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iOS - Google Photos not syncing often enough

"TL;DR": Does Google Photos app behave the same on iOS devices as on Android devices? It seems it makes backups much less frequently, and I couldn't find any data that supports that aside ...
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Where are the thumbnails and the photos themselves from the Google Photos iOS app saved on iPhone?

Photos taken with the iPhone camera are saved in DCIM I believe and the thumbnails are stored \var\mobile\Media\PhotoData, as ithmb files I also believe. Where would the Google Photos app on iOS keep ...
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Google Photos for iOS: sync photo delete actions

I use Apple Photos (and iCloud) on my iPhone for my photo library. I often take a number of pictures and later delete many of them to only leave the best picture of a set. I also use Google Photos to ...
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Install older version of Google Photos on iphone 6 [duplicate]

I just received a reset iPhone 6 from a friend. I would like to install Google Photos but this app needs iOS14. Now the iphone 6 can be upgraded up to iOS12.5.5 and no more. Is there a way I can ...
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How do I backup photos to iOS Google Photos without duplicating photos on iPhone

My photos have synced to my Google account using the iOS Google Photos app. Each photo is now taking twice the storage on my phone: the iOS Photos app and the Google Photos app. Inside Google Photos ...
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How do I stop WhatsApp saving pictures to Google Photos?

I have Google Photos Backup & Sync activated. All the pictures I take are uploaded to the cloud. But since I have an iPhone also the photos that my contacts send me using WhatsApp are uploaded. I ...
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Is it true that if I let Google Photos store all photos, then I can back up to iCloud with minimal storage?

Is it true that on the iPhone, most things that really need to be backed up, except photos and videos, are the phone contacts, Notes, calendar, and data that may not even need 100MB? So if I let ...
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How do I quickly select all the photos in an album in Google Photos iOS app?

Is there some way to easily select all the photos in a Google Photos album in the iOS app? I'd like to avoid manually selecting 200+ photos individually.
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How to sync photos+videos to both iCloud and Google Photos while simultaneously deleting from iOS devices?

How can I sync my iOS (in my current case, an iPhone8) photos+videos to both iCloud and Google Photos but delete all the photos+videos from my iOS device, primarily to free storage space (on my iPhone)...
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Apps not working properly in background

I have an iPhone 5C with iOS 10, and I have several apps that are supposed to do things in the background - specifically I'm thinking of Google Photos, IFTTT, and Android Wear, although there are ...
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