Googe Photos and the iPhone camera roll duplication.

[vegas33139]

Hey guys,

I'm a recent covert to the iPhone 6 coming from Android.

I really like Google photo's and was surprised to see there was a version for IOS, to which I have now installed and recovered all of my previous pictures from my Android device onto my 6.

A query - although pictures taken with my phone go right to Google Photo gallery, they also go to the iPhone's camera roll.

Is there any way to set a default location and/or app to store only one set of images instead of duplicating any photos taken.

The reason I ask is that I only have 16GB phone. If all of my images are duplicated, I foresee a problem with storage capacity further down the line - which, of course could be remedied by emptying out the photos and back them up off the device.

Many thanks.

 

[Haseeb Rehman]

Once they back up, you can delete the photo from your camera roll. You can do that every week to save time and space. Other than that, I don't know any solution for setting a default storage location.

 

[Ledsteplin]

What I do is turn the auto upload off after the initial upload of all photos. Then going forward I select photos to add individually. I don't turn auto upload back on. I have too many photos and images I don't want to keep. I mostly use Box and Dropbox for photos anyway. I organize them in folders and subfolders. I have noticed the Google Photos app grows cache too much. I have to delete the app and reinstall it often. I don't like that.