11/13:  Managing photos on your phone and computer

Managing your photos

Agenda:

Review last time (Part 1)

Presentation

Homework:


Recording:

Our class had some technical difficulties.  This recording goes as far as duplicates.  I will create a second video from duplicates to the end.

First video (start to duplicates)

NOTE:  WE will do the rest of this lesson (Storing pictures on the cloud and deleting pictures) in our lesson after the break.

Quick links

Handout

Presentation

Zoom link: 

  https://sdccd-edu.zoom.us/j/9191959460?pwd=OXh0RE9ZTVZTWElTMUQ0ZzAxQzExdz09 

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In this lesson, you will learn how to:

1.   Transfer your photos (from your device to the computer to the cloud)

2.   Organize your photos (finding them, moving into folders, identifying them)

3.   Store your photos (cloud, external drive)

4.   Delete your photos (from device, from cloud)

Why this section:  Photo storage on your mobile device

Your phone does not have as much storage on the device as your computer or even the cloud.  For that reason, you should be aware of how photos are saved on your device, and how much storage they are needing.

With an Apple device, there is no extra storage (such as a sim card).  So, what you see in the photo folder is what you have on the device.  To view the storage on your Apple iPhone, select Settings>General>iPhone storage

An Android device may be different.  It has an internal storage and a sim card.  You would go into settings, then into storage to see where your photos are kept.  If they are not being kept in the sim card, you can change settings for that.  If your device is telling you that there is no more storage for pictures, it can be that your delete folder in file manager app is full. To view the storage on your Android phone, select Settings.  Then look for something on storage.  (The Samsung storage is found under "device care". ) 

At any rate, it makes more sense to keep photos stored on the cloud, and not as much on your device.  Setting up an automatic sharing option (like the one below), you can delete photos from the device after they are uploaded.

Transferring photos from smartphone

 Android to PC (Using USB)


Find device in Explorer by looking under devices

Or find device on left column of Explorer

Look for the DCIM folder on your Smartphone

Select images in the DCIM folder

Android to Mac  (using Smart Switch for Mac)

iPhone to PC (using USB)


iPhone to Mac (USB cable)

iPhone to Mac using Airdrop


Lifewire offers some excellent tips.  If you need further help (Android to Mac, iPhone to PC, alternate ways to do these things), refer to their guide on how to transfer photos.

Organizing Photos

Where do you find the pictures?

Android:  In the Gallery.  Or, while in the camera app, look for the little image next to the shutter.  Click on the  image to see recent photos.  

Apple:  In the photo app.  Or, while in camera app, look for the little image next to the shutter.  Click on image to see recent photos.  

How to create an album on Android:

Open the photos app and click on Album and then the 3 dots in the upper right corner.  Select “create album”

Name the album

Tab on the album and select “add”.

Go to your pictures and select those for the album.  When you are done, tap “done”.

Confirm whether you are going to copy or move the 2 items.

You will see the new album.


How to create an album on iPhone:


 Search for photos on iPhone


Search for photos on Android:

Open photos app and click on the eyeglass (upper right)

Android photos are organized by tags, shot types, expressions and locations.  

Or you can tap into the search box and find photos.  


Eliminate duplicates: 

There are some programs which will look for duplicate photos and allow you to delete any of them.

Mac:  Photos Duplicate Cleaner (in Mac App store)

PC:  Duplicate cleaner Free 5 (download from web: https://www.duplicatecleaner.com/)

·         Install and launch. 

·         Select search criteria, scan location and then scan.

·         Cleans out the duplicates and deletes

·         Trial version only.  For $39.00, you can upgrade to Pro. 

Store your Photos on cloud (if not covered in Week 1)

Your best option for sharing large groups of photos is to save to the cloud and then send links to others.  Options include:

Google photos:  

Although Google Photos was free in the past, your photos stored on Google Photos now count towards the 15 GB limit.  That is still a generous amount of storage, and there are some advantages to using Google photos.  It allows for automatic updates, easy to use interface and a great search tool.  It also links with the Google store to create books, gifts and more with the photos. 

To begin, download the free app from the App Store or Google Play Store. 

Open the app and sign into your Google account. Then follow the prompts to start uploading your photos and videos. There’s also a web version of Google Photos for uploading pictures and videos that are stored on your computer.

