Google Photos?
This is the Google Photos app provided by Google.
Until a few years ago, it provided an unlimited upload function by slightly sacrificing the quality of the photos, but the free function was discontinued from June 1, 2021.
Previously uploaded photos will not be affected, but you will need to export them when moving to another service.
Export Google Photos
- Export Location
Click the gear in Google Photos, and in the Data Export category, click the Backup button under the Data Archive File Backup item.
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Export Settings There is no need to change anything with the default settings.
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Export File Format and Capacity Setting
Choose the capacity according to your computer situation.
Less than 2GB can be used on old PCs, and usually 4GB or more is selected.
- Export Complete
Try exporting and wait depending on the capacity, but you will receive an email saying it is complete.
I think it took about 2 hours for 60GB.
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Export Folder Structure The photos and metadata json are included together in folders separated by tags or region names.
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json? This is metadata separated from the photo images.
Review
It is inconvenient for users to have metadata come out separately as json. Next, I will explain the tool that merges this json with the photo.