How to Free up Google One (Drive) Storage

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  • @dottotech
    @dottotech  2 года назад +23

    00:00 Introduction
    01:35 Google One Summary
    02:33 Google Photos
    03:30 Recover storage by compression
    04:54 Manage large videos and photos
    08:30 Gmail
    10:45 Finding large attachments
    13:07 Google Drive
    14:34 Google Takeout
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    • @ricosandejas1900
      @ricosandejas1900 2 года назад

      IF I CLEAR STORAGE GOOGLE DRIVE IN SETTINGS OF MY PHONE DOES THE SAVE OR UPLOADED VIDEOS,PHOTOS,ETC WILL BE DELETED?

    • @patrickungaya847
      @patrickungaya847 Год назад

      How can I get my archived photos from Google photos as gmail account was tempered with

    • @WHATTUBEful
      @WHATTUBEful Год назад +2

      I would like to compliment you on this extremely informative and easy to follow video! You have enlightened me no end! I followed your instructions step by step. I had already recuperated storage by doing my own thing but this video REALLY enabled me to clear up even more space! Awesome stuff. Even for a silver surfer this was soooo easy to follow! I shall be passing this video onto others. Thanks so very much.

    • @joselsanchez242
      @joselsanchez242 Год назад

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  • @mreventos
    @mreventos 2 года назад +13

    I always learn something new with your videos. The other thing you want to delete in GMAIL is Spam which also counts towards your storage. And, as I understand it, ALL MAIL doesn't just include your archived mail but it includes your inbox and everything else. It is a way to access your archived items but it includes everything.

    • @antimatter4444
      @antimatter4444 Год назад +2

      Ya you have to be very careful with this, as I just tested it and if you delete from Inbox it is gone in All Mail, and if you delete in All Mail it is gone in Inbox (and both test emails ended up in the Trash); All Mail doesn't really seem to be a back-up of everything (or Archive as he calls it), they are live interlinked.

  • @maxherron1376
    @maxherron1376 2 года назад +9

    Wow! I got 200 GB of storage back, just by compressing my photos. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

  • @MrMorokiatt
    @MrMorokiatt Год назад +18

    I don't think even Google knows more than this guy about the Google environment. Very helpful information. Much needed and appreciated.

    • @skorpyo331
      @skorpyo331 7 месяцев назад +1

      But google knows the people that aren't seein his vids

  • @ArjanGroenenboom
    @ArjanGroenenboom 2 года назад +26

    I use free extra storage from another Gmail account. I have a 'main' Gmail account and several 'secondary" Gmail accounts I mainly use for shopping or other activities like Facebook etc. I dont want them bothering me with e-mails on my main Gmail account. In each of those secondary accounts I have created a shared folder with full rights given to my main account. These folders will show up in my main account as shared folders. That's 15G extra storage from each account! While this may not be convenient for email storage or photos uploaded from your phone, it works very well for uploaded files from your computer like pdf's, spreadsheets and presentations etc.

    • @deltaechomusicnh555
      @deltaechomusicnh555 2 года назад +4

      You need to make sure you log into those secondary accounts on a regular basis as Google deletes non active accounts.

    • @susieq72
      @susieq72 Год назад +1

      Would like to see a video on how exactly you do this. Why is the extra 15BG of storage no good for photos? Can you not use your secondary email accounts like your primary account and have the 15GB cover all 3 google services ie Gmail, Drive and Photos?
      Would love hear back from you.

    • @redandgoldfan3869
      @redandgoldfan3869 2 месяца назад

      how do u keep the secondary google email account from simply RE backing up the same photos?

  • @markchip1
    @markchip1 2 года назад +27

    My personal suggestion for "duplicates", which are most often multiple shots of the same thing, is to go through them IMMEDIATELY and delete all bar those you actually want to keep! It's a minor pain - caused by the luxury of being able to take so many "free" shots whenever you want - but it's WAY EASIER then going through several thousand later on down the road.... Especially when other people might have disagreed with your selection of what counts as "the best One"!!

    • @dottotech
      @dottotech  2 года назад +1

      Good idea!

    • @normandeaunewswire
      @normandeaunewswire 2 года назад +5

      Wife and I copy photos, "share", to a Drive "work on this" folder. Then we delete from phone. Then we d/l to desktop computer to decide what we want to keep. Then we clean out Drive folder.

