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Just head into the app's settings, tap "Back up & sync" and then look for the option labeled "While charging only."ġ8. Do your battery a favor and set Photos to back up only when your phone is charging. Keeping all your smartphone photos backed up to the cloud is smart, but watch out: All that data transferring can take a serious toll on your mobile device's stamina. You can change the date of a photo on the desktop site by selecting the photo and then clicking on the menu in the upper right corner.ġ7. From the desktop site, select the photos in question (by clicking the checkmark in the upper-left corner of their thumbnail), then click the menu icon in the upper-right corner and select "Edit date & time." (Perhaps, ahem, someone forgot to set the clock correctly on his or her camera?) Not to worry, though: There's a quick fix. If you see some images out of order in your collection, odds are they were captured with the wrong date. You can find the photos you uploaded most recently by going to the Photos website and clicking the search bar - then clicking the link labeled "Show More" followed by "Recently Added." Organizing and optimizingġ6. Try 😎 for photos involving glasses, for instance, or 💗 for photos involving hearts.ġ5. Feeling lazy? You can search your Google Photos by emoji (yes, really!). If you're hunting for something specific in your collection, try using multiple search terms together - "dog and park," for instance, or "Mom and Dad." You could even find photos of your daughter in pink by searching for her name (provided you've labeled her, as described in tip 10) and the word "pink."ġ4. You can also manually remove images from a person's grouping by clicking or tapping the menu icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and then selecting the option labeled "Remove results." Select the out-of-place photos, then select the blue "Remove" button that appears in the upper-right corner. Then tap the second place where the person appears, select "Who is this?" and select his name from the list to correct the error.ġ2. If you see someone's face showing up in two different places within the "People" section, first use the naming process described above to make sure the person is properly labeled. In theory, Photos recognizes how a person ages over time and groups all the photos in which he appears together - but in reality, it doesn't always get it right. If you see someone's face showing up in two different places within the "People" section, it's not difficult to correct the error.ġ1. That name will then appear whenever you start typing the first few letters into the app's search bar. If you want to be able to search for someone by name, just tap her face, select "Who is this?" and put in whatever name or nickname you prefer. Go to the Albums tab and select "People" to see a list of faces from your collection. Google Photos can also help you find images based on who appears in them - even if it doesn't know every person's name.
Prefer browsing over freeform searching? You can go to the Albums tab (accessed on the left side of the desktop website or the bottom of the mobile app) and then look at the carousel at the top to scroll through common terms specific to your collection.ġ0. Note that if you've never used Photos before, it may take a little while for newly added images to start appearing in searches.ĩ. Some interesting search term ideas to get you started: You can use the search bar at the top of the app to find photos based on all sorts of terms - month, season, location or even objects or general themes. One of Photos' greatest strengths is its image-sorting intelligence. Every axed image stays there for 60 days and can be recovered with a couple quick taps or clicks.
Take note now: Photos has a "Trash" folder that's accessible via the app's main menu. Flawless as I know you are, you may one day discover you deleted a photo by accident. Instead, touch your finger to the first photo until it becomes highlighted, and then - without lifting - drag your finger up or down to quickly select a whole set of images.ħ. The next time you need to select a bunch of consecutive photos from your phone, don't do the one-tap-at-a-time dance. Then just move your finger up or down to fly back in time faster than a flux capacitor would allow.Ħ. When you're scrolling through Photos on your phone and want to jump to a specific date, touch the quick-scroll icon on the right side of the screen. When you're scrolling through Photos on your phone and want to jump to a specific date, use the quick-scroll icon on the right side of the screen.ĥ.