[4 Free Ways] How to Sync Photos to OneDrive iOS/Android/PC?

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• Why Need to Sync Photos to OneDrive?
• 3 Common Ways to Sync Photos to OneDrive on iOS/Android/PC
• Novel Way to Sync Photos to OneDrive on Any Device
• Can I Sync Google Photos to OneDrive Automatically
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Why Need to Sync Photos to OneDrive?

To record unforgettable moments in your daily life, you may be in the habit of taking pictures frequently and enjoying them in your spare time. But as you know, PCs and mobile devices have limited space and are vulnerable to human or non-human damage. Therefore, important data needs to be stored in a more secure place, such as backing up photos to OneDrive.

Compared to a physical device, an online storage service like OneDrive can give you many benefits:

Now, I'll show you how to sync photos from iPhone, Android phone, and PC to OneDrive.

3 Common Ways to Sync Photos to OneDrive on iOS/Android/PC

You can easily install the OneDrive app on your iPhone, Android phone, and PC, so you can sync all your photos and videos with the app. You can also control what gets uploaded and what doesn't. To keep your phone photos synced properly, you need to be on mobile data or Wi-Fi. If you are using a computer to sync, you need to make sure the internet connection is working. Let's see how it works.

Solution 1: Sync iPhone Photos to OneDrive

Step 1: Open the OneDrive app on your iPhone. Enter the account interface (usually in the upper left corner).
Step 2: Now click on "Settings" and you will find the "Camera Upload" settings, which will be off by default as shown in the picture.
Step 3: When you toggle "Camera Upload" on the OneDrive app, a new screen will open. Now you have to enable the switch to authorize automatic photo uploads.

Step 4: After turning this switch on, you will be asked to confirm camera upload. You need to click "Confirm".
Step 5: The operation is not over yet. You will be asked to confirm again, this is for security purposes. You can go further by clicking "Confirm". Once this is done, your photos will start backing up to OneDrive.

Solution 2: Sync Android Photos to OneDrive 

The OneDrive app isn't just for iOS, also works on Android. This means you can use your Android phone to sync photos to OneDrive. Here are the easy steps.

Step 1: Open the OneDrive app on your Android smartphone. Then, in the OneDrive app, tap the "Me" entry in the bottom right corner of the screen to enter the account interface.
Step 2: Click "Settings", then click the entry for "Camera Upload". If you didn't configure OneDrive to back up your photos, it should say "Your photos aren’t being uploaded".
Step 3: On the next screen, you should see the "Camera Upload" switch disabled by default. Set the "Camera Upload" switch to "On".

Step 4: Android will ask you if you want to "Turn on camera upload for this account". Then click "Confirm".
Step 5: Next, the app will ask you again to confirm that you want to upload the entire camera roll to your OneDrive. Please make sure to enable this feature.

Now that Camera Upload is activated, all photos you took with your Android device have been uploaded to OneDrive. Photos already on your device are also uploaded as quickly as possible, depending on the speed of your connection.

Solution 3: Sync Photos to OneDrive via Computer

When uploading photos from your PC to OneDrive, you can easily do it the traditional way. Microsoft provides you with a OneDrive app that you can use to automatically upload photos. Let's see how.

Step 1: Open Microsoft OneDrive from your PC and click the taskbar icon. Then click "Help & Settings". Once clicked, a popup window will appear. Click "Settings".
Step 2: Select the "Backup" tab from the given options and click on the "Manage backup" option as shown in the image.

Step 3: Select "Pictures" in the pop-up window, as shown in the image below.
Step 4: Finally click "Start backup". This will automatically upload the photos from your PC to OneDrive.

Novel Way to Sync Photos to OneDrive on Any Device

If you don't want to use either the OneDrive mobile app or the OneDrive desktop app, then you can turn to MultCloud which can help you consolidate cloud storage to be more productive. When cloud drives are added to MultCloud, you can not only perform basic operations such as copying, downloading, uploading, sharing, cutting, pasting, deleting, previewing, and renaming, but also the following useful functions.

So, how to sync photos to OneDrive using MultCloud? You need to use the basic function: Upload File.

Step 1: Make sure that the files that need to be backed up are on your device (such as a computer).
Step 2: Create a MultCloud account via your email and log in.

Step 3: Click "Add Cloud" and add OneDrive to MultCloud.

Step 4: Go to OneDrive, press the "Upload File" button, and select the files you want to back up to OneDrive from your device.

Can I Sync Google Photos to OneDrive Automatically

Of Course! You can choose the multiple cloud storage manager mentioned above---MultCloud to assist you. With "Cloud Sync" provided by MultCloud, you don't need to download files or worry about internet speed, because MultCloud allows you to use Google Photos and OneDrive directly on one platform, and runs the sync process automatically on the server. In addition, MultCloud supports offline sync (sync tasks can run in the background even if your computer is turned off), which is very friendly for users who sync large amounts of data.

Let's take a closer look at how it works.

Step 1: Log in to the MultCloud account you created.
Step 2: Click "Add Cloud" and add Google Photos and OneDrive to MultCloud.

Step 3: Sync Google Photos and OneDrive with Cloud Sync. Click the "Cloud Sync" icon and select Google Photos as the source and OneDrive as the destination. Then click "Sync Now".

Summary

There are many techniques available online for how to sync photos to OneDrive. But the most important thing is that the method can effectively solve your problem and facilitate your operation. To make this process easy for you, this article shows you how to sync photos from iPhone, Android and PC to OneDrive, you can choose the way you like best.

Also, this post provides a simple tool to sync Google Photos to OneDrive in just 3 steps. In the process of using this tool, you can also easily implement cloud-to-cloud migrations and remote uploads (for example, download torrents directly to Google Drive).