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I have been using this for a while and one day I realized it is skipping some pictures when backing up. I went through all of my pictures and noticed ~5% is mis

I have been using this for a while and one day I realized it is skipping some pictures when backing up. I went through all of my pictures and noticed ~5% is missing. This was the last day when I trusted Google with picture backups. On the other hand Flickr offers similar solution that actually does what it is supposed to.

mvgoogler 11y ago
Is this happening with the new app that launched this week? If you have concrete examples I could investigate.
- zwetan 11y ago
  I have the same experience with videos scenario: uploading a bunch of video files all named in the same pattern when coming back to the google photo interface to put those files in the same group, searching their name does not return the full list, only part of it. Only by searching "recently added" I can then find and add the missing files. If I could ask for features: - show the file name when you select an item - allow to search file name by regex
- istvan__ 11y ago
  Haven't tried that yet, but I moved over to iOS so this is not relevant anymore, but thanks.
- sorenjan 11y ago
  I have an example from before the new version of the Photos app came out. This might have changed since then. If I take a bunch of photos and then send some of them through Hangouts before I get home to my WiFi those photos doesn't get backed up. I'm guessing it's because Hangouts uses G+ albums for the photos, so technically the photos are on Google's servers, but they're not where I expect them to be (in Auto backup).
notatoad 11y ago
Are you sure? I haven't used the new Google photos, but Google+ photos confused me for a while because it defaulted to displaying "highlights" instead of all photos, where they picked the best one or two out of any similar pictures in the same timeframe and hid the rest. My photos were all there, i just had to use the all photos view.
- istvan__ 11y ago
  Yes, I went through all of the settings, and it was weird because I set up backup all pictures from the very beginning. One thing, that is also happening on Android, after an upgrade the app loses some or all the settings. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9420455/android-application-settings-lost-when-updating-to-new-version http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9420455/android-applicati... This sometimes can cause surprises (for example setting back to highlights from full backup, to your point). In my case it was simply missing pictures. It was reported by multiple users as well, Google had a ticket about it.

mvgoogler 11y ago

Is this happening with the new app that launched this week? If you have concrete examples I could investigate.

zwetan 11y ago
I have the same experience with videos scenario: uploading a bunch of video files all named in the same pattern when coming back to the google photo interface to put those files in the same group, searching their name does not return the full list, only part of it. Only by searching "recently added" I can then find and add the missing files. If I could ask for features: - show the file name when you select an item - allow to search file name by regex
istvan__ 11y ago
Haven't tried that yet, but I moved over to iOS so this is not relevant anymore, but thanks.
sorenjan 11y ago
I have an example from before the new version of the Photos app came out. This might have changed since then. If I take a bunch of photos and then send some of them through Hangouts before I get home to my WiFi those photos doesn't get backed up. I'm guessing it's because Hangouts uses G+ albums for the photos, so technically the photos are on Google's servers, but they're not where I expect them to be (in Auto backup).

notatoad 11y ago

Are you sure? I haven't used the new Google photos, but Google+ photos confused me for a while because it defaulted to displaying "highlights" instead of all photos, where they picked the best one or two out of any similar pictures in the same timeframe and hid the rest. My photos were all there, i just had to use the all photos view.

istvan__ 11y ago
Yes, I went through all of the settings, and it was weird because I set up backup all pictures from the very beginning. One thing, that is also happening on Android, after an upgrade the app loses some or all the settings. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9420455/android-application-settings-lost-when-updating-to-new-version http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9420455/android-applicati... This sometimes can cause surprises (for example setting back to highlights from full backup, to your point). In my case it was simply missing pictures. It was reported by multiple users as well, Google had a ticket about it.