TABLE OF CONTENTS

Adding a Google Photos Account to the Media Library:
Adding Photos to the Media Library:
Using the Media Library:
Frequently Asked Questions:
Helpful Articles:

DAKboard has a way you can continue to View Photos from your Google Photo account by adding them to the Media Library, available on all Paid Subscription plans. This article will explain how to download your Google Photos.

Adding a Google Photos Account to the Media Library:

To add your Google Photos to your Media Library, log in to your account and click on the Media Library Tab located in the Manage section on the left side of your account page. See below:

This will open your Media Library. At the top of this page, you will see the Import Google Photos button, as seen below:

This will open the Google Authentication Modal. Click on the Connect To Google Photos button to start the authentication process:

This will take you to the Google account selection page:

You'll be prompted to confirm your choice by clicking Continue:

Make sure you select all the required permissions and click Continue to approve the access:

Simply close the authorization tab, and you're ready to start configuring your photo display:

Adding Photos to the Media Library:

Once you have authenticated your account. Return to the Media Library and click the Import Google Photos button again. This will open the Import Google Photos modal as well as open your Photo Picker Page in Google Photos. See below:

Import Google Photo modal:

Google Photo Picker page:

From the Photo Picker page, you can search for the photos you wish to add by their File or Album name or place a Check in the Circle found in the upper left corner of each photo you want to download. See below:

Once you have completed your selection, click the Done button in the upper right corner to start your Download, and then you can close your Photo Picker Tab. Return to the page your Media Library is open on, and the images will be loaded into the library. See below:

Using the Media Library:

The Media Library has been around for a while with DAKboard Plus Subscriptions. It is now also available on the Essential Paid plan. The Media Library is only available with your Custom Screens and cannot be added to the Predefined Screen. To learn how to use this tool, see our article How to use the Media Library Photo Block.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Below are the most Frequently Asked Questions about the new Google Photo Integrations:

Why is this Change Being Made?

Google no longer allows apps to connect with and display content from albums. Google's new integration system is called Photo Picker. With the Photo Picker, you select and download images you wish to view rather than view them continuously through an integration. Google has stated that this update was done to improve security.

Why is this only Available with the Paid Subscriptions?

With the new Google Photo Picker design, DAKboard Media Library will now download and store your images on the DAKboard Cloud, so you can continue to use Google Photos. Due to hosting and storage costs, this was limited to Paid Subscriptions only.

Why is Nothing Happening When I Click the Import Google Photos Button?

We generally find this occurs due to a pop-up blocker or an add-on in the browser preventing this functionality from working as intended. This can also happen when Security Suites have Ads or Pop-up blockers enabled. Try disabling your Ad or Pop-up blockers, or logging into your DAKboard account from an Incognito Browser.

Why am I getting "Error 403: Problem occurred attempting to get a Google Photos Picking Session." Message?

This can happen for a couple of reasons. First, if you have an Ad blocker, Pop-up blocker, or redirect blocker on your browser, it could be preventing access to this service. Make sure you disable these before proceeding to the Photo Picker Page.

Second, this could be caused if you failed to set the permissions properly when prompted to do so while authenticating your account. To correct this, use our article Remove or Reauthorize External Apps to remove your authentication, then start the process of setting up the authentication from the beginning of this article. Make sure you have a check next to every option presented to you on the authentication page, as seen below:

Why can't I add the Media Library to my Predefined Screen?

The Media Library block is only available for Paid Subscriptions and can only be added to Custom Screens. Since the Predefined Screen is limited to only what you can use with the Free Subscription plan, this option is not available on it.

How large is the Media Library?

For the Essential Plan, you have a 200 MB Media Library. For the Plus Plan, you have a 500 MB Media Library.

Why is the Storage Size Smaller than Google?

We do not compete with Cloud Photo storage provider pricing as that is not the primary service we offer. If you have a large library, you may find competitive prices for your use case with the integration providers we integrate with such as Dropbox, Apple, OneDrive, etc. However, we have opened the following discussion to see if customers would like us to create a method to purchase more Library space for their plans.

Pay for Additional Media Library Space

You can join our GitHub community for free and let us know if this is something you would like to see.