  • @NathanielStockwell
    @NathanielStockwell 2 года назад +11

    You didn’t put the search queue from 11:19 in the description.
    I’ve been watching you for almost a decade! Thanks for the amazing videos!

  • @rachelflamdesign
    @rachelflamdesign Год назад +5

    Love your videos! Just found you yesterday and am loving your personality, humor, and great content! Heart is with you re losing your fur baby. I totally get the terrible loss 🥰 looking forward to your future vids! 🙏🏻

  • @marinaking2431
    @marinaking2431 2 года назад +5

    Excellent, very helpful video! I took the bait and bought their cheapest paid plan for storage but it doesn't always have to stay that way. It works out to $19 a year for 100 GB of storage.

  • @ashodkassabian8236
    @ashodkassabian8236 7 месяцев назад

    I have been following your invaluable suggestions for years. you are an excellent communicator and teacher.
    In my case I have accumulated way too many old Gmails. I copy and paste an email address of a frequent emailer in search and get hundreds of the same sender and delete them 100 at the time. Time consuming but worth it.

  • @SnowHunter44
    @SnowHunter44 2 года назад +5

    As usual, outstanding information, clearly laid out. I had to play with Takeout last year and did not find it enjoyable. Could not find good instruction like this and then my computer crashed in the middle of the process of storing 12GB onto a portable hard drive. Good thing we were in lock down in that case, gave me time to deal. I sure needed it...

  • @kimzacho5268
    @kimzacho5268 Год назад +4

    I watched a lot of videos, and I must say you are the one who is giving usable
    value here. Cool Work!

    • @Amish07
      @Amish07 Год назад

      😂😂😂😂😂Man You're two faced🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @alanhederer472
    @alanhederer472 2 года назад +4

    liked and subscribed, thanks. A tip, Create a second google account as a free 15GB backup storage option

  • @rmckayne
    @rmckayne Год назад

    Thanks You Very Much. That will help me a lot. Am a 64 young trying to learn this management to alleviate worries. I agree with you , is not conspiracy theory, is a business strategies. Free? Somehow they have some benefit= business. Great explanation!

  • @ariojiwandoko
    @ariojiwandoko Год назад

    Love it...really useful for me instead pay google the subscription fee, I've managed to free up to 3GB on my google account. Thanks Steve.

  • @annetravel5935
    @annetravel5935 2 года назад +6

    Thank you. I really needed to know that downloading my data is easier than I thought and not worth continuing to procrastinate saving onto an external hard drive.

  • @petegerardini2455
    @petegerardini2455 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for showing Google Takeout. It's going on my to-do list. I'm going to add the downloads to my folder that gets 3-2-1 backup treatment.

  • @sidb6318
    @sidb6318 2 года назад +1

    Thanks, Steve. I spent nothing for 100 GB of storage. Nothing because Google has a survey app that "pays" you for answering questions. I had over $26 in credit, so the $20 came out of that.
    As you yourself pointed out, it is a time trade off. Pay a small amount or pay with my precious time. A no brainer for me.
    But you didn't mention what also comes with paying for Google One. You get phone/chat/email support on all Google products. This alone is worth it. I had a couple nagging issues and was able to get an answer. Second, you get a few additional editing functions in Google Photos.

  • @pandoramather-lees7913
    @pandoramather-lees7913 2 года назад +2

    BRILLIANT THANK YOU - I ALREADY DO SOME OF THIS BUT SOME ADDITIONAL OVERVIEW WAS VERY WELCOME!!!

  • @DarrensBoat
    @DarrensBoat 2 года назад +4

    Excellent video Steve. Recently found your site and am getting a lot from it. Thanks.

  • @stephenhedge2489
    @stephenhedge2489 2 года назад +11

    I am in exactly the position you mentioned regarding lack of storage. This was very helpful as I shall do "selective backups" to an external HDD.
    You talk about "backing up" and "downloading" which is slightly confusing. I want to download a COPY (backup) of photos, emails, etc. to an external HDD but obviously, I want my ORIGINAL data to remain on the Google Server ; otherwise this would be "exporting" data...?

