You probably go along your well-nigh important files and photos in dissimilar places---your computer, your phone, diverse SD cards, and that digital camera you use from fourth dimension to time. It can be a challenge to keep all these things safe, backed up, and organized, only not with Google Fill-in and Sync.

Admission 25and sync your content from any device. Information technology's a simpler, speedier and more reliable fashion to protect the files and photos that mean the most to you. This tool replaces the Google Photos desktop uploader.

Backup and Sync backs up files and photos from your PC or Mac safely in Google Drive and Google Photos, so they're no longer trapped on your computer and other devices. Just choose the folders you lot desire to dorsum upward, and we'll take care of the residuum.

To download and install Backup and Sync in Windows:

  1. On your computer, click Download for PC.
  2. Read the Terms of Service and click Agree and download.
  3. After it's downloaded, open installbackupandsync.exe.
  4. If yous meet a window asking if you lot want to allow the program to make changes on your computer, click Yes.
  5. If you're asked to restart your estimator, exercise information technology at present.
  6. Start Backup and Sync.
  7. Sign in with your Google Account username and countersign.
  8. Cull your sync settings and click Side by side.

To download and install Backup and Sync in macOS:

  1. On your computer, click Download for Mac.
  2. Read the Terms of Service and click Agree and download.
  3. Later it's downloaded, open up installbackupandsync.dmg.
  4. Move Backup and Sync to your Applications folder.
  5. Open Backup and Sync.
  6. If you lot see a warning that "Backup and Sync is an application downloaded from the Cyberspace," click Open.
  7. Sign in with your Google Account username and countersign.
  8. Choose your sync settings and click Next.