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What's the best method to download your Google photos? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world to c/degoogle

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I’m having issues with Google takeout, it messes up the file names and thus the order of the photos.

Any tips?

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[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've read about this and I'm not in a position to research it rn, but this is a "feature" of takeout. There are scripts which will fix this and I BELIEVE immich can handle this format natively.

[–] sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ll check it out, thank you 🙏

[–] taxon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This worked pretty well for me, although constructing the cli command took a little elbow grease. This video and an LLM proved to be very helpful.

Here's the commands I ended up using:

Testing Upload Process

Before performing the actual upload, test the process with this command:

immich-go.exe -server http://[server.ip:port} -key [put your apikey here w/o brackets} upload -dry-run -google-photos takout-*.zip

Actual Upload

Once testing is successful, perform the full upload:

immich-go.exe -server http://[server.ip:port} -key [put your apikey here w/o brackets} upload -google-photos takout-*.zip

Remove Duplicates

If you've previously uploaded photos before syncing your phone, remove duplicates with:

immich-go.exe -server http://[server.ip:port} -key [apikey} duplicate -yes

[–] kabi@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

The names should remain as they were uploaded, I'm pretty sure. Regardless, the metadata should contain the date taken, by which they can be ordered.