Users who have previously backed up their Google Photos to their QNAP NAS using MARS can rest assured that their existing backup data will remain intact and accessible. However, new backups from Google Photos to QNAP NAS will no longer function.
Taipei, Taiwan, April 1, 2025 – QNAP Systems, Inc. (QNAP) announces that due to recent changes to Google’s Google Photos API, effective March 31, 2025, the MARS (Multi-Application Recovery Service) application will no longer be able to back up Google Photos to QNAP NAS. To align with these changes, QNAP will release an updated version of MARS (v1.2.0), which will remove the Google Photos backup feature.
Users who have previously backed up their Google Photos to their QNAP NAS using MARS can rest assured that their existing backup data will remain intact and accessible. However, new backups from Google Photos to QNAP NAS will no longer function.
As an alternative, users are encouraged to follow this tutorial to continue backing up their Google Photos to QNAP NAS using Google Takeout.
We understand that this may impact some of our users who rely on MARS for Google Photos backup, and we sincerely appreciate your support and understanding. QNAP remains committed to providing robust and efficient backup solutions to protect your important data.
If you have any questions, please contact QNAP Customer Service .
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QNAP (Quality Network Appliance Provider) is devoted to providing comprehensive solutions in software development, hardware design and in-house manufacturing. Focusing on storage, networking and smart video innovations, QNAP now introduce a revolutionary Cloud NAS solution that joins our cutting-edge subscription-based software and diversified service channel ecosystem. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than simple storage and has created a cloud-based networking infrastructure for users to host and develop artificial intelligence analysis, edge computing and data integration on their QNAP solutions.
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