Google’s data transfer tool is getting an update to support moving your files from Photos directly to iCloud — no download necessary.
Apple and Google are offering a new, nearly painless way to copy files from Google Photos to iCloud. As spotted by 9to5Mac, Google is adding iCloud support to its data transfer tool over the next week, making it possible to move your photo library directly to Apple’s service — no download necessary. It’s part of a bigger data portability initiative supported by a handful of big tech companies and complements the iCloud-to-Google-Photos service Apple rolled out in 2021.
Google has a list on its support page of the file types you can transfer, which includes common image and video formats. And .webp, for some reason. Initiating a transfer sends a copy of each file to your iCloud account, so the originals will remain in Google Photos unless you delete them manually. Google is the latest company to offer a tool like this; as part of the Data Transfer Project, Meta released a tool in 2019 that lets you move your Facebook photos to other platforms.
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