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Check your Google Photos Settings Now
Chris Guld July 22, 2019
Most people install Google Photos on their phone, accept the defaults, and never look at settings again. We think it’s important to understand your…
What’s happening with Google drive and Google Photos?
Chris Guld June 19, 2019
Google has announced that they’re changing how Google Photos and Google Drive are working together, When Google makes this change – planned for July…
Adding and Removing Photos from Albums
Chris Guld May 17, 2019
Album View in Google Photos I take lots of photos. If I’m in a beautiful area I may take 1-2,000 in a month. I…
Photo Descriptions
Chris Guld February 25, 2019
Isn’t it great when you’re looking at old family photos and you find notes written on the back that describe what’s in the photo?…
Google Photos is not a social network, or is it?
Chris Guld January 4, 2019
I recently read an article by Mike Elgan about how he plans to use a Google Photos album to keep in touch with friends…
How to use Depth Editor and Color Pop in Google Photos
Chris Guld November 23, 2018
I used the Color Pop feature to make our Geeks on Tour coffee mug stand out. Have you ever wished you could make a…
Are your cellphone photos backed up? Are you sure?
Chris Guld October 17, 2018
When you take some new photos, you will see them right away in the Google Photos app. That DOES NOT mean they’ve been backed…
Google Photos: How to view your photos in order by date-uploaded rather than date-taken
Chris Guld August 25, 2018
On a computer, you can see the timeline of yourphotos by moving your mouse to the right sidebar.These dates represent the date the photo…
Using Google Photos to Edit Video
Chris Guld August 12, 2018
If you know how easy it is to trim off the beginning and end of videos, you will take more videos and share them…
How to use Google Photos Editing Tools: Crop
Chris Guld July 31, 2018
Do you think you can’t get a good picture of that bald eagle with your smartphone? Take it anyway! You may be surprised at…
If you can scan a code, you can get our Google Photos eBook FREE
Chris Guld June 30, 2018
Mrs. Geek’s Guide to Google Photos – 2nd Edition 25 more pages, complete index (see table of contents below) All instructions up to date…
Google Photos – Your questions answered
Chris Guld June 16, 2018
We got your questions! Lots of them! We’ll answer them live as we record Episode #145 of What Does This Button Do?” Sunday June…
Google Photos “Free Up Space” command is scary
Chris Guld June 5, 2018
An opening screen of Google Photos encourages users to remove photos from their device The moral of the following story is this: Make a…
Bad News about Picasa … but we were warned
Chris Guld March 29, 2018
How do you upload photos from your computer to Google Photos? If you’re still using Picasa to do this, you’re in for a rude…
Google Photos: Everything you need to know
Chris Guld February 28, 2018
I wrote a book about Google Photos. It’s titled Mrs. Geek’s Guide to Google Photos. The subtitle is “Your lifetime of photos, effortless and…
Moving from Picasa to Google Photos
Chris Guld December 22, 2017
As Geeks on Tour – we do a weekly webcast called “What Does This Button Do?” Episode 132 recorded on 12/17/17, was about Google…