Apple and Google have announced a new tool to import photos from Google Photos to iCloud Photos on Apple platforms. Here’s how to use it.
The collaboration is part of the non-profit Data Transfer Initiative (DTI) and its predecessor the Data Transfer Project. Both are the result of Apple, Google, and Meta working together.
Google had previously announced a tool to transfer Google Photos to iCloud in 2021. But the new Google tools provide closer collaboration between the two companies to make the transfers easier.
It’s not just for photographs. It can also include videos in transfers.
There are a few restrictions on the photo transfers to Apple’s iCloud – namely it doesn’t work for managed Apple Accounts and it doesn’t work if Advanced Data Protection is enabled.
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