How to Move Your Google Photos

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  • google-photos-exif

    A tool to populate missing `DateTimeOriginal` EXIF metadata in Google Photos takeout, using Google's JSON metadata.

  • This guide tells you to delete the JSON file that are crucial for both geotag info and in general EXIF.

    I don’t recall the script I used last time, but GitHub is pretty full of good Samaritans, eg: https://github.com/mattwilson1024/google-photos-exif

  • GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper

    Script that organizes the Google Takeout archive into one big chronological folder

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  • immich

    High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

  • I wrote a guide here: https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/1340

  • integration_google

    πŸ‡¬ Google integration into Nextcloud

  • I have not used it myself, but Nextcloud does have a Google importer tool that includes Photos import - https://nextcloud.com/blog/easy-migration-to-nextcloud-from-.... It looks like the tool is basically in maintenance mode currently which should mean it works reasonably well - https://github.com/nextcloud/integration_google.

  • google-photos-takeout-date-fixer

    A tool to populate missing `DateTimeOriginal` EXIF metadata in Google Photos takeout, using Google's JSON metadata.

  • Don't forget to fix the dates: https://github.com/laurentlbm/google-photos-takeout-date-fix...

  • Don't forget to fix the dates: https://github.com/laurentlbm/google-photos-takeout-date-fix...

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