Choose this option if you are backing up photos through picasa first time. If you use carbonite to do backups online, and you use picasa to manage the. Dec 27, 2010 install picasa 3 for mac on your mac, however do not run picasa yet copy all your photos from you pc to your mac. My advice would be to discontinue any automatic uploading and use the easy manual methods from now on. After your photos have finished loading, click the finish button. Migrating from windows to a mac picasa mollysmiscmusings. I used picasa extensively on my imac and have several dozen albums organizing my photos. Picasa is an easy way to find, edit, and share your photos. First of all, even if you do upload your pictures to picasa web albums, i dont consider that a backup. Picasa searches for all the images in your hd and shows them on an eyecatching and intuitive interface. Picasa still works, on both windows and mac computers, it works today, it will work tomorrow, but you never know when there may be a system update that will render it useless. Make a backup of the picasa database as outlined in step 2 below. How do i upload photos from mac photos to picasa so i have managed to share photos from my iphone to mac through family sharing. We are maintaining the picasa posts within techease because we find that.
Picasa is the easiest program available for photo management and backup. If you can keep the same folder structure except photos being in pictures on the mac instead of in my pictures on the pc it will be much easier and quicker. Picasa is a third party application that provides additional functionality to os x system and enjoys a popularity among mac users. Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the. Picasa for mac can transfer, find, organize, share, print, and edit images, all with this easytouse product. After 15 minutes itd only done about 240mb, so i cancelled it. My 4year old howto guide, picasa photo sync on multiple computers has attracted.
When you do a backup, you select a particular backup set. How to use picasa to backup all your photos to an external. The program could pull geotagging info from an images metadata if it was created by a phone or other gpsenabled device, or, you. On your mac, open finder and browse to the following location. The preferred and easiest way is to use the monument app on your iphone. How to use picasa on multiple computers the updated definitive. Googles picasa software backs up photos from pcs to. How to get your photos out of picasa simple scrapper. Jan 02, 2018 picasa still works, on both windows and mac computers, it works today, it will work tomorrow, but you never know when there may be a system update that will render it useless. Mac users were relying upon a standalone picasa web albums uploader and iphoto album plugin for uploading photos to their web albums.
What follows here is a more indepth tutoriallike discussion of backing up and. How to move my photos and the picasa database to a new. I have a backup of old computer is it stored there somewhere. After you set up time machine, it automatically backs up the files on your mac. If you speak english, you can read our developer site. The program works with jpeg, gif, bmp, psd, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras. Google photos can back up pictures on your computer to server space. Keep a backup and mess around untill you have them imported how you want and then its easy to build from there. If you do not have an iphone, you can also back up using the desktop app.
Picasa keeps track of what photos have already been backed up using that backup set. Even if you use icloud photos, its important that you always back up your library locally using one of the following methods use time machine. Eliminate scratches and blemishes, fix redeye, crop and more. Apps that integrate with the api will stop working. No, when you backup your photos using picasa, you are just backing up the actual images themselves, not picasas database which contains all of the information geotags, name tags, and other information. I had thousands of photos tagges with face info for family in picasa on mac. For users who like to share and do a lot of things with pictures, picasa is the allinone solution.
Time machine is the builtin backup feature of your mac. If you publish a photo album in picasa web albums, then you dont need to reupload a photo manually. Google announced discontinued support and updates for the picasa desktop application on march 15, 2016. How to use picasa to backup all photos to an external hard. First of all, even if you do upload your pictures to picasa. Smugmug not free, flickr, photos mac, lightroom not free. Back up the library in photos on mac apple support. Migration assistant is also offered when setting up a new mac, making a time machine backup a very quick way to get all your files and applications onto a new computer. A backup set is a thing you define when you want to back up your photos.
Picasa is now retired, but it should continue to work anywhere its installed. Backup picasa to external hard drive jetblab marketing. Click new set button to create a new backup set of your folders and albums. Back up from apple photosicloud monument customer support. Picasa cerca tutte le immagini presenti sul tuo hd. Picasa is software on your computer, picasa web albums is a free online photosharing website that is a companion to picasa. The software comes with a collection of tools and options that you will need to manage your photos. Oct 26, 2017 connect the time machine backup drive and use migration assistant to migrate the backed up files from your previous mac to your new mac. However, instead of installing it by dragging its icon to the.
