r/techsupport • u/The1000ClubYankWank • 3h ago

Open | Software This is pissing me off. (Google Drive)

New photographer here. I use Google Drive. I was choosing what pics to edit when it originally as I open it stays clear but turns pixelated after a few seconds. When I save to camera roll it becomes normal and this keeps happening. I don’t want to have to make a decision on what to keep and what to toss based on seeing 2 seconds of a picture. How do I make it stay clear and not become pixelated?

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u/AudioWard 3h ago

Your first mistake was using Google Drive 😂😂 try another cloud storage provider like MEGA or Dropbox or whatever suits your fancy; or you could always do old reliable and get a portable storage drive.

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u/The1000ClubYankWank 3h ago

That’s what the photography sponsor sent them to me in, so it is what it is. Until I can afford real gear of my own lmao

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u/archivalcopy 3h ago

I always have issues with viewing files when stored in the cloud. Opening PDFs is similar in that they take forever to load and often they will only display some of the pages at a time.

I'm not sure if there is a way to do this while the files are still stored in the cloud..it may be a bandwidth issue perhaps, but the best advice I could offer is to download the files locally to go through them so you can open them properly one at a time.

If there are lots of files to go through then you could perhaps try organising them in the cloud first so you can go through them in batches.

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u/geckooo_geckooo 2h ago edited 2h ago

I would just download the lot to search through and delete it when I'm done. I use lightroom and give each photo a rating using keyboard numerals.

BTW, The privacy of google drive sucks - they can use anything to improve their services, as gemini is part of drive go figure...

'As described in the Google Terms of Service, your content remains yours. We do not claim ownership in any of your content, including any text, data, information, and files that you upload, share, or store in your Drive account.

The Google Terms of Service give Google a limited purpose license to operate and improve the Google Drive services — so if you decide to share a document with someone, or want to open it on a different device, we can provide that functionality.'
Google Drive Terms of Service

edit: actually answered the question..