GoPro MAX

GoPro MAX User Manual Transferring Your Media

GoPro MAX

CREATING VIDEO STORIES

You can set up your GoPro to automatically send videos and photos to your phone. The GoPro app will use them to create fully edited video stories complete with music and effects.

  1. Connect your camera to the GoPro app. For details, see Connecting to the GoPro App.

  2. Swipe down on the app’s home screen. Shots from your most recent session will be copied to your phone and transformed into a fully edited video.

  3. Tap your video to view it.

  4. Make any edits you’d like.

  5. Save the story or share it with your friends, family, and followers.

Finding the Best Shots

Be sure to mark your best shots with HiLight Tags. The GoPro app looks for tags when it creates videos. This helps ensure that favorite moments are included in your stories.

To learn more, see Adding HiLight Tags.

TRANSFERRING YOUR MEDIA TO A COMPUTER

  1. Be sure that your computer is running the latest version of its operating system.

  2. Download and install the GoPro Player for Mac® or Windows® from gopro.com/apps.

  3. Remove the SD card from your camera.

  4. Insert the card into an SD card reader or adapter.

  5. Plug the card reader into your computer’s USB port or insert the adapter into the SD card slot.

  6. Open the files on the SD card. GoPro Player will automatically open and play .360 files.4

Heads Up: Your computer’s default importer will open and play .mp4 and .jpg files.

AUTO UPLOADING TO THE CLOUD

With a GoPro subscription, you can automatically upload your media to the cloud where you can view, edit, and share it from any device.

  1. Subscribe to GoPro at gopro.com/subscribe or through the GoPro app.

  2. Connect your camera to the the GoPro app. For details, see Connecting to the GoPro App.

  3. Tap on the camera chooser screen.

  4. Connect your camera to a power outlet. The upload will start automatically.

After first-time setup, your camera won’t need to connect to the app to start Auto Upload.

Heads Up: Your original files remain on your camera even after they’ve been backed up to the cloud.

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PRO TIP: Use the GoPro app to connect to a different wireless network when you’re away from home. The network can’t be hidden or require an end-user license agreement (for example, a network in a hotel).

SWITCHING TO MANUAL CLOUD UPLOAD

You can also manually upload your media to the cloud at any time. (Your GoPro must be connected to a power outlet, and Auto Upload must be off.)

  1. Connect your camera to a power outlet.

  2. Swipe down to access the Dashboard.

  3. Tap Preferences > GoPro Subscription > Manual Upload.

ACCESSING YOUR CLOUD MEDIA

  1. Open the GoPro app on your device.

  2. Tap and select Cloud to view, edit, and share your content.

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PRO TIP: Use your cloud media to create video stories with the GoPro app. Simply choose Cloud Media when you start a new story.

TURNING OFF AUTO UPLOAD

You can keep your camera from trying to upload every time it’s connected to a power outlet.

  1. Swipe down to access the Dashboard.

  2. Tap Preferences > GoPro Subscription > Auto Upload.

  3. Tap Off.

CHANGING YOUR GOPRO SUBSCRIPTION PREFERENCES

Manage your Auto Upload settings, set up your wireless network, and more.

  1. Swipe down to access the Dashboard.

  2. Tap Preferences > GoPro Subscription.

Heads Up: GoPro Subscription will be available in your Preferences after you’ve signed up.

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