{"id":702,"date":"2016-03-14T12:33:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/?p=702"},"modified":"2024-12-26T22:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:15:24","slug":"move-photos-from-picasa-to-google-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/move-photos-from-picasa-to-google-photos","title":{"rendered":"Migrate from Picasa to Google Photos Without Duplicates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since <b>Google Photos<\/b> was rolled out almost an year ago, users are switching in huge numbers from Google\u2019s old Desktop app <b>Picasa<\/b>. Another major factor influencing this influx is <b>Google<\/b>\u2019s announcement to completely take down Picasa on <b>1st May, 2016<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Google_Photos_icon.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Google_Photos_icon.svg_-300x300.png\" alt=\"Google Photos is replacing Picasa\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Google_Photos_icon.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Google_Photos_icon.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Google_Photos_icon.svg_-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Google_Photos_icon.svg_.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Google Photos is replacing Picasa<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Google Photos<\/strong> is a very handy website designed to help you organize your digital photos. With a single click, you can share your selfies with your friends and loved ones. It offers everything that you can imagine on a world-class image hosting facility e.g. <b>Flickr<\/b>. You can download, edit, email, transfer, export your photos and give them a completely new look with special effects.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that nothing in this world is infinite. No resource, no matter how gigantic it might seem, will run out one day. And the same holds true for your <strong>Google Drive<\/strong> space. So we&#8217;re presenting you with a nice tool to weed out any duplicate images from <strong>Picasa<\/strong> before you migrate them to <strong>Google Photos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clonefileschecker.com\/download\/ibx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Erase Picasa Duplicate Images<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Clone Files Checker\u00a0is a digitally signed, verified software<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this article, you\u2019ll learn how to safely migrate all your images from <strong>Picasa<\/strong> to <strong>Google Photos<\/strong> as well as remove any duplicates to ensure optimum utilization of your cloud storage allocation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step # 1: Download and Install Picasa<\/h2>\n<p>Download <b>Google Picasa<\/b> from its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/\">official website<\/a>. Execute the setup file to install Picasa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step # 2: Search the hard disk for images<\/h2>\n<p>The process of searching the hard disk does not copy or move original files. It only adds them to a database to be displayed into Picasa application.<\/p>\n<p>Upon launching the application, it prompts the user to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search only specific directories: <b>My Documents<\/b>, <b>My Pictures<\/b> and the <b>Desktop<\/b> folders<\/li>\n<li>Search the whole computer for pictures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019d strongly suggest selecting the <b>Search my whole computer for pictures<\/b> option. Next, click the <b>Continue<\/b> button. The scan will scan your entire computer for all popular image file types and the <strong>RAW format<\/strong> images\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/picasa\/answer\/15625?hl=en\">listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step # 3: Export all images to a specific folder<\/h2>\n<p>Export all the images to a single folder as currently they\u2019re scattered across various folders\/ drives. Once you export them,<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select all the photos in your Picasa library.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <b>File <\/b>menu, choose <b>Export Pictures to folder<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Select the desired folder to which you wish to export the images (regardless of image types and locations). To keep it easy and simple, use the <b>Folder Selection\u00a0<\/b>dialog to create a new folder named as <b>My Exported Images<\/b> on the <b>Desktop<\/b>, and select it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step # 4: Scan for duplicates<\/h2>\n<p>Get rid of all duplicates to save an invaluable amount of storage space on the cloud. This also helps you to organize your photos in a more efficient manner. The process is very simple.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/clone-files-checker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Clone Files Checker<\/b><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the green colored <b>Add<\/b> button.<\/li>\n<li>Select the folder to which you exported all the images in the last step.<br \/>\n(<b>\u2026\\Desktop\\My Exported Images<\/b>), and then click <b>OK<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Under the <b>Search Options<\/b>, select <b>Custom<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Check the <b>Images<\/b> box, and then click <b>Start Search<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Be patient and wait for the folder scan to complete. After completion, choose the <b>Quick-Fix<\/b> option.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll be prompted to choose a file version (newest\/ oldest) to keep for each duplicate that has been discovered. Select the <b>Newest <\/b>option.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll be prompted to choose an action: whether to delete dupes permanently or move them to a new folder. Click the <b>Permanent Delete<\/b> option.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the <b>Create Backup<\/b> box is selected so that you can restore any deleted dupes in the future. Click <b>Continue<\/b> to launch the process.<\/li>\n<li>The file backup process might take several minutes depending on the overall size of the concerning images. Do not close the window until image backup and deletion is successfully finished.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step # 5: Upload Images on Google Photos<\/h2>\n<p>Now you\u2019re only left with genuine images in the <b>My Exported Images<\/b> folder and you can proceed to upload them.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/\">Google Photos<\/a> website.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <b>Upload Photos <\/b>icon ahead of the Search Box.<\/li>\n<li>Select all the images from the (<b>\u2026\\Desktop\\My Exported Images)<\/b> directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Google Photos was rolled out almost an year ago, users are switching in huge numbers from Google\u2019s old Desktop app Picasa. Another major factor influencing this influx is Google\u2019s announcement to completely take down Picasa on 1st May, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,55],"tags":[442,441,439,440,443],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sorcim-articles","category-windows","tag-clone-files-checker","tag-flickr","tag-google-photos","tag-picasa","tag-remove-duplicate-images"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2776,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/2776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}