Facebook has just made a photo transfer tool globally available that lets account holders easily download all their pictures and videos from the social network to Google Photos.
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Previously, the majority of Facebook users wanting to download their media from the site had to do it manually. From today, however, users with a Google Photos account can automate the job, and Facebook says more cloud services will be supported soon.
Even if you've had enough of Facebook, the built-in tansfer tool is handy if you want to save your media before permanently closing your account. The following steps explain how it works.
- Log into your Facebook account in a web browser, then click the down arrow in the top-right corner of Facebook's menu bar.
- Select Settings.
- Select Your Facebook information.
- Select Transfer a copy of your photos or videos.
- Enter your Facebook password if prompted, then click Choose destination and choose Google Photos from the dropdown.
- Use the radio buttons to opt to transfer a copy of either your photos or videos you've uploaded to Facebook, then click Next.
- Sign into Google Photos and grant Facebook permission to add media to your Google Photos library, then click the Confirm Transfer button on the next screen.
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After the transfer is finished, you'll receive an email from Facebook notifying you that the process is complete.
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When I contacted Google, they told me to pay an extortionate amount for a Google Suite upgrade losing all my benefits to get 2TB storage.
On that note, I downgraded to 100GB (20eur for the year), and switched to iCloud. 7eur for 2TB.
Job done. Google sucks.
H.