You have to trick Chrome OS into thinking there's something worth syncing on that card--in other words, that it contains photos and videos. At the time of this writing, the feature only works for photo and video files. But, when you're on the go and you need to do a quick dump of photos and videos from an SD card to Google Drive, this is the way to go. Here's how. When you insert the SD card into your Chromebook, if the system discovers a folder named DCIM, it will automatically start scanning for images and videos.
If your device doesn't automatically create a DCIM folder, you'll have to do that manually. During the syncing, the cloud icon will change to a progress icon. If you click the Cloud icon drop-down Figure B , it will display how many photos it is currently backing up.
The ability to auto sync an SD card to your Google Drive account through Chrome OS has been around since , and it hasn't expanded much since its release. Google needs to allow for other file types to be synced from the SD card it makes perfect sense why Google would start with photos for the first iteration. As it is now, the feature is limiting. Even so, for those users that need to upload a lot of images from an external device such as a DSLR , the ability to do so from a Chromebook makes life simpler.
A window should appear automatically, but if it does not, you can pull up the Files app from the app drawer and launch it yourself. The SD card should be listed in the sidebar with an obvious name. This way you can still effectively plug your SD card in and use it as demonstrated above. You may also invest in a WiFi-enabled SD card.
This will let you access your images via the browser without having to plug a card or cable into anything. The software presents images in an attractive grid and is overall simple to use. To enable this feature, just hit the icon in the top right corner and open up settings. After uploading your photos, you can use the app to view your images.
Chrome OS may not have an offline photo manager resembling those available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, but if you primarily store your images in a web browser now anyway, you should be just fine doing the same on your Chromebook. Image credit: Acer C7 Chromebook. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy and European users agree to the data transfer policy.
Bertel is a tech blogger and independent novelist who puts perhaps a tad too much trust in Google. You can follow his work at bertelking. You have to copy the images from the SD Card to the Downloads folder in order to keep them stored on your Chromebook. I have a remote mouse and keyboard. I have a USB 4 port hum. I put my photos into the Google photos.
When they are. How do I get these certain photos to upload? Have I lost all my photos?! I have a Sakar digital camera is there a site I can use to download the software that came with my digital camera with out a cd rom disk drive? Here Are 12 Fixes. You can select multiple files by clicking the tiny, circular thumbnail to the left of the file name; the thumbnail turns into a blue checkmark icon to indicate it's been selected.
The other option is to copy a file by right-clicking and choosing Copy or using keyboard shortcut Ctrl-C , opening the Downloads folder, and then pasting by using the right-click menu or Ctrl-V. You can also choose to cut instead of copy, of course, if you want to move the file instead of just copying it. You can also move in the reverse direction and move files from your Downloads folder to your external drive or Google Drive to free up drive space on your Chromebook.
To eject a drive, click the little eject button to the right of it in the left panel of the the Files window. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read.
Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Matt Elliott. March 7, p. Supported file systems Chrome OS supports a wide range of file systems for external drives.
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