Give it a few hours - or a few days if your library is large - and your Google Photos library will be populated with all of your Dropbox photos. No manually dragging and dropping, no worrying about which photos are where - the only limitation here is how fast your internet connection lets you download and upload. Now that you have Dropbox set up to sync down all of the folders you've designated as having photos in them, and also have the Google Photos Backup app scanning those same folders for photos to upload, you can sit back and relax while your computer does the work.

Wait as the uploader takes pictures from Dropbox and uploads them in the background.Choose whether you want 'High quality' (free) or 'Original' (paid storage) versions to be uploaded.Uncheck any unwanted desktop folders, select 'Add.' and instead select those new Dropbox folders that are syncing.Install the Google Photos Backup desktop app, sign in with your Google credentials.

Before you click 'Ok' to start the upload, also choose whether you want to upload these Dropbox images as 'High quality' (up to 16MP, but with some optimizations) for free or 'Original' (no changes made) and counting against your Google Drive storage allotment. If you're a bit more specific about which folders are uploaded, make that choice here. If you want to upload every photo you have stored in your Dropbox, regardless of location, then you can simply choose the top-level Dropbox folder and be done. You'll quickly see the Dropbox folder, and have the option to choose subfolders inside as well. Once you've installed the app and signed in with your Google Account, go into the settings and under 'Desktop folders' click the 'Add.' button. Depending on your internet connection speed it'll take some time to pull down the requested folders and their contents from Dropbox, but the first thing that'll show up are the high-level folders themselves - that's all we need to set up this system.Īs we covered in a previous how-to article, it's easy to install the Google Photos Backup desktop app and configure it to look at specific folders on your computer for photos to upload automatically. Once that's set up and begins syncing, you can move on to the Google Photos portion.

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