Of course, for users like myself, the options offered in Google Photos aren’t enough to pull me away from my regular editing tools (such as The GIMP). Within the actual Google Photos site, you can do all of that, plus use the Assistant, create albums, and do minor edits to images such as rotate, add filters, and crop. From within Google Drive, you can view, download, delete, share, tag, and rename your photos, and not much else. The access you gain to Google Photos from within Google Drive does not nearly give you the same power offered within. Now, before you do this, I want to point out something. With this back into place, you won’t have to constantly be heading over to to work with images on your Google cloud. If that quick access to Google Photos was something you used daily, as did I, you’re probably wishing to get it back.įret not, intrepid Google Drive users, getting that quick access to Google Photos is possible. For those that consider themselves power users, it could add an extra step into your workflow. Recently, Google removed the quick access button to Google Photos from Drive. If you've noticed the Google Photos link missing from Drive, Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to get it back. How to re-enable quick access to Google Photos in Google Drive

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