  • @harishshah7673
    @harishshah7673 2 месяца назад

    Excellent presentation very useful information for non computer viz I feel that you must be a popular educator in your life Thanks

  • @miltonbrownrigg8409
    @miltonbrownrigg8409 2 года назад +3

    Good one Steve, I really wish they gave us a "duplicate tool".

  • @unmiss-com
    @unmiss-com 2 года назад +2

    Google One is the company brand for AdWords platforms. It is a global search engine optimisation tool created by Google. It helps advertisers target their ads and to improve performance with bots for automated ad-serving. It has something integral that makes it hard to uninstall from your life forever. Google also offers Ads Manager which is quite useful when you work with multiple ad accounts on different platforms, databases and usage types (ie artificial intelligence? ), data silos and synonyms rules, etc . Thanks for your video,
    dottotech

  • @patmacfarland111
    @patmacfarland111 Год назад +1

    Excellent video - all parts; and to both fix the situation and to avoid it in the first place!

  • @mutyanghv2431
    @mutyanghv2431 2 года назад +3

    Very informative, and eye-opening! Thank you, this is super helpful.

  • @peterberesford79
    @peterberesford79 10 дней назад

    It's important to guide users through each option, as you've done, but also provide a complete example of each action, such as how to delete, compress, or save to other storage devices/apps. The issue often overlooked in help videos is the technology-challenged older generation or computer novices who are unfamiliar with the terminology. These individuals are the ones targeted by companies like Google, which may charge for simple solutions that could be resolved for free with the right knowledge and understanding of the internet and computers. These non-tech-savvy individuals may not understand what they are being instructed to do, so physically showing them in your videos exactly how to perform each option would be far more beneficial.

  • @msullivan6761
    @msullivan6761 10 месяцев назад

    New subbie. Ur content is very clear. You have provided good instructions. Thx.

  • @innasemida9626
    @innasemida9626 Год назад

    Hi this is very helpful, thanks !Could you please explain what happens if you do all the recommended steps if your app are synced and how prevent changes on all apps at once

  • @susanpratt8564
    @susanpratt8564 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the info!!!! Very helpful. Oh and what a wonderful addition to your family! Welcome Ghilli!

  • @debreale5236
    @debreale5236 2 года назад +10

    Thank you, Steve. This is very helpful. As always, great delivery!

  • @pakaza
    @pakaza 2 года назад +2

    Great info! Thanks so much Steve.

  • @mariajosecampos4084
    @mariajosecampos4084 2 года назад +5

    So very useful, as usual. Thank you!

    • @dottotech
      @dottotech  2 года назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @jenm6288
    @jenm6288 Год назад +1

    This was so helpful...easy to follow and great information...thank you!!!

  • @DrJ4712
    @DrJ4712 Год назад

    FANTASTIC video! Thank you for presenting this. EXTREMELY helpful😊!

  • @jean-pierrearteon6655
    @jean-pierrearteon6655 2 года назад +4

    Excellent, comme d'habitude, Merci

  • @darshanjoshi8994
    @darshanjoshi8994 4 месяца назад

    Your video is very helpful. Please include some info for download format. when i have downloaded zip for photos it is in .jpg.json format. Some question why we need .jpg.json format, many more. Can you please address this kind of questions. Thank.

  • @kabubiky
    @kabubiky Год назад

    Great video and information Steve! I did get one one of those msgs to pay for storage

  • @Robert-ui1dg
    @Robert-ui1dg 2 года назад +4

    Thank you I've done probably 8090% of what you talked about but Google's making it tough for me to move my stuff to an SD card and we didn't talk about that. I'm 15 and 15 right now as far as storage so in my memory's way down also but I've got a huge SD card with all kinds of room and they're making it difficult for me to switch it over thank you. I also agree with what you sort of mentioned about a conspiracy theory and sometimes I feel like I'm being strong armed by Google thugs. 😒😎

  • @Russellrodberg
    @Russellrodberg Год назад

    Thanks for the videos. What do i need to do to get my layout back to the left adjustment with the icons?

  • @howardcash8301
    @howardcash8301 Год назад

    Dotto! Many Thanks! Now I know how to FREE UP space in my Gmail account! Yeah!

