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ManiacJoe

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5. You can configure Google Photos in three different ways.

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 03:10 PM

Oct 2022

1. All photos stay on the phone, Photos app backs up nothing to the cloud.
2. All photos stay on the phone, Photos app backs up some or all to the cloud, your choosing.
3. Some/all photos get transferred to the cloud and do not reside on the phone.

I am running option 2. What little I use the camera phone gets manually folded into my DSLR photos for storage and backup.

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So all my photos on my Android phone that I BELIEVED were resident on the phone in Gallery [View all] cilla4progress Oct 2022 OP

Are they still on your phone also? I have an android phone... brush Oct 2022 #1

Yes. cilla4progress Oct 2022 #2

All of my photos (6 years worth) are in Gallery on my Galaxy 9+. Including my albums and screenshots sinkingfeeling Oct 2022 #3

You should back them up. LuvLoogie Oct 2022 #4

Oh, they're like triple backed up. Computer, backup storage, and USB storage. sinkingfeeling Oct 2022 #6

You can configure Google Photos in three different ways. ManiacJoe Oct 2022 #5

I don't believe I changed anything... cilla4progress Oct 2022 #7

If your are using the defaults, the defaults could have changed. ManiacJoe Oct 2022 #10

I keep mine local (I hope!), but is there a real risk with using the app? intrepidity Oct 2022 #8

Using without your permission would be a large law suit. ManiacJoe Oct 2022 #9

I just read the TOS for Photos intrepidity Oct 2022 #12

It's probably ok cilla4progress Oct 2022 #11