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It is crazy to see how difficult google makes it for anyone to download their own pictures from google photos. Rclone used to allow you to download them, but no

by kwanbix 8mo ago

It is crazy to see how difficult google makes it for anyone to download their own pictures from google photos. Rclone used to allow you to download them, but not anymore. Only the ones uploaded by Rclone are available to download. I wish someone forced all cloud providers to allow you to download your own data. And no, google takout doesn't count. It is horrible to use.

buu709 8mo ago
Not just bad to use, but doesn't fully work. I've been trying to get my photos off Google Photos to backup elsewhere, but takeout misses something like 20%-30% of them.
- kwanbix 8mo ago
  yes, that is what I meant. Once I tried to download 600GB of photos, and it crashed.
  - o175 8mo ago
    Guess I found a solution You have to export them to the drive first and then rclone where you need. Here's the full guide https://metadatafixer.com/learn/how-to-download-google-takeout-reliably https://metadatafixer.com/learn/how-to-download-google-takeo...
    - kwanbix 8mo ago
      Nice!
- MisterTea 8mo ago
  How did you verify that takeout shorted you on 20-30% which is a huge number? This worries me as I've done some takeouts but never fully poked through them.
  - buu709 8mo ago
    Honestly? It's an estimate based on spot checking a half dozen smaller albums where I could tell what was missing.