  • @teishajohnson4849
    @teishajohnson4849 2 года назад

    Thank you...just got an alert today!

  • @jesusaraneta4578
    @jesusaraneta4578 2 года назад +1

    Google Photos does remove duplicate photos, exact duplicate photos.
    This was good for me since I used to backup to multiple locations so consolidating them was space taxing, due to the multiple copies of the same photo.
    So when in doubt I just keep uploading the photos to Google Drive. If it's already in my library then it just won't accept the upload.
    My take on why they don't filter out photos that are very similar: it's for training their face recognition AIs. For my account the face recognition has issues differentiating the faces of my toddler from those of my friends.

  • @scully836
    @scully836 Год назад

    Great video. I did Google Takeout; how do I delete the voice calls from my google account? Example there is a folder called voice. I do not want google to have this anymore.

  • @jim8432
    @jim8432 2 года назад +1

    Very useful information. Thank You

  • @DollyRose-x9k
    @DollyRose-x9k Год назад

    Very informative - presented nicely - thank you

  • @1947froggy
    @1947froggy 2 года назад

    Brilliant dude, can you suggest a local drive (maybe a few terabytes) to use. I have an old one 1 terabyte usb conn, but should prob get bigger. I do have a yt channel hence lots of vid clips & finished videos. Second question is how to download/backup my channel? Thx. :)

  • @jeffreyee5378
    @jeffreyee5378 Год назад

    Thank you for the insights. Im new to google photos hence just did a full backup and sync from my iPhone to google photos. I use to backup all old photos into dropbox using folders into google photos albums. Post migrated to google photos, I see many duplicated photos (some from iPhone camera roll and some from dropbox), is there a systematic way to delete those duplicated photos?

  • @floydthorne6444
    @floydthorne6444 2 года назад +1

    This off your current topic, ie. storage but, I have looked and have yet to find "how to navigate a route in Google Maps that I saved offline on my iPhone. Everyone show the saving of maps but no one that I have found yet goes on to show how to use that map and or to navigate a route that I may have saved in anticipation of not having cellular service.

  • @marleenong9604
    @marleenong9604 Год назад +1

    Hi Steve thank you very much for this very informative video. Question: when we save our google photos in google photo albums, does creating albums and organizing photos that way takes more space in your google storage as opposed to saving it loose (chronologically)? Thank you.

    • @patmacfarland111
      @patmacfarland111 Год назад +1

      No it does not. It just adds labels to the photos. It does not duplicate the photos. There might be a minute increase related to the metadata but not worth worrying about.

  • @pjrodz
    @pjrodz 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this!

  • @Traumahawk007
    @Traumahawk007 2 года назад +2

    Great tutorial.
    I assume deleting Drive & Photos files pre cut off date will not release space

    • @dottotech
      @dottotech  2 года назад +1

      Photos yes,Drive no

    • @Traumahawk007
      @Traumahawk007 2 года назад +1

      Is there a way you can do a folder file type view of Google photos so you can see actual sizes
      Thanks in advance

    • @jpinnillago
      @jpinnillago 2 года назад

      @@dottotech Hi Steve! Please help me make sure I understand this cause it doesn't make sense to me: Deleting photos permanently (trash bin empty and all) does not free up space?
      So, if I have 2,000 photos that take up 10 GB, and I delete 1,900 of those photos, Google won't free up the space, unless I authorize them to reduce quality for ALL the files??
      I've been struggling with these for weeks, Ive deleted thousands of photos, emptied the trash, and apparently the only solution for keeping original photo quality is to pay a subscription??!!! Is it even legal to claim they give you 15GB of storage that only goes up, but never goes down??

  • @Wayman_Simmang
    @Wayman_Simmang 2 года назад

    Thanks for the Backup info!

  • @CP-mj8wd
    @CP-mj8wd Год назад

    Thankyou great easy to understand video my photos and Google Drive are what I'm after not just to add more space to Google storage .but to delete files from my phone. Hopefully it will all work as intended.
    I definitely won't delete anything till I verify the photos and files are accessible.

  • @238vye
    @238vye Год назад

    dear steve dotto , just great !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @thisispw
    @thisispw Год назад

    Great advice sir thank you.