How to back up iphone photos to a mac, windows and the cloud. Picasa allows you to easily back up the photos and movies on your computer for. They are stored in the same folders as your photos, so you can simply copy all your photo folders to a new machine and youre all set. To remove picasa from your computer with all service files and unneeded data, follow the next steps. Without any doubt, the presentation is one of the high points of this applications. How to uninstall picasa applicationsoftware on your mac. There are several ways to back up your icloud to monument. Whats happening to picasa, picasa web albums, and the picasa. Picasa backup is a free web service which allows you to backup and share with your friends your photos stored on picasa. Both of these picasa tips are demonstrated in this video. Store the external drive in a safe place so your backup will be safe from fire, deletion, or theft. Open finder, and navigate to libraryapplication support. Picasa users who have a large number of photos on their hard drives will find this feature handy for backup to the cloud.
How to back up all your photos with amazons prime photos. Remove picasa from the applications folder to the trash. Watch picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. Its a complete backup solution, but you can use other backup methods as well. Picasa still works, on both windows and mac computers, it works today, it will work tomorrow, but you never know when there may be an update that will render it useless. In january 2019, we will deprecate the picasa web albums data api and the picasa slideshow widget. Its a complete backup solution, but you can use other backup. Geeks on tour is a membership website with hundreds of tutorial videos on. Picasa has sync to web functionality, which allows you to automatically sync photos to picasa on your mac computer.
Now that picasa is toast, ill probably move everything to photos on the mac. How to use picasa to backup all your photos to an external hard drive. Remember that the picasa backup tool only backs up the photos and picasa. A backup set definition specifies the destination of a backup cddvd, external disk, networked disk, or local disk. Picasa searches for all the images in your hd and shows them on an eye.
Picasa cerca tutte le immagini presenti sul tuo hd e le mostra su uninterfaccia accattivante e intuitiva. If something unexpected happens to your photo collection and you need to restore it to the way it was when the backup was done, use the techniques outlined in steps 3, 4, 5. How to locate where your photos are saved video tip. Having all your photos in one place means no more time wasted searching for folders or files. Picasa web albums is a method to share your pictures with friends and family. Picasa can add captions to your photos that are stored with the picture file itself and can be.
In this guide i will show you how to create a manual backup of your ipad using itunes. Nov 06, 2014 i just drag the iphoto icon onto the hd with the smaller libraries it only takes a few minutes, but the main one now looks like itll take approximately forever. Picasa can add captions to your photos that are stored with the picture file itself and can be viewed by other software. Recent changes have added more purpose and assistance to this software. I just drag the iphoto icon onto the hd with the smaller libraries it only takes a few minutes, but the main one now looks like itll take approximately forever.
At a glance, i can see which photos ive identified as the best because i only add captions to my best. Do you think i should install picasa on my mac, put the backup on it and work from there. If you buy a new computer, youre going to have trouble finding the picasa installation file because it is no longer officially available. Picasa on my pc indexes and tags all my photos then i upload them all the smugmug. Choose this option if you are backing up photos through. From mac photos, i have imported them into all photos so i presume the photos are now somewhere in my mac hard drive but where. How to move my photos to a new computer photos resources. A manual backup may be necessary for your peace of mind if you expect to exchange your device or if you plan on doing something that could wipe the information on your ipad. By default, picasa stores the face tags in the hidden. You can also use icloud and icloud drive to store files, such as your photos, documents, and music. This name will be a way for you to recall this backup later.
Manage your photos in one place, and find photos you forgot you had. Now i switched computers, and all the face info is gone. Also, a plugin is available for iphoto to upload to the picasa web albums hosting service. Picasa will save the folders on your computer in the my pictures directory under a folder name you. Picasa on my pc indexes and tags all my photos then i upload them. Jul 09, 2016 smugmug not free, flickr, photos mac, lightroom not free. Picasa is not used only for managing your photo, its help you to backup and restore your entire photos and albums. How to back up your mac and restore files with time machine. Click choose to find the drive and folder where you want picasa to backup your photos.
Many a times your important images or rare family photos also get vanish. Picasa is a discontinued, crossplatform image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, integrated with a now defunct photosharing website, originally created by a. Jan 15, 2010 this short tutorial guides you through the steps necessary to backup your digital to photos to dvds. I havent done a full manual backup of that library for almost a year, and i dont recall it taking this long. Picasa users who have a large number of photos on their hard drives will find this. Oct 23, 2012 picasa is an easy way to find, edit, and share your photos. No, when you backup your photos using picasa, you are just backing up the actual images themselves, not picasas database which contains all of the information geotags, name tags, and other.
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