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Google Photos tweaks and simplifies backup terminology

Google Photos tweaks and simplifies backup terminology

To simplify backups, Google Photos has updated two terms related to the process across the mobile and web apps as well as in support documentation.  To start with, “Backup & sync” is now just called “Backup.” This is the main setting to “enable or disable the automatic backup of your photos and videos to your Google account” and the very first item in preferences. It’s interesting how “sync” is considered a given with modern technology and cloud backups.  In that… Source link

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Google Photos Changes to Less Confusing Backup Terminology

Google Photos Changes to Less Confusing Backup Terminology

Backing up photos to Google Photos is mostly an automatic task that you set once upon first open and then forget. That’s sort of the beauty of it. But since Google took away free unlimited storage, you may have taken a look at the backup settings in the app and realized that the terms they use to describe both backups and quality can be confusing. Google is changing the verbiage. In a short community help post, Google announced that they heard from enough users who expressed… Source link

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Google may support Wear OS smartwatch data backup when switching phone devices

Google may support Wear OS smartwatch data backup when switching phone devices

Users previously criticised the company for making them carry out a factory reset on the smartwatch when migrating to a new device Users previously criticised the company for making them carry out a factory reset on the smartwatch when migrating to a new device An analysis of strings on the Google Play Services v22.32.12 beta on August 19 has led developers to believe that Google might be working on correcting a feature many smartwatch users have criticised. (Sign up to our Technology… Source link

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Giants sign Texans QB Tyrod Taylor as Daniel Jones backup

Daniel Jones may have some competition in New York. The Giants reached a deal to bring in former Houston Texans quarterback Tyrod Taylor on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Taylor will sign a two-year, $17 million deal with the Giants in free agency on Wednesday afternoon, per the report. The Giants will mark Taylor’s sixth team in the league, and his third in three years. Taylor spent last season with the Texans, where he threw for 966 yards, five touchdowns and five… Source link

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How to backup all photos before Google Photos free storage ends on June 1

Google Photos storage will start counting towards your free 15GB Google account from June 1, 2021. This means all photos that get backed up on Google Photos from June 1 will automatically consume your limited free 15GB Google account space that is shared by Gmail, Docs and Drive. And in case, your storage gets full due to photos, then you may stop receiving new emails. Having said that, the good news is that Google is allowing you to save all photos (in High Quality only and not Original… Source link

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White Sox unlikely to carry three catchers, highlighting backup battle

Three catchers unlikely for Sox, highlighting backup battle originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago As Tony La Russa and White Sox pitchers keep raving about the job every catcher in camp is doing, the idea of carrying three backstops isn’t a crazy one. But it doesn’t sound like that will be happening. “There is a lot of catching talent in this camp,” La Russa said before Wednesday’s spring game, a 6-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “Because of the quality of that talent, we thought about… Source link

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Google to Test Data Center Battery Backup That Also Serves the Grid

Google on Wednesday unveiled plans to install its first backup battery at a data center, with ambitions to use the project as a test case for grid service applications. The 3-megawatt, 2-hour-duration battery will be installed at a Google data center in Belgium, a location selected because its market has policies that allow batteries to provide frequency regulation to the grid. Google is already experimenting with load-shifting on a pilot scale. Google has matched its overall… Source link

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Rams, Chargers looking at COVID-19 backup plans

On the heels of Santa Clara County forcing the San Francisco 49ers out of Levi’s Stadium with new COVID-19 restrictions, the NFL has had communications with both of its Los Angeles franchises about safeguarding against a forced move to alternative playing sites in the coming weeks, two league sources told Yahoo Sports. The sources said the steps being taken by the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams include troubleshooting potential practice and stadium sites outside the state of… Source link

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