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Google and Apple are a new tool to transfer images from Google Photos to iCloud. As part of the Data Transfer Initiative (DTI), the tool will add iCloud transfers to export options. 9to5Mac first the announcement.
The tool, which will roll out over the next week, automates the transfer process from Google Photos to iCloud, so you don’t have to download, upload or do anything beyond initiating the process on the web. An Apple support page it could take several hours to a few days to complete, depending on the transfer size.
Transferring your pictures from Google to iCloud won’t delete them from Google Photos, so you’ll have to do that manually if you want. In addition, the service won’t work for child accounts, Managed Apple ID accounts (those set up through IT admins) or iCloud accounts with turned on.
The tool follows the 2021 launch of one that does the inverse: .
The DTI in 2023 as a collaboration between Apple, Google and Meta. Officially, it was formed to further the goals of , which began five years earlier. Unofficially, well, it’s probably not a coincidence the DTI commenced a couple of months before the European Commission under the , and the DTI’s goals happen to align with the governing body’s regulations. (Fancy that!)
Once it’s live (we aren’t seeing it available just yet), you can begin the process in . In the meantime, you can read and instructions for all the fine print.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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The tool, which will roll out over the next week, automates the transfer process from Google Photos to iCloud, so you don’t have to download, upload or do anything beyond initiating the process on the web. An Apple support page it could take several hours to a few days to complete, depending on the transfer size.
Transferring your pictures from Google to iCloud won’t delete them from Google Photos, so you’ll have to do that manually if you want. In addition, the service won’t work for child accounts, Managed Apple ID accounts (those set up through IT admins) or iCloud accounts with turned on.
The tool follows the 2021 launch of one that does the inverse: .
The DTI in 2023 as a collaboration between Apple, Google and Meta. Officially, it was formed to further the goals of , which began five years earlier. Unofficially, well, it’s probably not a coincidence the DTI commenced a couple of months before the European Commission under the , and the DTI’s goals happen to align with the governing body’s regulations. (Fancy that!)
Once it’s live (we aren’t seeing it available just yet), you can begin the process in . In the meantime, you can read and instructions for all the fine print.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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