

The basic building block is the individual photo. Google Photos has a different philosophy. You could not upload a photo unless you knew what album you wanted it to go to. In Picasa Web Albums the building block of the system is the album. My Public Web Albums as seen in Picasa Web Albums Sorting by Album name is one of those features of Picasa Web Albums that have not yet made it to Google Photos. Once you’re seeing the albums, you can scroll thru them, they’re in date order, or you can use the search box to look for them. Just click on the button for Albums to see the same albums that you saw in Picasa Web Albums.Īlthough it may be unfamiliar at first, once you embrace Google Photos, I think you will love the new things you can do with your pictures. If you just visit and log in with the same Google account you used for Picasa Web Albums, you will see all your pictures, but they will be in one big stream by date with the most recent on top. There is nothing you need to do, your pictures can be seen at But know that all your pictures are still there. Those of us who have been using it all these years hate to see it go.

Picasa Web Albums has been around since 2006 – that’s 10 years! An eternity in computer time.
#ADDING FACES FROM PICASA 3.9 TO CONTACTS SOFTWARE#
Also, please realize this article is about the website Picasa Web Albums – the desktop software – Picasa – was retired on March 15. That doesn’t mean they’ve changed their minds – it’s just taking a bit longer than expected. (May 3 note : the May 1 date has come and gone and Picasa Web Albums is still accessible.
