Apple this week introduced a new service designed to make it quick and easy for iCloud users to transfer their saved photos and videos to Google Photos.
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As outlined in an Apple Support Document, you can go to the Apple Privacy Web site and sign in to see the “transfer a copy of your data” option. If you select it and go through all the steps, Apple will transfer your iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos.
Transferring photos and videos from iCloud Photos does not remove the content you have stored at Apple, but provides a backup method and saves a copy of the content on Google ‘Photos’.
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The transfer process takes between three and seven days, and Apple confirms that you made the request. To perform the transfer, you must have two-factor authentication enabled for your Apple ID account, and you must have a Google Photos account with enough storage to complete the transfer.
Smart albums, live photos, photo stream content, some metadata, and some RAW photos can not be transferred, but formats including .jpg, .png, .webp, .gif, some RAW files, .mpg, .mod, mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts and .mkv are compatible.
Only the most recent edit of a photo is transferred rather than the original version, and duplicates appear as just one photo. Images are transferred to their albums where possible, but videos are transferred separately.
Apple’s transfer service is currently available to customers in Australia, Canada, the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.