Top 15 Google Photos Tips for Productivity!
About this video
Jeff shares around 15 Google Photos tips across four categories: storage, albums, editing, and power tips. For storage, check the storage page to see how much space remains and Google’s estimate of when you will run out — he gives his own example of purchasing 100 gigabytes with six months left — then review and delete screenshots, blurry photos, and especially large photos and videos, which in his case accounted for around 33 gigabytes of the 54 gigabytes he was using. He also suggests cleaning Drive by sorting files large to small, and Gmail by searching larger:10m for large attachments. He recommends the Storage Saver option for users on the free 15 gigabyte plan, turning off backup for folders like movies, screenshots, or WhatsApp on Android, or turning off Backup & Sync entirely and manually uploading monthly. For albums, he labels albums from 01 to 99 by how often he accesses them, keeps a work-and-life album shared with his corporate account, plus reference and edited-photos albums. For editing, he uses Auto to straighten, a 1x1 square crop for uses like Instagram or circle crops in Slides, and the color slider to make a quick black-and-white version; Android adds Color Pop and Portrait Light. Power tips include searching by location, bulk-selecting screenshots on mobile, viewing all photos from a day via Memories, syncing Apple Photos favorites on iPhone, and viewing the Your Map heat map of photo locations. He also opens by showing how to create an animated GIF in Photos via Utilities and Animation.
Key takeaways
- Check remaining storage and delete large photos and videos first; also clean Drive by size and Gmail with the larger:10m search
- On the free 15 gigabyte plan use Storage Saver, limit which Android folders back up, or turn off Backup & Sync and upload manually
- Organize albums numbered 01 to 99 by access frequency, including a shared work-and-life album and reference and edited-photos albums
- Edit efficiently with Auto straighten, 1x1 crop for square/circle use, and the color slider for black-and-white; Android adds Color Pop and Portrait Light
- Use location search, bulk screenshot selection, Memories day view, iPhone favorites sync, and the Your Map heat map as power features
Episode details: published July 6, 2021 · 8:23 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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