

- #Find my picasa photos how to
- #Find my picasa photos for mac
- #Find my picasa photos zip file
- #Find my picasa photos update
- #Find my picasa photos portable
In order to ensure that my photos stay in the same directory structure even when Microsoft changes the location of the Users folder between, say, XP and Vista, I keep all my photos in a directory outside the Windows user directory (I use When I get a new machine, all I have to do is: The only catch is that when you rebuild the Picasa database as instructed in the link above, the photos referenced in the album must be in the same directory location as they were when the album was created. This way, you can continue to use an incremental backup solution for photo files and backup the tiny amount of data in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Picasa2Albums\ to save your albums. It’s not practical to export the entire database to make a weekly backup, so I was delighted to find this technique on a forum which allows you to move just your album data: Picasa 3 now offers a way to export the entire photo database however, it is very slow and results in a very large file (multi-GB) when you have 10 years’ worth of digital photos.
#Find my picasa photos how to
The problem is how to back up and/or move Picasa albums to a new machine, as these are not stored with your photo files like Picasa edits and captions are.
#Find my picasa photos portable
Many machines ago, I began storing photos along with all my other portable data in a directory separate from the normal Windows user folder to make it easy to back up and move files between machines with an external hard drive. I’ve been very happily managing my photos with Picasa since version 2. They are stored in the same folders as your photos, so you can simply copy all your photo folders to a new machine and you’re all set.
#Find my picasa photos update
Update Aug 13, 2012: as of Picasa 3.9, it is no longer necessary to backup Picasa albums separately using the technique discussed here.

#Find my picasa photos for mac
You can install PicBackMan's Google Drive uploader for Mac from the website and start backing up photos and videos.

This is how you can move photos from Picasa to Google Drive.Here you can simply drag your photos directly from your computer to a location in your Google Drive. You have another option to upload the photos i.e "Drag-and-drop".Once your photos are successfully uploaded, you will be prompted with a message that says "Upload complete".Browse & select photos that you want to upload. click "Upload" button located next to the create button to upload photos. This is the folder where your photos will be uploaded. Specify a folder name for your photo album. Click "Create" button located on the left side & select "Folder" option.Your Photo will now be downloaded to computer.
#Find my picasa photos zip file
The downloaded zip file will contain the photo from the Picasa web. zip file, then click "Save" and specify a location to download.

Google Drive is a cloud storage & synchronization service where you can backup photos, videos, important documents to access them from anywhere.
