I have 70k images in 2k directories on my Ubuntu PC.
I want to upload them to google photo to the unlimited store (called "high quality" with reduced size).
This solution looks too complicated to me.
Is there no simple way to get this done?
My images are stored in this structure:
Images/YYYY/MM/DD-a
Images/YYYY/MM/DD-b
Example:
Images/2001/01/01-a-new-year-fireworks
Images/2001/01/01-b-skiing-with-friends
...
Images/2015/09/30
PS: I know how to upload all files of a directory by hand (using the web GUI of google photos). But this does not work recursively. This means uploading by hand is not a solution for 70k photos.
PS2: I don't want to lose my directories. Putting all images of one day into on album would mean a massive loss of information for me. Look at the above example. There are two folders for the first of January. Both contain unrelated images.
Best Answer
The answer to this question seems very trivial. All you have to do is open your file explorer (Nautilus) and photos.google.com and then drag the entire directory structure to the web page as given in the screen shot!
Just drag and drop the "Images" folder. It is not a problem if the folder contains other files. Google will detect and upload only photos and videos. At the end of the upload, it will show a list of files which were not uploaded.