Fantastic info - OMG I'm glad I did a search before a threw myself at Google Takeout. One question though. You say that the maximum number in a single album is 500. I have albums, and can create albums, with many more. I did a search and it seems like the max is 20.000 ... changed from 10.000 in 2018.
@johnbod
2 жыл бұрын
@@marblejarchannel I just tested it right now and I'm also able to download more than 500 images. I've setup my albums just like your quarterly system from the video, and because of vacations some have been well over 800 but have downloaded with no issue.
@marblejarchannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnbod This is great info. I'll try to figure out how to pin your comment. Thanks!
@vestel777
Жыл бұрын
I currently have between 88,000-97,000 photos in My Google Photos starting way back in 2004. I’m just wondering why Google won’t allow an option to just drag and drop EVERY photo onto a USB Flash Drive and or External Hard Drive.
@Vincent-jq7bq
Жыл бұрын
Because they don't want you to be able to leave their ecosystem that easily. They want your money ;)
@lucianosalerno4753
3 күн бұрын
Yes, you can CREATE albums that hold thousands of photos/videos but what she said in this video is that Google only allows to DOWNLOAD folders with max 500 files. I'm not sure if I understood you correctly.
@LuisferRomeroCalero
2 жыл бұрын
6 minutes of video of straightforward, eloquent, concise explanation that are going to save me countless hours of tidying up photos. I love the Internet.
@MrMaltavius
2 жыл бұрын
But it just isn't... just use Takeout, you'll get all your photos and also sorted in their albums.
@johnbod
2 жыл бұрын
Even better, it looks like the photo download limit has been lifted. I've downloaded albums of well over 800 photos recently.
@BryKayne
4 жыл бұрын
I literally spent hours and days doing the Takeout method, what garbage! Excellent recap here, will definitely be using this method. THANK YOU FOR SHARING
@davidshropshire793
10 ай бұрын
What a blessing you are for recording what you learned the hard way!!! Your tutorial is an excellent example of how everyone should do a tutorial. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
@mandi5417
Жыл бұрын
I am 64, I am so immensely grateful to you for this, as I have been wrestling with this for almost 2 years, one photo at a time off and on. This is Clear, Concise, and it Works, YaY! Thank you!!!
@DarrylHyltonSr
2 жыл бұрын
Almost 2 years later and this is still applicable. Too bad I had already done the Takeout thing; however, I deleted all that and and am using your method which is still much faster. Thanks you.
@KR-nm6wm
3 жыл бұрын
Ooook, I started Takeout download last night. NEED that metadata!!! Thank you for saving me time and heartache. I will begin setting up my photos into Quarters. I will do better going forward. By far one of the best videos I have watched on KZitem.
@HarleyPan
3 жыл бұрын
As of today (August 2021), it seems like we no longer have the 500 items per album rule. I have succesfully downloaded an album with 2000+ items. FYI all.
@user-uk6yz1my8h
Жыл бұрын
This info just made my day as I'm out of storage. Tried take out and it's ridiculous. Thank you!!! Much appreciated. It's been 2 years and this is still helping people. Fantastic.
@DrFrei
6 ай бұрын
I tried the same thing...ran in to the same problem. Have to start over, and this validates the plan I was going to do. I'm also going to have extra albums, for vacations, Christmas, and the like. Thanks for posting!
@bnmgriffith86
3 жыл бұрын
I love this method. I have been trying to consolidate my photos but google was making me mad with how hard it was to get the photos off! So glad I found your method. Thanks
@Burnholm
2 жыл бұрын
Spent days on google takeout only to realize what a complete mess it is. Your video and the pinned comment has given me a pinch of something i call hope.
@hollytaylor6512
2 жыл бұрын
Laura, thank you for explaining your method in layman's terms. You explained a complex subject in a manner that anyone should be able to understand and use. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
@trabaduris1
2 жыл бұрын
i spent all day yesterday messing with takeout. what a horrible experience. this will work much better, thank you.
@mailamakaenapucong197
Жыл бұрын
Omg I love you. I just wasted the last 3 hours doing that ridiculous google takeout, only to delete it all 😵💫 this worked perfectly!! thank yooooou!!
@thebigswami
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the 101 without any music! It's simple and to the point and your video should be treated as a benchmark. Much appreciated.
@ramisquad
Жыл бұрын
Excellent tip! I tried google takeout and ended up with 20 separate 50gb files with no metadata and random organization. Other methods suggested on the web to reorganize them requires python scripts and just makes things a lot more complex. This is quick and easy to understand.
@raylopez99
Жыл бұрын
But limited to 500 photos per album. Sad Google can't do this right and forces users to figure out workarounds.
@isabelwaters6869
Ай бұрын
I found this information clear and to the point... I attempted to download all my photos unsuccessfully before, now I know what to do thanks to you!
@jeff2tc99
4 жыл бұрын
Without being alarmist, I have had 2 western digital and 1 Toshiba backup drives (1tb each) crash and die (unrecoverable ) over the past 3 years. I have had a 250GB HDD since 2005 - still works well. I don’t trust them - i backup to 2 hard drives and Dropbox (no particular reason). Your 1 hard drive model is too risky for me 🙈. I love your videos 👍👍
@jarekkarlik
2 жыл бұрын
Just use NAS with RAID
@iEddiez
2 жыл бұрын
Great video, Google really has dropped the ball on Takeout. Just for anyone who hasn't setup their Albums yet, in Photos if you search for 2021 Q1 it will return photos within that time period. Helpful for organising :)
@marblejarchannel
2 жыл бұрын
This is great information - thanks for commenting!
@alwayscurious413
2 ай бұрын
Thanks - it speaks volumes that google make this so difficult. Great job.
