Back up specific folders in Google Photos
The new version of Google Photos benefits from a new simplified interface and a new map mode. But this new version also brings a significant change in the management of photo backups. Google Photos no longer automatically backs up images and videos from messaging and social media apps. Here's how to fix it..
Back up specific folders in Google Photos
Google Photos is getting a facelift. New logo (more rounded), new interface and appearance of a new mode offering the possibility of displaying your photos on a map. But beware this redesign is also accompanied by significant changes in the management of photo synchronization.
Before the launch of this update, Google Photos automatically backed up all the photos saved on your smartphone, including those stored in the folders created by social messaging applications..
But since the coronavirus crisis (covid-19) and the development of telework, Google's servers have come under severe strain. To save its internet resources, Google has decided to (temporarily) suspend the automatic backup of files related to messaging applications. Now only photos taken by the camera are synchronized.
This is really a shame. This (very practical) function allowed you to keep a copy of the photos and videos received in your messages (WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.). Indeed some of these attachments may be important to you. Given the threats, loss of your smartphone, theft, breakdown or handling errors, it is essential to protect this data..
