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Actual Conversations I’ve Had about Digital Photos, the iPhone and Google Photos. Below are transcripts of some real dialogue I’ve had with friends and family in the past few months. I’ve taken the liberty of adding some insults below that weren’t actually part of the conversation, but definitely occurred in my head. Them: “Kevin, I don’t have any room on my phone.” Me: “That’s because your photos take up a lot of space. Your iPhone videos are huge files. I would back them up using Google Photo or some other cloudbased storage app. Then delete them from your phone.” Them: “But I need my photos on my phone. I don’t want to delete them.” Me: “You can delete them from your phone but they’re not deleted from your life, Dick Ass. They’re stored safely online. You can open Google Photos app on your phone or desktop to see them whenever you’d like. And if you miss them desperately, you can just save them back to your screenshattered ghetto phone.” Them: “I’ll need to connect my phone to my Mac and back them up on iTunes.” Me: “You actually mean you’ll back them up on Apple Photo desktop. But we both know you’ll never do that. And really, Fucknut, you shouldn’t do that because: a) you’ll use up all your laptop storage; b) your photos are gone forever when your laptop crashes. Listen, I really don’t want you to lose the entire childhood of your repugnant kids. Can you please just install the damned Google Photo app and backup your fucking photos on the fucking fuck cloud.” Them: “I don’t have any room on iCloud.” Me: “Okay read my lips as I say this. iCloud is not the cloud. iCloud is not the cloud! iCloud is a shitass Apple product. It cost money and it gives you inanely limited storage. I just mean you should use ANY damned noniCloud private, online storage. A lot of apps can store and retrieve things from the magical cloud. Google Photo is my favorite but I really don’t give a shit which one you use. Use fucking AOL or Yahoo it it’s still in business. Google Photos happens to be free and I think it’s the easiest. It offers unlimited storage if you don’t mind having photos compressed slightly. That shouldn’t be a problem unless you’re planning to make poster prints of your shitassblurrydark thumbcovered grainy photos.

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Actual Conversations I’ve Had about Digital Photos, the iPhone and Google Photos.

 Below  are  transcripts  of  some  real  dialogue  I’ve  had  with  friends  and  family  in  the  past  few  months.  I’ve  taken  the  liberty  of  adding  some  insults  below  that  weren’t  actually  part  of  the  conversation,  but  definitely  occurred  in  my  head.    Them:  “Kevin,  I  don’t  have  any  room  on  my  phone.”    Me:  “That’s  because  your  photos  take  up  a  lot  of  space.  Your  iPhone  videos  are  huge  files.  I  would  back  them  up  using  Google  Photo  or  some  other  cloud-­‐based  storage  app.  Then  delete  them  from  your  phone.”      Them:  “But  I  need  my  photos  on  my  phone.    I  don’t  want  to  delete  them.”    Me:  “You  can  delete  them  from  your  phone  but  they’re  not  deleted  from  your  life,  Dick  Ass.  They’re  stored  safely  online.  You  can  open  Google  Photos  app  on  your  phone  or  desktop  to  see  them  whenever  you’d  like.  And  if  you  miss  them  desperately,  you  can  just  save  them  back  to  your  screen-­‐shattered  ghetto  phone.”    

