Posted: 02 Apr 2015 10:58 AM
PDT
Earlier this week, we announced that the photos and videos you keep in Google+
Photos will now be available in Google Drive. This feature will begin rolling
out to Google Apps customers during the week of April 6th.
A few things to note in advance of next week’s rollout:
A few things to note in advance of next week’s rollout:
§ All users will see a new
menu item in Drive called Google Photos, including those who don’t
currently use Google+ Photos.
§ Upon launch, a
notification in the Drive web UI will give users the option to add a Google
Photos folder to their My Drive, allowing them to manage their photos
and videos alongside other types of files. They can also control this feature
via Drive Settings > General > “Automatically put your
Google Photos into a folder in My Drive.”
§ If the user opts to
create the Google Photos folder in My Drive, and is also a Sync Client
user, they may want to go to Sync Client Preferences -> “Sync
Options” and selectively remove the new Google Photos folder from syncing to
their desktop.
§ Users can rename, move,
share or delete the Photos folder in My Drive as needed.
§ If at any time a user
unchecks the setting to put Google Photos into the Photos folder in My Drive,
the folder will continue to exist (unless deleted by the user) but no new
photos will flow in.
§ Photos and videos that
do count against
quota that are backed up to Drive via Auto Backup will only
count once against a storage limit, but Apps users may want to review their
Google+ Photos Auto Backup settings to avoid inadvertent syncing to their
corporate Drive account.
Release track:
Rapid release planned for April 6 (gradual rollout), with Scheduled release to follow two weeks later
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