To view your uploaded photos and videos, you simply open the app or visit the Google Photos website from any device. Go to https://photos.google.com on the web or tap on the Photos icon in your app to view all your photos sorted in order of date uploaded.

View an individual photo by tapping on it. This is also how you access the options for editing and sharing a photo. 

Set your phone to automatically upload my photos to Google Photos when connected to WiFi if your data plan is limited. 

To turn on the WiFi backup setting:

Open the app and press the menu icon (three parallel lines) on the upper left of the app.

Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner to access your settings.

The first option is backup & sync. Toggle to activate backup & sync.

Make sure the two options at the bottom of the screen, “Use cellular/mobile data to back up photos” and “Use cellular/mobile data to back up videos” are turned off.

  You can learn more by going to the Google site.  Best option if you have only PC/Android, or a combination of PC and Apple products. Requires setting it up on each device by downloading the Google Photos app and enabling it.  You can also view your photos online by going to photos.google.com.  

Great resource:  This resource explains how to use Google Photos

Video:  Great explanation of what it is, and how to use it.

Download the app from the Google Play store or the Apple App Store

Find Back up and Sync in Google Photos app

iCloud: 

iCloud is best for those who are Apple only.  It only offers 5 GB of storage, so it is likely that you have already purchased additional storage (especially if you are backing up multiple devices to the same username).  

To set up iCloud photos on your Mac, 

Open the photos app and select Preferences.

Tap on “iCloud” and select “iCloud photos”.  Indicate whether you want to put the originals on the Mac or only smaller, device-sized versions (regular versions are available on the cloud). 

Your photos will then upload to the cloud.

To set up iCloud on your iPhone:

Open Settings>Apple ID>iCloud>photos

Tap iCloud Photos

Choose optimize or download 

Keep in mind that iCloud will not automatically upload pictures from your PC or your Android device.  You can find more by going to the Apple support page for iCloud photos.  


Amazon:  

Having an Amazon Prime account gives you free, unlimited full-resolution photo storage for free.  Or, for nonmembers, you can purchase storage for $1.99/month for 100 GB or $6.99 for 1 TB.  You would use the Amazon Photos website to set it up.  You can then download the app from any of the web stores.  You can access the photos through the app, the web app or the desktop app.  If you cancel your Amazon Prime membership, or allow it to expire, you will retain the 5GB combined photos and video storage offered to all Amazon customers.  Only you (or anyone who knows your password on Amazon) can view the pictures online, but you can download them to share.  If you want them to automatically sync, you would have to use Settings and enable “auto-save”.  You can find more information on the Customer help page on the Amazon website.  Best option if you are a Prime member and want the free storage. 


Flickr:  

Flickr allows you to save up to 1000 photos for free on the platform.  It is more of a social network than a photo storage though and encourages you to be part of the community.  You can download the app for either iOS or Android.  If you decide to go with an unlimited plan, you would have to subscribe to Flickr Pro for $60/year.  With that subscription, you can automatically backup content from all of your devices.  Flickr is best for those who view photography as a serious hobby or even a source of income.  It offers great exposure for your photos.  See more on the Flickr site.

Other options include Dropbox, Photobucket, iDrive (or another full backup cloud storage site) or Shutterfly.  


Deleting your photos

Deleting photos is easy in theory, but if you are using automatic cloud storage, there are some things to consider.  Deleting usually involves selecting a photo, a group of photos or a folder.  When you select, you will see options including a trash can.  Hit the trash can to delete.  However, if you want to delete from the device only, you will need to disconnect yourself to the cloud service.  Here is how to do this with Google Photos and iCloud.

Deleting photos from your device when you are synching to Google Photos

·         Stop syncing to delete

o   Open google photos, tap on the profile picture and then backup

o   Click on settings icon, then turn off backup

o   Delete photos on your device

o   Turn on back up and sync when you are done. 

Deleting photos from the iPhone when you are using iCloud

·         Turn off sync and then delete

o   Go to settings> apple ID> iCloud>photos

o   Turn off “sync this phone”

o   Choose download iCloud photos to your phone OR remove from phone

o   When done, you can turn sync back on



Summary:  Manage your photos by transferring to computer, organizing to reduce duplicates and find photos, saving to the cloud and deleting from a device but not from the cloud.