need a subscription once you run out of free GBs. However, the charging plans are reasonable for resolving various problems for iPhone and Android Phones.

Steps of Backing Up iPhone Photos With Dr.Fone

Here are the two ways that can help you back up iPhone Photos using Dr.Fone to your PC/Mac:

Method 1: Manual Backup

The first method is to start manual backing up of data. Here's how to do it:

• Step 1: Launch Dr.Fone and navigate to the My Backup section on the left drop-down menu. Click the Back Up Now icon to begin manually saving up your iDevice.

• Step 2: Dr.Fone will automatically detect and back up the file types on your device. Wait until all data has been stored on the platform. Click Cancel to terminate the procedure.

• Step 3: The prompt window displays all backup information once the restore is complete. Click the View Backups so that you can see the Dr. Fone-created backups.

Method 2: Automatic Backup

The second method is to begin with automatic backing up of data. Here's how you can do it:

• Step 1: Launch the application and navigate to My Devices > Backup preferences to open a new window with backup options.

• Step 2: Ensure the iDevice and computer are connected to the same network before activating the switch next to the Enable Auto-Backup option.

Note: If the devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network, the device will back up automatically according to the defined Backup Plan and Preferred Time.

• Step 3: You can select Backup History to view the backup history of your iOS device. Click the View icon to examine the categories of the backup file's contents.