

Use this option if you want all of the photos you have stored on your computer to show up on Google Photos. There's also a checkbox to Upload photos and videos to Google Photos. Google Drive provides 15GB for free but after that, you'll need to pay. High quality will compress photos larger than 16 megapixels and videos with a resolution higher than 1080p but these compressed files will not count against your data cap. For photos, you have two options: High quality or Original quality. Next, launch the app, sign into your Google account and select which folders you'd like to continuously back up to Google Drive. You'll end up with the same app either way. Set up Backup and Syncįirst, download the app from the Google Drive page or from the Google Photos page. You can use the app to back up the contents of your entire computer - or just selected folders. Even you can manually copy some files and folders from the old directory to the new one.Google's new Backup and Sync app replaces both the company's Drive and Photos desktop apps for Windows PCs and Macs. Now, all the information will sync to the folder in the newly set folder location. Post the folder selection click on Start to begin the sync.As you may see from the screenshot that I have selected Drive D: and created a new folder within it for Backup and Sync.Now you can choose a new directory and create a new folder within it where all the backup and sync from now onwards will be stored.Click on Change to replace the default folder location C: drive with any other drive on your PC.There will be the option Folder location.Select which folders you want to backup.

Authenticate your login identity via your smartphone.At this point, you have to sign in back with any Gmail account you have.Click on the Backup and Sync icon from the system tray.Now click on the option Disconnect account and confirm by clicking Disconnect.

