iCloud Photos backups are discouraged by design, and that’s a dangerous problem for users

“iCloud Photos is a fantastic feature for syncing large photo and video libraries across all your devices. Have a 300GB photo library? With an iCloud subscription and Optimize Storage, you don’t need a 512GB or 1TB iPhone to take your media with you.”

October 1, 2022

Google Photos ‘Locked Folder’ Feature for Pixel Phones Coming to iOS

“Google Photos users on iPhone and iPad will soon be able to lock their most sensitive images in a special passcode-protected folder, thanks to a new feature coming to the iOS app (via The Verge).”

November 5, 2021

How to Stay Under Your 15 GB of Free Storage From Google

“Sign up for a Google account and you get 15 GB of cloud storage space for free, split across three main products—Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. Once you exceed that limit, you need to sign up for a Google One storage plan, and they start at $1.99 per month for 100 GB of space.”

July 22, 2021

How to Transfer Your iCloud Photo Library to Google Photos

“There are many cloud storage services available today, and Apple and Google offer two of the more popular options. Switching can feel like a daunting task, but Apple makes it easy to move your iCloud library to Google Photos.”

March 26, 2021

How to export your photos from Google Photos

“Whether you want to back up your memories to a physical drive, or you’re interested in switching cloud services, you might first be wondering how to export your Google Photos library.”

November 26, 2020

Google Photos is ending free unlimited storage in 2021 — so what are your options?

“Google did it again. It is shutting down one of the most popular features across its product universe: Google Photo’s free unlimited storage. The company said that it’s ending this service from June 1, 2021. After that date, all photos uploaded will count against your free data limit of 15GB.”