How to download Google Takeout zips?
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So I started the Google Takeout process because I want to move my photos from Google Photos to Immich.
Google emailed me saying the archives are ready… uh… I have to download 81 zip files, each 2GB big…
Is there an easy way to download all of these files? Or do I have to click “download” 81 times and hope the downloads don’t get interrupted?
Also, you will need to do some preprocessing of your files before importing to immich. Something like this to fix the metadata. I can’t remember which one I used, because there are a few out there.
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select 50GB chunks
That wasn’t an option for zip files.
Looks like for tarballs, I can select 50GB chunks. However, immich-go’s best practices say to pick zip.
Choose the ZIP format when creating your takeout for easier import.
https://github.com/simulot/immich-go?tab=readme-ov-file#google-photos-best-practices
What difference does it make to immich-go if I pick zip vs tar?
For .tgz files (compressed tar archives), you’ll need to decompress all the files into a single folder before importing. Then use the command immich-go upload from-google-photos /path/to/your/files.
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So I started the Google Takeout process because I want to move my photos from Google Photos to Immich.
Google emailed me saying the archives are ready… uh… I have to download 81 zip files, each 2GB big…
Is there an easy way to download all of these files? Or do I have to click “download” 81 times and hope the downloads don’t get interrupted?
The asinine route I took was to authorise Google to deliver the file(s) to my OneDrive and then use one drive sync to download them.
There are benefits, the files are ‘backed up’ on another cloud; the process it entirely independent of you having a browser session.
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So I started the Google Takeout process because I want to move my photos from Google Photos to Immich.
Google emailed me saying the archives are ready… uh… I have to download 81 zip files, each 2GB big…
Is there an easy way to download all of these files? Or do I have to click “download” 81 times and hope the downloads don’t get interrupted?
Have you looked at rclone?
You can plug rclone into your Google drive and then use copy to download all your photos into immich, the setup is also very easy
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select 50GB chunks
That wasn’t an option for zip files.
Looks like for tarballs, I can select 50GB chunks. However, immich-go’s best practices say to pick zip.
Choose the ZIP format when creating your takeout for easier import.
https://github.com/simulot/immich-go?tab=readme-ov-file#google-photos-best-practices
What difference does it make to immich-go if I pick zip vs tar?
Ah, maybe the max was 20GB for zip. I’d just do the max available for zip.
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So I started the Google Takeout process because I want to move my photos from Google Photos to Immich.
Google emailed me saying the archives are ready… uh… I have to download 81 zip files, each 2GB big…
Is there an easy way to download all of these files? Or do I have to click “download” 81 times and hope the downloads don’t get interrupted?
I just clicked download on 3 at a time until I was done. Could it be automated? Sure. But clicking 3 at a time is way faster than figuring it out.
I HIGHLY recommend immich-go if you haven’t found it yet:
https://github.com/simulot/immich-goEnjoy immich!! Great self hosting project.
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Have you looked at rclone?
You can plug rclone into your Google drive and then use copy to download all your photos into immich, the setup is also very easy
Negative, full-res photos with EXIF is not possible to access with rclone (due to Photos API limitations).
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Negative, full-res photos with EXIF is not possible to access with rclone (due to Photos API limitations).
Welp, thanks Google.
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Unless they’ve changed it in the last month then it’s 50 GB for zip.
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So I started the Google Takeout process because I want to move my photos from Google Photos to Immich.
Google emailed me saying the archives are ready… uh… I have to download 81 zip files, each 2GB big…
Is there an easy way to download all of these files? Or do I have to click “download” 81 times and hope the downloads don’t get interrupted?
I recently went through the same process. Luckily only 6 zip files, and all but one (the one with my emails) were pretty much empty.
What really pissed me off: because i didnt log in with my current device to google yet, after i let google create the takeout it came to me like “ehh i dont know this phone yet, better wait a week to download”
A week later: “ohh seems like we only store takeouts for a week, guess you gotta do it again :(”
Rinse, repeat, and after 3 weeks, i could finally get the only thing i cared about anyway: my mails