Them:  “I’ll  need  to  connect  my  phone  to  my  Mac  and  back  them  up  on  iTunes.”    Me:  “You  actually  mean  you’ll  back  them  up  on  Apple  Photo  desktop.  But  we  both  know  you’ll  never  do  that.  And  really,  Fucknut,  you  shouldn’t  do  that  because:    a)  you’ll  use  up  all  your  laptop  storage;  b)  your  photos  are  gone  forever  when  your  laptop  crashes.  Listen,  I  really  don’t  want  you  to  lose  the  entire  childhood  of  your  repugnant  kids.  Can  you  please  just  install  the  damned  Google  Photo  app  and  backup  your  fucking  photos  on  the  fucking  fuck  cloud.”      Them:  “I  don’t  have  any  room  on  iCloud.”    Me:  “Okay  read  my  lips  as  I  say  this.  iCloud  is  not  the  cloud.  iCloud  is  not  the  cloud!  iCloud  is  a  shitass  Apple  product.  It  cost  money  and  it  gives  you  inanely  limited  storage.  I  just  mean  you  should  use  ANY  damned  non-­‐iCloud  private,  online  storage.  A  lot  of  apps  can  store  and  retrieve  things  from  the  magical  cloud.  Google  Photo  is  my  favorite  but  I  really  don’t  give  a  shit  which  one  you  use.  Use  fucking  AOL  or  Yahoo  it  it’s  still  in  business.  Google  Photos  happens  to  be  free  and  I  think  it’s  the  easiest.  It  offers  unlimited  storage  if  you  don’t  mind  having  photos  compressed  slightly.    That  shouldn’t  be  a  problem  unless  you’re  planning  to  make  poster  prints  of  your  shit-­‐ass-­‐blurry-­‐dark  thumb-­‐covered  grainy  photos.        

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Them:  “I  don’t  want  to  put  my  photos  online.  They’re  private.”    Me:  “I’m  glad  you  raised  that,  Algebra.  You  see,  Google  Photos  isn’t  the  same  thing  as  Googling  on  the  Internets.  Your  photos  on  the  cloud  are  private  and  password-­‐protected  just  like  your  top-­‐secret  spy  phone.  They’re  defaulted  to  private  and  you  can  share  them  only  if  you  want.    Them:  “Maybe  I’ll  get  Google  Photos  some  day.”  Me:  “Son  of  a  whore.  Why  don’t  you  just  download  the  fucking  Google  App  right  fucking  now?  Shit,  now  I  sound  like  a  bloody  advertisement.  Here,  dude,  look  at  my  phone  –  I  have  more  than  a  decade  of  photos  backed  up.  I  can  scroll  down  to  1998.  All  it  required  is  downloading  the  Google  Photos  app  to  my  old  laptop,  and  it  found  all  the  images  automatically.  It  puts  them  all  in  the  same  place  and  eliminates  duplicates.  I  can  search  them  easily  by  date,  location  and  facial  recognition.  See?    Why  is  this     So.     Damned.     Hard.       To.     Convey?”    Them:  “Hey  Google  Photos  sounds  cool.  But  I  amn’t  that  technical.”  Me:  “Give  me  your  fucking  phone.  Oh,  wait,  Techtard.  Deal  breaker.  This  will  require  you  to  know  your  password  to  the  Apple  App  store,  which  I’m  sure  you’ve  forgotten  since  the  last  time  I  helped  you  reset  it.”    Them  (weeks  later):  “Kevin,  my  phone  died  and  I  lost  all  my  photos!”  Me:  “I’m  so  sorry.  That  sounds  very  frustrating.  Remember  we  were  talking  about  Google  Photos?  When  you  get  your  new  phone,  can  you…      Warning,  there  are  three  important  points  before  you  delete  your  photos  and  go  “cloud  commando.”  Pay  attention:  

1. The  Google  Photos  IOS  app  displays  all  photos  that  are  on  your  phone,  whether  backed  up  or  not.  If  the  photo  still  has  the  little  circle  arrow  then  it’s  not  yet  backed  up.  To  be  neurotically  safe,  do  this  before  deleting  the  photos  from  your  iPhone  camera  roll.  Login  to  Google  Photos  on  a  browser  via  your  desktop  and  be  sure  you  see  your  most  recent  phone  photo.  Then  you’re  safe.  

2. Be  sure  to  select  the  default  Google  Photos  setting  that  only  backs  up  photos  when  on  Wifi.  Otherwise  you’ll  go  through  your  data  plan  quickly.  

3. Third,  the  app  only  backs  up  when  you  open  it.  So  you  will  need  to  occasionally  launch  the  app  on  your  phone  or  desktop  but  then  you  can  just  close  the  window  and  let  it  do  its  thing.  

 This  is  not  a  damned  ad  from  Google.  It’s  by  Nalts    (youtube.com/nalts  or  willvideoforfood.com).  Piss  off.      

 

THE  CIRCLED  ARROW  ICONS  =  NOT  BACKED  UP