How to share photos from the OS X Photo application to OneDrive

Apple's Photo Apps application is integrated to act as a bridge between Mac OS X and iCloud. If you are using Apple devices, you can easily sync files and images between Mac and iPhone or iPad.

Apple's Photo Apps application is integrated to act as a bridge between Mac OS X and iCloud. If you are using Apple devices, you can easily sync files and images between Mac and iPhone or iPad.

Google Drive is a cloud storage and synchronization service. This is where you can back up photos, videos, important documents to access when needed.

Google Drive allows you to store and synchronize images, videos and files between computers, tablets and mobile devices. You can access Google Drive on any computer or mobile device with an Internet connection.

1. How to share photos from the OS X Photo App application to OneDrive

Export photos from the OS X Photos App application to OneDrive:

To export photos from OX X Photos App to OneDrive, first download the OneDrive client to Mac and install.

Download Onedriver to Mac and install it here.

Launch the Photo app from Dock or press Command + Space then enter Photos and press Enter .

Select any image you want to move into OneDrive and then click File> Export> Export Unmodified Original for Photos.

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Then click Export .

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Find the OneDrive folder then click on Export originals.

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2. Automatically export photos using the operating system X Automator

Start Finder, then open the Pic tures Folder folder, right-click the Photos Library file then click Show Package Contents .

Right-click the Masters folder then select a color for the folder.

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Launch Automator application:

Press the key combination Command + Space , then enter the keyword Automator and press Enter.

Under Library, select File & Folders and drag Find Finder Items to the Workflow window.

In the Search list box, select Macintosh HD and then follow the steps shown in the screenshot below.

Next you drag the C opy Finder Items into the Windows window. Click on To: then select Onedrive .

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Then specify to search for any directory that you have chosen colors, in this case include the Masters folder.
Then copy the files and folders to OneDrive.

Finally click Run to begin the process of copying the entire Masters folder to OneDrive.

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Save the Workflow when you're done to make the next time.

You can refer to some of the following articles:

  1. How to move photos from Picasa to Google Drive

  2. How to transfer archived data from OneDrive to another drive

  3. How to double OneDrive's free storage

  4. 5 ways to share files and folders from OneDrive in Windows 10

Good luck!

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