Synchronise full resolution Windows Phone photos with SkyDrive through Zune

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Uploading photos from your Windows Telephone to SkyDrive can be a pain, especially since total resolution photos are resized when sent to the cloud. This is presumably due to Microsoft taking measures to optimise transfer for those on tight data plans who may not be continued to a WiFi network. While perfectly understandable, it would make sense to take this option in the Windows Phone settings for the user to configure how they'd similar their photos uploaded to their SkyDrive account.

For at present in that location's a workaround of sorts. Unfortunately a Windows PC is required with Zune installed, sporting an agile Net connection, and of course the native SkyDrive client for Windows. Luckily, Microsoft has developed sturdy software enabling Windows users to access and synchronise their SkyDrive storage locally with a smart folder fix on their automobile. This is what we'll be using through Zune to automatically upload photos from the Windows Telephone to the cloud.

Matt Stein got in touch with us and we were alerted to a elementary feature of Zune, which would permit usa to automatically save our photos from the device to a designated SkyDrive folder. Instead of allowing Zune to relieve imported photos to default library locations (User/Pictures) we were able to configure the software suite to employ our local SkyDrive smart folder and select the destination. When the Windows Phone is plugged in and new photos are detected, Zune will automatically import them to the SkyDrive folder at total resolution, where Microsoft's cloud service would then take care of the rest.

Step 1 - Launch Zune and head on over to the settings. Scroll downwardly and select "Pictures & Videos" from the navigation list and we'll now have some options to configure. Before we continue, you can alter the 'image quality' to original should y'all so desire. We're hither to modify the location where Zune saves imported photos from continued devices. Hit "manage" and a pop-up window volition appear.

SkyDrive Images Tip 1

Step two - You'll now be able to meet the window below where we can change the location to our designated SkyDrive folder. Should y'all exist seeing this window for the first time, you lot may have multiple default options already present. Be sure to cull between (or remove should they not be required) to reach the desired issue. By the end we'll want to have our pictures library location to be defaulted to our SkyDrive folder.

SkyDrive Images Tip 1

At present plugging in your Windows Phone will run across Zune import photos from the device to your SkyDrive folder, which will so be synchronised with the cloud. Visiting the account on the web (or on some other device) will show full quality photos captured and uploaded from your Windows Phone. All that's required is a quick sync every at present and then (or whenever is required to extract media).

Let us know if you take attempted to configure Zune this way and whether yous were able to accomplish the same result. Be sure to check out other tips and tricks for SkyDrive on your Windows Telephone.

Thankls, @mattjstein, for the tip!