Transferring photos and videos from Google Photos to iCloud is now easier

A new tool will make it easier to transfer photos and videos from Google Photos to Apple’s iCloud. The news is part of the Data Transfer Project (DTP) initiative and was announced in a post on the Data Transfer Initiative (DTI) blog last Wednesday (10).

“Starting today, Google and Apple are expanding their direct data transfer tools Allowing Google Photos users to transfer their collections directly to iCloud Photos“, explains the article. The new feature “complements and complements” the iCloud data transfer tool, which allows transferring files to the Google service.

A Google Photos’ new feature finally complies with DTI’s reciprocity principleIt guarantees two-way transfer of files between platforms.

According to the publication, the new tool is based on DTP’s open source technology suite. The feature will be released next week to approximately 240 countries and regions.

The entire transfer process is explained on the Google and Apple support pages. According to the article:

• When transferring photos and videos to iCloud, They are not deleted from Google Photos;
• No need to download content to your mobile phone for transfer between services, everything happens via the cloud;
• HE The transfer process can take hours or even days. It will be completed according to the size of the files;
• Supported file types for transfer are various, including JPG, PNG, RAW, MP4, MOV and M4V.

You can find more information about the process on the Google Account Help website.

How to transfer photos and videos from Google Photos to iCloud?

For youtransfer your media from Google Photos to Apple iCloud you should follow these steps:

1. Enter Google Takeout (Google’s transfer tool);
2. Sign in with your Google account and authorize access to the application;
3. Select Google Photos as the service you want to transfer to and choose the target platform, in this case “Apple – iCloud Photos”;
4. Sign in with your Apple Account;
5. Accept permission requests and allow the transfer;

It is important to emphasize that Not all videos or photos will be transferred during this process.This could be because they are in an unsupported format or the target account does not have enough storage space.