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> You can only download 500 photos in one go Uhh, no? https://takeout.google.com/ https://takeout.google.com/ allows you to download your entire library at onc

by mbo 4y ago

> You can only download 500 photos in one go Uhh, no? https://takeout.google.com/ https://takeout.google.com/ allows you to download your entire library at once. There's even a transfer wizard where you can export your photos to an external service like Apple Photos! https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/9666875?hl=en https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/9666875?hl=en

cuu508 4y ago
If you have lots of photos, Takeout can take days to prepare the archives. It splits archives in multiple fixed-size files, each has to be downloaded separately. The downloads sometimes get stuck in the middle. It is better than downloading 500 at a time, but still a pain.
- radicality 4y ago
  If you are offboarding fully off from Google photos then I imagine waiting few days is fine. I actually never had a problem with Google takeout: - You can schedule an automatic Takeout to happen every 2 months, I do this. - The “multiple files” I never found to be an issue. I select the 50GB option, and get back ~8 50GB - Personally, I never had a single issue with file download. Downloading the eight 50GB tar files always succeeded and fully saturates my 1Gbs connection. Btw, during my last takeout download I opened up nettop to look at traffic, and realised the downloads are happening over UDP. Researched a little bit and I think that’s related to QUIC protocol? Was new to me. If you used a different browser, perhaps try downloading the Takeouts from Chrome next time since it will use QUIC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC
- pkulak 4y ago
  If you use tar.gz the split is at 50 gigs. That seems perfectly reasonable to me.
- rvieira 4y ago
  I try to backup my Google Photos to somewhere else every couple of years. It is a huge pain since (as far as I'm aware) it allows you to do "takeout" but with folder granularity. If you don't have them neatly organised, you'll either have to download the whole thing again or risk missing lots of data. It should have a "New photos since date X" option. This smells of a dark pattern to discourage migration to other services.
  - Thorrez 4y ago
    "New photos since date X" doesn't sound useful to me for migrating to other services. It sounds useful for backups while remaining on Google Photos. Disclosure: I work at Google, but not on Photos.
    - cuu508 4y ago
      What's the recommended way to back up photos from Google Photos?
      - Thorrez 4y ago
        I don't work on Google Photos and don't use it much, so I don't know.
rldjbpin 4y ago
if you want to rely on takeout, you better not have uploaded youtube videos with the same account. even tho you get a lower quality than what you uploaded, takeout will contain those as well, and trust me it balloons the overall download.

by mbo 4y ago

cuu508 4y ago

If you have lots of photos, Takeout can take days to prepare the archives. It splits archives in multiple fixed-size files, each has to be downloaded separately. The downloads sometimes get stuck in the middle. It is better than downloading 500 at a time, but still a pain.

radicality 4y ago
If you are offboarding fully off from Google photos then I imagine waiting few days is fine. I actually never had a problem with Google takeout: - You can schedule an automatic Takeout to happen every 2 months, I do this. - The “multiple files” I never found to be an issue. I select the 50GB option, and get back ~8 50GB - Personally, I never had a single issue with file download. Downloading the eight 50GB tar files always succeeded and fully saturates my 1Gbs connection. Btw, during my last takeout download I opened up nettop to look at traffic, and realised the downloads are happening over UDP. Researched a little bit and I think that’s related to QUIC protocol? Was new to me. If you used a different browser, perhaps try downloading the Takeouts from Chrome next time since it will use QUIC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC
pkulak 4y ago
If you use tar.gz the split is at 50 gigs. That seems perfectly reasonable to me.
rvieira 4y ago
I try to backup my Google Photos to somewhere else every couple of years. It is a huge pain since (as far as I'm aware) it allows you to do "takeout" but with folder granularity. If you don't have them neatly organised, you'll either have to download the whole thing again or risk missing lots of data. It should have a "New photos since date X" option. This smells of a dark pattern to discourage migration to other services.
- Thorrez 4y ago
  "New photos since date X" doesn't sound useful to me for migrating to other services. It sounds useful for backups while remaining on Google Photos. Disclosure: I work at Google, but not on Photos.
  - cuu508 4y ago
    What's the recommended way to back up photos from Google Photos?
    - Thorrez 4y ago
      I don't work on Google Photos and don't use it much, so I don't know.

rldjbpin 4y ago

if you want to rely on takeout, you better not have uploaded youtube videos with the same account. even tho you get a lower quality than what you uploaded, takeout will contain those as well, and trust me it balloons the overall download.