  • @alexandergault757
    @alexandergault757 Год назад

    What a job !!! , thank you sir very useful information to know

  • @paulmcdowall6660
    @paulmcdowall6660 2 года назад +1

    great video, thanks for sharing this really useful info.

  • @melindacochran5193
    @melindacochran5193 Год назад

    Thank you so much great information!!!

  • @satyanarayanachopakatla1522
    @satyanarayanachopakatla1522 Год назад

    excellent u r eloquent - thanks for it

  • @milanstengl6476
    @milanstengl6476 9 месяцев назад +1

    My concern with downloading images from Google Photos down to my HD is that image creation date might change ?
    I downloaded a few and it seems the process changed the creation date.
    Any comments or suggestions ?
    What am I doing wrong ?
    Thanks all

  • @ahsankarim111
    @ahsankarim111 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing

  • @skverskk
    @skverskk 2 года назад +4

    Good content, useful information.

  • @rigomortisfxstudios
    @rigomortisfxstudios 2 года назад +1

    the best thing is buy a big hard drive and save your photos and you need to keep buying hard drives of one fails you will all ways have your photos
    but online your photos a friend of mine said he saw his family photos and other familys if you type in family photos in your area they show up and even if your not login or now
    not a good idea online

  • @2B-Steele
    @2B-Steele Год назад

    Thank you so…. much this was so helpful

  • @franciscrasto
    @franciscrasto Год назад

    Thank 'you very much, explained well, all mail deleted.......

  • @kinderwithmsmaninder
    @kinderwithmsmaninder Год назад

    Amazing information! So helpful !

  • @shounackmandal7253
    @shounackmandal7253 2 года назад

    Awesome content on this topic...

  • @DilnuwanAmaraweera
    @DilnuwanAmaraweera 2 года назад +2

    Thank you, Steve...!!

  • @alexmckenzie8491
    @alexmckenzie8491 Месяц назад

    Thanks

  • @erasmianovotny9352
    @erasmianovotny9352 Год назад

    when you download emails, will it include the attachments from those emails and can you access them from the computer the emails are downloaded in?

  • @moonlightpaw5868
    @moonlightpaw5868 2 года назад

    Thank you

  • @tyh.p.2798
    @tyh.p.2798 Год назад

    Sir, THANK YOU😊

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt 2 года назад +2

    Me: “I should check my Google Drive storage.”
    Google Drive: “Unlimited.”
    Gotta love Google Business… or G-Suite… or whatever the new name Google calls it as of today.

    • @marinaking2431
      @marinaking2431 2 года назад

      G suite is really nice because you get 30 GB of free storage per email address. Now they call it Google Workspace.

  • @Kumar-rq9ro
    @Kumar-rq9ro Год назад

    Thank you so much.

  • @vedprakash-zz6hb
    @vedprakash-zz6hb 2 года назад +2

    Very informative video ❤️❤️🥳🎉

  • @cherylreynolds8148
    @cherylreynolds8148 2 года назад

    Thank you, helpful!

  • @susieq72
    @susieq72 Год назад

    Hi there, I liked your video but what happens after you receive download link in your email for the takeout. I have received my email and downloaded all the takeout info onto my comp but my Google Storage has not increased. Are we supposed now go into Google Photos and DELETE all the photos??

  • @CharlesLing
    @CharlesLing 11 месяцев назад

    Useful tips 14:48 🎉

  • @vedranart
    @vedranart 2 года назад +1

    I've noticed that when you're on Google Photos and you try to delete more then 500 photos at once, web app in browser just does nothing at that point. And on a phone, sometimes it does delete them, sometime it doesn't. Weird stuff.

  • @attilahun6530
    @attilahun6530 Год назад

    Thank you!!!

  • @joodydanch6505
    @joodydanch6505 2 года назад

    thank you my friend

  • @oscardagrouch3622
    @oscardagrouch3622 Месяц назад

    Awesome yup thanks a millions

  • @StevenDwightman
    @StevenDwightman 4 месяца назад

    Steve. In Google storage you said third party files do not count as storage. I have two Gmail accounts with 15G/6TB space. Why not pull all my files to the 6TB account and share these files with the 15G account without penalty?

  • @janetsydoruk4723
    @janetsydoruk4723 2 года назад

    I’m being asked to pay for google one snd google play. I have an iPhone 10SX. Do I need to pay for both. Thanks.

