Go to your Google Drive Settings, Select create a google photos folder. Once your photos all appear in your google drive you can just right click on the folder and download it to your External Hard Drive. Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that’s most likely to answer the question.
One answer is that while Google Photos files were formerly kept on Google Drive, the two services split in July 2019 to become two distinct entities and Google Photos files are no longer automatically uploaded to Google Drive. Previously, Google Photos and Google Drive were connected. You may explore all of your photographs and videos by selecting a “Google Photos” folder from inside Google Drive.
You should be asking “What are photos in Google Drive Drive?”
Photos look like any other file in your Google Drive: you can organize them in folders and share those folders, as usual. Open any photo in Google Drive, and you’ll see a few options—but not many. You can open images in third-party apps and edit them there, but there’s no built-in way to edit images.
So, does Google Photos sync with Google Drive?
We should see if we can figure it out. Both Google Photos and Google Drive, despite how interlinked they’re in terms of storage, do not sync photos and videos that you upload ona particular service. They did a while back, but not anymore.
Is it better to store photos on Google Drive or photos?
You can store photos and videos using either service, but most users will find Photos contains the tools they want and is easier to use. Note: I f you choose to backup on Drive, you’ll be able to see and edit photos and videos in Google Photos.
How are my photos and videos stored on Google Photos?
Your photos and videos are stored using your Google Account’s storage space. Items copied from Google Drive to Google Photos are backed up based on your upload size. If you copy an item from Google Drive to Google Photos, the new copy in Google Photos will also count against your storage.
How do I backup my photos from Google Drive?
From within Google Drive, you can select a “Google Photos” folder to browse all your photos and videos. The Google Backup and Sync tool for Windows and Mac can sync these photos to your computer, just as it can sync your other Google Drive files. And, from within Google Photos, you’ll also see photos you store in other folders in Google Drive.
Once the files are downloaded in the Zip file, extract the same or right-click on it to select the Send to option and then the external drive folder to send it to the same. (The external hard drive must be connected before performing this step). Hence the Photos from Google Drive are Transported to the External Hard Drive Folder Manually.