While there is a direct way to transfer content from Google Photos to Shutterfly, unfortunately, there is no direct way to make the transfer the other way around.
So the user is forced to download all images from Shutterfly and then upload them to Google Photos. But before you upload them to Google Photos, why not check if there are any near-similar and duplicate images? Why waste time, internet bandwidth and storage space on photos that are of no use? Use PictureEcho.
Delete Similar/ Duplicate Shutterfly Photos & Uplaod to Google Photos
PictureEcho follows Google Software Principles
Download Photos from Shutterfly
You can either download each image that you want to transfer individually or you can download multiple images together.
Downloading A Single Image
- Open Shutterfly and go to All Photos.
- Click the desired image to highlight it.
- Look for a black action bar at the top and select the cloud symbol (Download) in it.
Downloading Multiple Images
- You can select a maximum of 500 photos or videos that you wish to download together.
- Look for the download symbol in the black action bar at the top. Click this symbol.
- Shutterfly will send you an email on your registered email address with a link from where you can download a ZIP file that contains all your selected media content. Depending on how many images/videos you earlier selected, there could be more than one ZIP file.
- Once you have download the ZIP file, open it with any compatible software app like WinZip.
- Extract the files and save them to a suitable location on your computer.
Note: Please remember that the above-mentioned download methods only work for downloading Shutterfly content via your computer/ laptop. If you wish to download them via the Shutterfly phone app, you will have to download each image individually.
Upload Images to Google Photos
- Go to Google Photos and log in.
- On the right side of the action bar at the top, there will be an Upload button. Click it.
- Select photos/videos from your computer by browsing to their location on the hard disk.
- Once you’ve selected the concerning media file(s), click Open and the uploading will begin instantly.
This might sound a little boring and time-consuming but trust us, this is a very simple task. So far, this is the only way we could make this transfer. However, if a lot of people send feedback to the Google Photo and Shutterfly teams, we might get an updated feature soon! Until then, you do know what you need to do to move media from Shutterfly to Google Photos.