Transfer .jpeg files from Android smartphone to Desktop

USB cable, or adding as attachments in gmail and let message save as draft, then open gmail on desktop and save the attachments (this is my main method, say I want to get those plane crash pictures from whatsapp, onto laptop, so as to post them on this here forum).
 
backstreetboy said:
True but as the article states it's negligible for photos taken with a smartphone.
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Reading the article there was one section that worried me more than any of the others:

Interestingly, in this particular case, although the photo was the same resolution as before, Google Photos decided to not only reduce the size of the file, but scale down the image as well. After the compression, we are left with an image with a resolution of 2268 x 3024, which is roughly equivalent to 7 MP, down from the original 12 MP. Ouch. It doesn't look bad or anything, but this seemingly per-photo type of compression may not be to the liking of some people out there (I can vouch for this). We tried running this particular image through Google Photos twice and the results were identical both times.
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To visualise (ok I rotated it):

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That is a lot of real-estate to lose from a 12 MP image that shouldn't have been resized to begin with.
 
bwana said:
First off your camera is going to compress your image, a lot, which is unavoidable. Then Google is going to compress it again when it resizes it... unless of course you've changed the defaults to allow the app to upload full res but few people do that because then it uses your storage. JPG is a lossy format when means each time you save the file the quality drops.

More to the point though - why upload something when your computer is right next to you. Doing it via cable, or even wifi, is so much faster.
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only if you choose that option - you can have it store at full Resolution - only that option takes space from your allocated Google account.
 
isie said:
only if you choose that option - you can have it store at full Resolution - only that option takes space from your allocated Google account.
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I know - I said that.
 
bwana said:
Reading the article there was one section that worried me more than any of the others:



To visualise (ok I rotated it):

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That is a lot of real-estate to lose from a 12 MP image that shouldn't have been resized to begin with.
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You are not gonna make a poster out of all the 1000 photos you took of your.... uhm dog. Google Photo will sync everything so you will never have to worry about loosing a photo. But you also have the freedom to upload the couple of extraordinary photos in it's original quality.
 
RedViking said:
You are not gonna make a poster out of all the 1000 photos you took of your.... uhm dog. Google Photo will sync everything so you will never have to worry about loosing a photo. But you also have the freedom to upload the couple of extraordinary photos in it's original quality.
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The OP wants an easy way to transfer individual photos, not sync them all, so the idea of him making a poster out of a 1000 dog photos never entered my mind.

You did notice that's what he said he wanted to do, right? ;)

Maybe he doesn't want a 1000 "dog" photos residing in the cloud to begin with.

isie said:
oh ya well umm... - carry on then
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:)
 
USB cable is the fastest and easiest. Doesn't require installing anything on computer or phone. Phone charges while transferring. You can use explorer to manage the folder on the phone (add, copy, delete, ......)

Telegram - app on your phone. Send files (upto 1.5Gb per file) to your "Saved messages" group - desktop app. You can send the file at any time. When you open the desktop app there they are.
 
Get Telegram. Share the pic with yourself. Open the desktop app and the pic will already be there. Right click and download.

I guess you could do it with WhatsApp too if you want to go the old fashioned route.
 
Dairyfarmer said:
USB cable is the fastest and easiest. Doesn't require installing anything on computer or phone. Phone charges while transferring. You can use explorer to manage the folder on the phone (add, copy, delete, ......)

Telegram - app on your phone. Send files (upto 1.5Gb per file) to your "Saved messages" group - desktop app. You can send the file at any time. When you open the desktop app there they are.
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Ah you beat me to it. lol
 
SauRoNZA said:
Not at all.

Even as an Apple die hard I’m a huge fan of Google Photos.

Has made my life so much easier.
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I use it on Android and iOS but just because it has Google in the name doesn't make it the best solution in this instance.
 
bwana said:
I use it on Android and iOS but just because it has Google in the name doesn't make it the best solution in this instance.
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For this instance no it’s a bit silly.

I was just batting back against the typical anti-Apple stuff.

For me it’s excellent because...

Free (at High settings)
Face Recognition
Auto-Sharing
Limitless
Automatic, with no intervention on my part.
Incredible Search functions.

Whether paid for or free it kicks Apple’s solution’s ass.

And I honestly can’t think of another one-size-fits all solution that comes close.
 
SauRoNZA said:
For this instance no it’s a bit silly.

I was just batting back against the typical anti-Apple stuff.

For me it’s excellent because...

Free (at High settings)
Face Recognition
Auto-Sharing
Limitless
Automatic, with no intervention on my part.
Incredible Search functions.

Whether paid for or free it kicks Apple’s solution’s ass.

And I honestly can’t think of another one-size-fits all solution that comes close.
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Perhaps there's a setting I'm missing on iOS, unlike Android, I do have to launch the app in order for it to upload photos.
 
bwana said:
Perhaps there's a setting I'm missing on iOS, unlike Android, I do have to launch the app in order for it to upload photos.
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Got Background App refresh on?

It’s not like I actively leave it alone but I would imagine I’m in there at least once a week and everything uploads by itself in between and not like it’s held up until I open it.
 
KT-B said:
Get Telegram. Share the pic with yourself. Open the desktop app and the pic will already be there. Right click and download.

I guess you could do it with WhatsApp too if you want to go the old fashioned route.
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Note that will degrade the image. Desktop app has the ability to send without compression, not sure why they don't let it happen for phones. Had one case of an 8MB GIF be compressed to 50KB, but that was out of the norm and we were testing it out.
 
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