There are afew projects on github that let you configure an API key for google access and pull your photos, without using takeout. https://github.com/dtylman/gi

There are afew projects on github that let you configure an API key for google access and pull your photos, without using takeout. https://github.com/dtylman/gitmoo-goog https://github.com/dtylman/gitmoo-goog https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync I run one on my wife's account with a cron job to grab new photos daily.