Migrating Photo Libraries From Google Photos to iCloud is Becoming Much Easier

A new transfer tool coming next week will simplify the migration of a photo library from Google Photos to Apple’s iCloud service.
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Google Photos Starts Rolling Out Magic Editor and Other AI Tools to More Users

Google has started making Magic Editor and other AI-powered editing tools available to more Google Photos users, starting with owners of older Pixel phones.
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Google Photos’ AI Editing Tools Will Become Free for All Users in May

The Google Photos app will make its AI editing tools such as Photo Unblur and Magic Eraser free for all users on May 15.
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Digital Decluttering: Photo Consolidation by the Numbers (Premium)

This morning, I finished cleaning up the photo collection I fully consolidated last week after several months of work. It’s time to reflect on an awful job that, in many ways, will never really be done: I still have scanned photos to organize and incor… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Photo Consolidation by the Numbers (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: Tagging, Deduping, and Replicating the Photo Collection (Premium)

With my photo collection consolidation project finally completed after several months of work, it was time to move on to the next steps: Cleaning up the photos (which involved ensuring that all of the photos have reasonably good “Date taken” meta-data,… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Tagging, Deduping, and Replicating the Photo Collection (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: Photo Consolidation Mission Accomplished (Premium)

I thought I was winding down major combat operations in my photo consolidation project in early January. At the time, I had consolidated all three of my overlapping photo collections into a single master collection, and thanks to my growing experience … Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Photo Consolidation Mission Accomplished (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: Resolutions (Premium)

Dumped unceremoniously into 2024, this feels like a good time to look back at the digital decluttering work I took on last year, provide a progress update, and then look ahead to what I hope to accomplish in the new year.
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Google Needs an Apple TV (Premium)

I took another look at the inexpensive Chromecast with Google TV this past week and it’s still a bit underpowered for my tastes. In this case, you really do get what you pay for, but I’d like to pay more to get more. And that more should be in the form… Continue reading Google Needs an Apple TV (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: Photo Collection Consolidated Through 2012 (Premium)

In late November, I discussed my new strategy for consolidating my three photo collections into a single archive that I would then replicate to multiple locations. This past Saturday, a bit over two weeks later, I finally finished the first phase of th… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Photo Collection Consolidated Through 2012 (Premium)

Digital Decluttering: More Accounts and Photo Collection Consolidation Progress (Premium)

Back in November, I wrote about an unexpected change at Google Workspace by which the firm no longer allows individual accounts on Workspace Business Starter to purchase additional storage. I would simply upgrade my primary account, paul@thurrott.com t… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: More Accounts and Photo Collection Consolidation Progress (Premium)