

However, you can opt for Original Quality, which simply copies the file and counts the file’s size against your quota.īecause Backup and Sync effectively incorporates Google Photos sync, there’s a preference that lets you add all uploaded media to Google Photos as well. For video, it says that it might increase compression slightly on 1080p and coarser video, and it downsamples video above 1080p to that resolution. If you choose High Quality, your image and movie storage isn’t counted at all, but Google may compress files below 16 megapixels (16MP), and it downsamples larger images to 16MP. The system recognizes photos and videos and lets you set a preference you may be familiar with if you were already using Google Photos’ uploader. The sync menu shows progress, including previews.

It can ask if you want to backup files on attached USB drives and camera cards, and remember that preference, just like Dropbox. It does let you select folders anywhere on internal and attached volumes that it syncs with Google Drive storage in a Computers section. Let’s start with what it does before I tell you what it doesn’t.
