If you have stuff in folders, you can choose to download the entire folder or individual items from within the folder. The exact method of downloading from Google Drive depends on how you have it organized. While you can view and perform basic edits from within Google Drive, if you want to do anything more, you need to download from Google Photos to your phone. What happens when you want to download photos or videos from Google Photos to your phone? How do you do it?įor example, I just factory reset my Samsung Galaxy and wanted to pull down all my images and videos so I could have them stored locally as well as in the cloud.
You don’t have to be an Android user either, you could backup your iPhone to Google Drive or Google Photos too. As most of us have a Google account, using the 15GB of free storage or whatever they are offering new accounts now is a no-brainer when it comes to backing up.