Fortunately for those who still prefer the Picasa experience, the prompt can be dismissed for now by clicking on the “No Thanks” button, which allows you to continue to use Picasa as usual.
GOOGLE PHOTO DESKTOP UPLOADER REVIEW INSTALL
In the release notes for the automatically downloaded update, Google says that the new version (3.9.140) of Picasa includes “Updates for Google Photos Release (details TBA).”įollowing the installation of this update, Picasa users are then prompted to download and install Google Photos Backup the next time they launch their Picasa desktop software. Some Picasa users may have spotted this change following a recent update delivered through Google’s Software Update program, which is used to update and patch bugs in Picasa on the desktop, among other things. Picasa just got an update for uploading to #FYI Noticed yesterday that a Google Photos Backup tool was suddenly installed after running Picasa on my machine. However, Google Photos Backup is a desktop uploader program only – it’s not a replacement for Picasa’s desktop software, which also features tools for organizing photos into albums, favoriting items, or filtering by photos or videos, and more. The change could signal the beginning of a plan to migrate Picasa users over to the newer Google Photos web service. As part of the transition to Google’s new photo hosting and sharing service, Google Photos, launched this May, users of Google’s older Picasa desktop software are now being prompted to upgrade to Google Photos Backup for saving their images to Google’s cloud storage.
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