4 Ways: Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos [Video Tutorial]

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• About Dropbox
• Which is Better for Photos: Dropbox or Google Photos?
• 2 Automatic Ways to Move Dropbox Photos to Google Photos [Video Tutorial]
• 2 Manual Ways to Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos
• Move Dropbox Photos to Google Photos on iPhone
• Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos on Android Phone
• Bottom Line

About Dropbox

As a pioneer in the cloud service field, Dropbox is favored by over 500 million registered users across 180 countries.  You may not use Dropbox to save work files as office workers do, nor do you store study materials or lab reports like students, but there are great chances that you might use it to store items related to your lives.

For example, you may use Dropbox to save precious and interesting photos, family videos, beloved movies, and other files to record lovely moments in your life. If that's the case, you should know:

Thus, Google Photos is a better option for managing photos from Dropbox. Transferring Dropbox photos to Google Photos helps you a lot. Before that, check the difference between Dropbox and Google Photos.

Which is Better for Photos: Dropbox or Google Photos?

To avoid the restrictions of Dropbox when storing photos, most users look for a Dropbox alternative. Among all workarounds, Google Photos is the most popular. So, which is on earth better Dropbox or Google Photos? Or how do you transfer photos from Dropbox to Google Photos? All answers can be found below.

Compared with Dropbox, Google Photos has the following advantages:

In addition to the above merits, Google Photos can automatically organize photos into galleries, and its "Enhancement" feature makes photos more perfect. For more details about the difference between Dropbox and Google Photos, click to get. Therefore, it is a wise choice to move photos from Dropbox to Google Photos. Next, we would like to tell you how to achieve photo transfer between those two different cloud services.

2 Automatic Ways to Move Dropbox Photos to Google Photos [Video Tutorial]

How to transfer photos from Dropbox to Google Photos effectively? It's highly recommended to try a free third-party tool called MultCloud, as a Dropbox to Google Photos migration tool, to easily transfer Dropbox photos to Google Photos without downloading.

To clarify how it works to move photos from Dropbox to Google Photos, try Cloud Transfer or Cloud Sync, check the below parts for more details.

• Way 1. Best Way to Move Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos
• Way 2. Sync Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos

Way 1. Best Way to Move Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos

To clarify how it works to move photos from Dropbox to Google Photos with Cloud Transfer, follow the simple steps to copy photos from Dropbox to Google Photos with MultCloud:

Step 1. Sign Up for a MultCloud account: to make use of MultCloud, you need to sign up first.

Step 2. Add Dropbox and Google Photos to your MultCloud: add Dropbox and Google Photos to MultCloud one by one by clicking Add Cloud.

Step 3. Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos via Cloud Transfer. Click on the "Cloud Transfer" button on the tab, select all Dropbox photos as the source, and "Albums" under Google Photos as the destination. Then, click on "Transfer Now" to migrate Dropbox photos to Google Photos.

Besides, you can use this feature to transfer Google Photos to Dropbox effortlessly if you'd prefer to use Dropbox to manage all your files centrally.

Way 2. Sync Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos

If you want to sync Dropbox to Google Photos to move pictures from Dropbox to Google Photos, try Cloud Sync. MultCloud provides 10 sync modes, including two-way sync, one-way sync, real time sync, move sync, mirror sync, incremental sync, full backup sync, cumulative sync, and more. Here you can find the simple steps to transfer from Dropbox to Google Photos:

1. Please ensure you have added Dropbox and Google Photos to MultCloud.

2. Tap Cloud Sync, choose photos from Dropbox as the source, and a sub-directory in Google Photos as the destination.

3. Press the Sync Now button to sync Dropbox to Google Photos directly.

2 Manual Ways to Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos

• Way 1. Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos via Both Apps
• Way 2. Download Dropbox Files and Upload to Google Photos

Way 1. Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos via Both Apps

 The first method requires you to download two Apps: the Dropbox and Google Drive for desktop apps, check how to transfer photos from Dropbox to Google Photos now:

Step 1. Download Dropbox and Google Drive apps to your computer.

Step 2. Create a folder (such as "Pic") in your local disk and move all target photos from Dropbox to the created folder by dragging or copying in Windows File Explorer. Or you can choose an existing folder on your computer.

Step 3. Then open the Google Drive app, and click "Settings" -> "Preference". In the pop-out window, click "Add Folder" and select the "Pic" folder.

Step 4. Tick the "Google Photos" and click on "OK".

Then the images will be automatically uploaded to Google Photos. You can check whether it is successful by logging in to the Google Photos website.

Way 2. Download Dropbox Files and Upload to Google Photos

The first method you might have in mind is downloading and re-uploading, here is how to get photos from Dropbox to Google Photos:

1. Please log in to your Dropbox account, select all the photos, and tap Download.

2. Wait for the process to complete, and you will get a zip folder, uncompress them.

3. Go to your Google Photos webpage, locate the album you'd like to store Dropbox photos, hit Upload > Computer.

4. Choose the Dropbox photos and hit Open to move pictures from Dropbox to Google Photos manually.

Move Dropbox Photos to Google Photos on iPhone

Make sure you installed the Dropbox and Google Photos apps on your iPhone, and log in to them. Here is how to transfer photos from Dropbox to Google Photos on iPhone:

1. Locate your Dropbox photos in the Dropbox app, and select all the photos you'd like to move.

2. Tap the three-dots icon at the bottom right corner, then choose Export, and click Save to device to download Dropbox Photos to iPhone.

3. Open up your Google Photos app, and click + Add > Device folders

4. Select Dropbox Photos to import Dropbox Photos to Google Photos right away.

Transfer Photos from Dropbox to Google Photos on Android Phone

Check the simple steps to move photos from Dropbox to Google Photos:

1. Please install your Dropbox app on your Andorid, and all the Dropbox files including photos will be downloaded to Android phone. View these photos in the Android Gallery.

2. Go to your Google Photos app, and click + Add > From Gallery.

4. Choose Dropbox Photos to get Dropbox Photos to Google Photos.

Bottom Line

As for how to transfer Dropbox Photos to Google Photos, the most traditional way is to first download photos from Dropbox to the local disk, and then re-upload them to Google Photos again. It will take a lot of time especially when there is a large number of pictures that need to be moved. To make it easier without downloading, you can try the above two methods to move photos from Dropbox to Google Photos with MultCloud.

With the help of MultCloud, you can transfer photos from Dropbox to Google Photos on Mac, Windows, or other devices in just 3 simple steps. As mentioned above, except for the "Cloud Transfer" function, MultCloud has other features: "Cloud Sync", and "Remote Upload". If you have related needs, you can try these functions.

The "Cloud Sync" feature can help you quickly sync or backup files from one cloud to another without shifting accounts. For example, you can sync Google Photos to OneDrive without effort, or backup OneDrive to Google Drive. You can also link OneDrive accounts, realize remote upload to Google Drive, and operate other tasks like file sharing with other features.