  • @paulacole9578
    @paulacole9578 2 года назад

    I had a problem with using Takeout for backing up my mail. It downloaded, but I need another application to open the file. Did I miss something? (Saving the photos to an external drive worked very well.)

  • @mulatiechekol4513
    @mulatiechekol4513 2 года назад

    best information!

  • @butrrat
    @butrrat 2 года назад +1

    what’s the best way to transfer 2TB of photos and videos from gg drive to gg photos?

  • @TejasBhide83
    @TejasBhide83 2 года назад

    Sir , I have a habit of login out of my Gmail account after I have checked my emails on my laptop . The flip side of that is that if I have to login to Google drive I have to login again .my simple question to you is that is it safe to just close the window when I am operating Gmail ,without login out

  • @philipperostin
    @philipperostin 2 года назад +1

    Also we should have an option to trash the files after take out. We still have to do the extra step.

  • @mrsleannejh
    @mrsleannejh Год назад

    The initial page that shows storage wont show up? Just like personal info and settings?

  • @elizabethbell379
    @elizabethbell379 2 года назад +1

    If you're getting the storage message in your email, but you instead move photos out of Google photos, will that eliminate the "running out of storage" message?

  • @thomasblackwell9507
    @thomasblackwell9507 2 года назад +1

    A fatal swoop is a reference to when a hawk or eagle dives down on their prey.

  • @labe5154
    @labe5154 2 года назад

    Hello, I have a question and I will be very happy if you give me an answer, the people who sent me an email when my memory was full, I did not receive their email because there was no memory. But now when I've bought a memory, will I get those emails or do they have to send them again?

  • @hassanmaje5849
    @hassanmaje5849 Год назад

    Are HDD immortal? I have lot of stuff in Google Drive and although storage is not an issue because I pay for it, there is lot of data that just doesn't need to be in there. If external HDD can safely and perpetually store the files and folders I can get them out of Google Drive and in the process save up some space for future.

  • @Gibbo10
    @Gibbo10 Год назад

    If i plug google phone into my PC and cut and paste photos from my phone onto PC to free up space on phone will these also be removed from Google Photos to free up some space of 15GB allowance? 🤔

  • @Maloma12
    @Maloma12 2 года назад +1

    ~9:56 Ah.. .Shakespeare: "fell swoop": The phrase has been attributed to Shakespeare's use of the image of a hawk swooping to murder Macduff's family (Macbeth 4:3). In that instance, it meant collectively, quickly and cruelly. Modern use of the phrase seems to have removed the "cruelty" element. 😉 M

    • @stephenhedge2489
      @stephenhedge2489 2 года назад +1

      In the UK we pronounce it "foul swoop". (Maybe it is actually "fowl swoop"...?

    • @Maloma12
      @Maloma12 2 года назад +1

      @@stephenhedge2489 Funny you'd mention that! In Canada, we kind of say "fal" as in the name "Val"...maybe we don't know where it comes from, so we just say it fast and hope no one notices that we're not sure whether or not is "fowl", "fall", "foul", "fell" or, well, the list goes on! 😁 I've looked it up, now, and another source also quotes Shakespeare's lines from Mcduff and goes on to say that the "fell" part comes from the idea of a "wicked felon"... I asked my 92-year-old Mum and she says "they" always pronounced it "fowl swoop", "like a bird swooping to get its prey"...she's right on point with William. M

    • @dottotech
      @dottotech  2 года назад

      Awesome! There are so many things I say that I have no idea about!

    • @Maloma12
      @Maloma12 2 года назад

      @@dottotech And so much that you say that you know just about everything about! I always love seeing where our every-day idioms originally came from. Thanks, Steve; another awesome job! M

  • @SUNSHINE-xk3ym
    @SUNSHINE-xk3ym 2 месяца назад

    IF I delete photos from my lap top,Will effect my you tube Videos?

  • @wbev_thai1666
    @wbev_thai1666 2 года назад +1

    What is different from Google drive and Google 1

  • @philipperostin
    @philipperostin 2 года назад +2

    If only google would make it easyer to select many photos at once like a list view of files ! Its a pain to selecf them all when you have thousands of them.