Transferring Photos from Google Photos
With the ending of Christopher Newport University support for Google Photos, you will need to transfer your photos out of you University Google Photos account to another Google account, another photo storage provider, or your own storage.
Moving to Another Google Photos Account
To transfer your photos to another Google account, go to https://takeout.google.com/transfer.
On the screen that pops up, enter your Gmail (or other Google-provided e-mail) address, then click Send Code.
Check your personal Gmail, and you should see an e-mail with a button to get the code. Click the button.
Copy the code that appears and return to the Takeout page. Then, paste in the code and click Verify.
You’ll be able to select whether to transfer your photos. Select Photos and click Start Transfer.
Moving to Another service with Google Takeout
If you would prefer to use another service to store your photos, or if you just want to download them to your computer, you can use Google Takeout to do so.
Downloading Photos with Google Takeout
To move your photos out of Google, you'll need to download them with Google Takeout. Start by going to takeout.google.com.
IMPORTANT: so that you don't download everything in your Google Account, including e-mails, you MUST click "Deselect all" at the top
Scroll down to Google Photos and check that box.
Then, scroll all the way to the bottom and choose "Next step"
Double-check that only 1 item is selected.
Make sure "Transfer to:" says "Send download link via e-mail" and click Create Export.
You will be e-mailed a link when your export has completed. Click Download your Files.
On the page that comes up, click Download, and a zip file containing your photos will be downloaded to your computer.
If you want to upload to another service, you'll need to unzip the file. On Windows, right-click it and choose "Extract All"
If necessary, select a location to extract to, and click Extract.
On a Mac, just double-click the zipped file.
Importing to Amazon Photos
NOTE: Amazon Photos is not contracted, controlled, or supported by Christopher Newport University. This information is provided solely for your convenience.
If you have a personal Amazon Photos account, you can upload your photos to that service. Go to amazon.com/photos. Then, click on Add and "Upload folder".
Double-click on the folder that you extracted, then double-click on Takeout.
Then, single-click on Google Photos to select it and click Upload.
You'll get some error notifications because your Takeout folders actually include text data that is incompatible with Amazon Photos, but your photos will be uploaded.
Importing to a Personal iCloud Account
NOTE: Personal iCloud accounts are not contracted, controlled, or supported by Christopher Newport University. This information is provided solely for your convenience.
If you have a Mac with a personal iCloud account, you can upload your photos there. Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
Open Finder, then double-click on the Takeout folder.
Drag the Google Photos folder into your Photos app.
You'll get notified about incompatible files, but that is just because your Photos export includes additional information that isn't compatible.
The photos will by synced with iCloud.