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Funny, Google+ and my android phone do everything he just mentioned. Why not just switch ?

• threeseed 13y ago
  Google+ and your Android phone can manage 70GB of photos and ensure that they properly synced to multiple devices including a Mac ?
  • dkhenry 13y ago
    Yes, I don't have 70GB yet, but my Google Drive account currently has 100GB of allocated space in it. I can get up to 1TB If I want. I can access all of them from the gallery app on my phone ,and a web page on my desktop. I can print them via any number of services. Also if I use ChromeOS I have essentially filesystem native access to them.
    • gallamine 13y ago
      With this setup, however, do you end up with local backups of the files? Whatever picture solution I choose, it's important that I have all the files local (because I still consider it a distinct possibility that Google will cancel my account someday ... accident or not).
      • dkhenry 13y ago
        No you don't which I count as a feature, but I understand the opposite side. I can export my photos locally, but already my photo collection is larger then the storage space on my phone, tablet or Chromebook so a syncing solution wouldn't help on those platforms.
• corresation 13y ago
  It sounds like he is fairly involved and satisfied with the platform, but has some suggestions on improvements. A wholesale platform switch to solve one specific issue is not a reasonable solution.
• tedroden 13y ago
  It doesn't have a great way to upload from the desktop to G+, does it? I've been trying to figure this out for pics that don't originate on an android/iOS device. I guess picasa can do it, but picasa leaves a lot to be desired.
  • dkhenry 13y ago
    I use Shotwell to upload to Picasa which is really a thin wrapper around G+. I also still use Picasa to do any prints I might want since G+ doesn't have that as part of its interface yet.