My music library was there, dating back to CDs I had ripped for my iPod. I never thought I would be Mac-free.Įverything I had was backed up to iCloud and onto my Time Machine drive. I owned Mac OS machines before it was called Mac OS (it was System 6 on my first ‘Macintosh,’ now just a ‘Mac’). It could happen to you! I was a very long time Apple user. If you use Google, you know that your photos will be available no matter what machine you are using in the future.

If you rely entirely on Apple photos, you are relying on a single platform that famously does not play well with others. You may love your iPhone 14 Pro, your Macbook Air, and your fancy iPad 10.9 today, but you never know how long your loyalty to Apple will last, and photos need to last forever.

Why you should use Google Photos along with Apple You’ll still find powerful and easy image editing on the iPhone app. Unfortunately, the best Google photo magic, like Magic Eraser, is only available on Android, and the truly amazing machine learning tools, like Photo Unblur, are exclusive to Google Pixel phones of the latest generations, like the Pixel 7 Pro. The Google Photos app also acts as a conduit to synchronize your photos to Google’s cloud storage. There is also a Google Photos app that you should download to your iPhone, and the app includes some of Google’s great editing tools. For instance, if you want to edit your pics, even simply crop your photo into an instagram-friendly square, you need to use the app, you can’t do this on the web.

The Photos web interface is more limited. The Photos app is a full-featured photo viewer and editor. If you use an iPhone or a Mac desktop, your photos are visible in the Apple Photos app, as well as through a web browser via. Pixel phones get special editing features in Google Photos (Image credit: Future)

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