Regarding the Cloud: My wife believes all the data used by and with her Google Chromebook Tablet is stored on the cloud, instead of in the tablet. Costs nothing (beyond having bought the tablet). Is she right? Frank
According to what I've been reading today, if photos are not more than 16 megapixels and videos are not more than 1080p, then it costs nothing to store them on the Cloud. All my photos and videos fit within those limits. As far as whether she actually *has* them on the Cloud, I have no clue. I sure can't figure out how to get them up there. Yet.
Since I'm not using even a quarter of the space that I have on my hard drive, and I've had this computer since 2011, I don't worry much about whether things are in the cloud or on the drive. Somewhere along the line, in one of the Mac OS upgrades that I did, I ended up with a lot of my stuff in the cloud. I didn't choose to put it there, nor did I choose not to, but there it is. I'm sure there's a way of making that decision but it hasn't been on that I have had to make so I haven't taken the time.
yep same as ken..we have back ups... thank God because I have endless videos... and over 70,000 photos on mine
Yay! I finally got *one* photo into the Cloud! From the PC. I know cause I can see it from the cellphone. It only took 3 more hours, and I have no idea how I did it.
I finally got it. Take a picture (or video) with the cellphone. File automatically transfers to the Cloud. Open on the PC and download. I'm using Google Photos. That may not be the best way to do it, IDK. At least I'm starting to understand how it works now, so it won't be so difficult to change to something else, if I don't like it. I hope. @Holly Saunders, @Yvonne Smith, and @Tim Burr, if you folks hadn't explained how your setup works, I wouldn't have even tried for that much. Thanks everyone.
You know what this means, don't you? There will probably be even more pictures of strange insects, trees, and unfinished projects.