How to download Google Takeout zips?

paequ2@lemmy.today

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?

gedaliyah

Well, you won’t like it. If you have very fast internet and a managed downloader, then you may be able to get all of the files. Google seems to throttle the speeds to make large takeouts almost impossible to download in the limited time allowed.

For this size of download, your best option is to get a subscription to a compatible service (Dropbox, etc.) To transfer the files, which will happen much more quickly than downloading yourself. Then download the files from that service at your leisure, and then cancel the service.

It’s pretty backwards, but it’s really the best option for large takeouts (over 5 gigs or so).

gedaliyah

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.

Lucy :3

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.

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz

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.

Matt The Horwood

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

walden

Ah, maybe the max was 20GB for zip. I’d just do the max available for zip.

TrumpetX

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-go

Enjoy immich!! Great self hosting project.

user@startrek.website

Negative, full-res photos with EXIF is not possible to access with rclone (due to Photos API limitations).

Matt The Horwood

Welp, thanks Google.

Flamekebab

Unless they’ve changed it in the last month then it’s 50 GB for zip.

Sidyctism II.

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