Photo download was much easier with the old picasa interface than the new Google Plus interface. Soon after sharing the photos with my friends, I got a message saying photo download was not possible even though I had shared it with public access. It took a while for me to find out why my friends did not see the 'download album' option in Google Plus. Follow the following steps the next time before sharing photos with your friends so that they get an option to download photos from Google Plus.
- Login to your Google account.
- Click on Google Plus as shown in the image below.
- Scroll down and enable "Allow viewers to download my photos".
- On enabling, your settings will be auto saved.
- Now, upload photos and share it with your friends
By default in Google Plus, viewers cannot download photos. You will be able to share photos with your friends with view/ read access and photo download will be disabled by default. Remember to enable this settings when you share pics the next time. Also, 'Allow viewers to download my photos' will allow photo download only to those with whom you have shared photos.
i have been avoiding Picasa so far somehow ! I think its time to check it if photo downloading is possible through g+
ReplyDeleteYeah. Give it a try.
ReplyDeleteIf only it was as easy as that...
ReplyDeleteThis setting allows others to download single photos, not complete albums!
It's easy..to download the complete album.. just go to google+ >> Album >> open the album >> There is an arrow pointing downwards and one of the options in the drop-down is "Download album". That's it..
ReplyDelete(Note: This update that I have given is as per this writing, it might change if Google+ plans to upgrade with some other new features.)