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           Apple Now Lets You Transfer iCloud Photos to Google Photos

   Josh Centers

   One downside of the Big Tech walled gardens that have become
   commonplace is the implicit platform lock-in they create. Switching to
   a different platform is a daunting task at the best of times, and most
   people would give up instantly if it meant losing their photo
   collections. An initiative called the [1]Data Transfer Project, which
   claims Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter as members, aims
   to resolve that by encouraging data portability between platforms. As
   one example of that, Apple has now made it possible to [2]transfer your
   photos and videos from iCloud to Google Photos. So far, this capability
   is available only in the United States, Australia, and Europe, and you
   must use two-factor authentication on your Apple account. What about
   the reverse direction? Although Google offers [3]direct photo transfers
   only to Flickr, [4]Google Takeout enables you to download all your
   Google-related data, including Google Photos, after which it would be
   simple to import into Photos on the Mac and upload to iCloud Photos.

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   1. https://datatransferproject.dev/
   2. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208514
   3. https://takeout.google.com/takeout/transfer/custom/photos
   4. https://takeout.google.com/
   5. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208514

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