The short answer to how to download Google photos to a hard drive:
Open Google photos on Computer (photos. google. com
Select all photos to be copied to hard drive, or preferably, select an album at a time
Click the 3-dot menu and choose Download (or for an album it will read Download All)
This will result in a .zip file for the selected photos. You can unzip them if you like, or leave the zip as a backup.
Another thing we asked ourselves was, how to download photos from Google Drive to computer?
This is what I discovered. select desired image files from the desired folder on Google Drive, click the 3 vertical dots on the top, and select the Download option from the drop-down list. The selected photos will start downloading in the ZIP file format.
How do I download photos from Google Photos to my computer?
You can download to a computer, and from there move or copy to an external drive or thumb drive. For download options, see this link. The link between Google Photos and Drive was disabled in July 2019. That route does no longer work. You can use Multcloud. Drag and drop to Drive works both ways.
There are 2 ways to back up your external hard drive from your computer to Google Photos: Install Backup and sync. Upload photos from your browser. On your computer, download and install Backup and Sync. Sign in to the Google Account that you use for Google Photos. Select to back up only photos or videos, or all files.
Launch Google Takeout and sign in with the Google account. Now, deselect all the options and select the Google Drive option by selecting the checkbox against it. Under the Drive option, you can select file formats for export. Select the image file format against the Drawings section and click OK.
How to view downloaded image files in Google Drive?
Click on the Open file option to view downloaded image files. If you are finding it tough to find image files in your Google Drive folders, click on the blank search space and select Photos & images from the drop-down list. Now, all the image files in all formats will get listed.
How do I get my photos back from Google Photos?
You can copy your photos and videos back to your device. On your computer, go to photos., and google., and com. Select a photo or video. Learn how to use your Google Account to download your data. If you accidentally backed up your photos on the wrong Google account, you can move them to a different account.