@fatimazahrabejouati595
12 күн бұрын
❤
@JavierGomez-cr9kt
3 жыл бұрын
U saved 10 years of my life!!! Thank you so much!!! ❤
@SeekerStudiosOfficial
3 жыл бұрын
This sounds light years more efficient than my current method! Thank you for saving the day!!!!!(or several days, if google had had any say about it)
@stacyblue6672
28 күн бұрын
uhhh.. THANK YOU! so much! I think it's a great idea that you organize the albums by quarter and use a spreadsheet! These tips are seriously helpful thank you for this!
@missrinavv
3 жыл бұрын
I used takeout and I was so confused with all those .json files. Plus all my photos were without date of creation. It was a mess! Thank God I didn't delete them from Google Photos. Your video literally saved me. Thank you so much!
@jimmya486
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 💓. I was literally crying thinking I lost my picture then I saw your video and cried with rejoice from having all my pictures...from the bottom of my heart than you so much ♥️ .
@morrkope
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your hint to not use Takeout and look forward to hearing a recommended approach. I look forward to getting your material
@DMR77707
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is a huge help! I just used Takeout and was so irritated how they came over and what's this JSON... Ugh... thank you for this! I'm hoping just this now. I'm also subscribing for any additional content. Thanks again & cheeres doll!
@astramisha3947
Ай бұрын
Thank you very very much! Incredibly helpful and demonstrative video! I only needed to watch an extra one showing step-by-step the extraction - un-zipping process. Thank you for your time and trouble saving video ❤️
@donensminger3337
Жыл бұрын
Hi Laura! You are probably aware by now but if not you can right click on your transferred stored photos, select Sort, go down to More, and from there click on Date Taken. That will enable you to see your photos chronologically. Great video!
@sfacp
Жыл бұрын
Which app were you talking about? I didn't see the Sort option when I right click the photos on Windows 10 File Explorer.
@AwesomeFreakMadd
2 жыл бұрын
This was extremely helpful thank you! So much easier than trying to deal with Google Takeout. Took me a bit of time but in the end now that I'm caught up to the present it'll be easy to maintain.
@serenesongs
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I also have been struggling and accidently tried the same way as you. After watching your video I know that's the best way. Thank you.
@PlantMusicLife
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This was super helpful. It's super annoying that Google once had an efficient system for storing photos on Google Drive but took that option away about a year ago. All I want to do is find where my photos are stored on Google Drive but they're nowhere to be found. They once had something that worked and changed it to something that doesn't. It's a shame we have to do it like this now but thank you, nonetheless.
@philippabrealey1310
7 ай бұрын
THANK YOU for this. Key info... you can download ALBUMS just not individual photos. Having fun now putting 10 years of photos into topic albums. A project for some time to come. I haven't dared delete any front Google yet, but having deleted 10 thousand!! emails today I can use my phone for a bit longer! You have saved me so much trouble... many many thanks
@parismontiel2145
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! Wish I had seen this before using Takeout. Will be making quarter folders - love that idea !
@destinychan2502
9 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh amazing thank you so much for this straightforward yet very helpful video! I have almost 200 GB worth of google photos files so this task is definitely going to be tedious but hopefully this method ends up working & I will definitely be making a spreadsheet for this!
@hope.0oo
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this!! It will take a while, but it’s an organized method and at least I know that it will work.
@anasaucedo100
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I don't look forward to the amount of time it will take to do all of this but it's worth it.
@katrinabest3129
3 жыл бұрын
You have no idea how long I've been searching for a method like this. Thank you!!
@HeidiDubin-r2s
2 ай бұрын
Thanks, this was so easy. I couldn't even find Photos in the Takeout list. This was great!
@aaccord
3 жыл бұрын
You are a GENIUS. I take tons of photos and I think this is finally a process that will work for me. THANK YOU for posting this so I didn't waste my time with Takeout.
@AlexK705
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was looking at my Google Takeout download and thought there must be a better technique to exporting from Google Photos. Your explanation was very clear, and I have re-oriented my download to be per album. Thank you so much!
@paulmifsud5753
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I just tried Takeout (over several days) and learned it was useless. Your advice is appreciated!
@karenranson3390
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I've been struggling with Takeout and yours is the perfect solution for me.
@marybethkidd3348
2 жыл бұрын
WOW! You’re amazing I was freaking out trying to save my photos and then I found your video! You’re a life saver!!!
@laurenamaral6964
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I was watching someone else's video about using Takeout and then saw your video's title saying "Don't Use Takeout!" so I watched yours. You helped me with the thing I was most concerned about which was the date. THANK YOU. I agree, this is what I would save first in a fire. My other thought process about why I would save it external to Google Photos is if one day I'm not around, how will anybody access any of my photos?
@penem7632
Ай бұрын
This is actually a very nice idea, thank you so much for saving us a hassle
@jefferyhaws6942
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your advice and direction. I would have hated to have the pictures and metadata separated. I just put 8 years into monthly folders and it worked perfectly!
@sorentucker02
2 жыл бұрын
you just saved me from Google Takeout hell! I was just going through the first portion of downloads from there and knew it wasn't gonna work for me. thank you for this.
@Energylady
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I am right there realizing that for the future I will be managing photos like Taxes....It will be yearly. But for this year I have to deal with 5 years. And I was trying to to do takeout and that is tricky.
@jondirive
Жыл бұрын
I wish the metadata didn't change, but I like your download method. I had so many photos I had to break them into individual months instead of quarters. Thanks for taking the time to post your video. I appreciate you.
@dahoodore
2 жыл бұрын
I was just about to download all those TakeOut files, but good thing I saw your video. You are so helpful, thank you!
@johndoe4073
10 ай бұрын
Such a brilliant approach! I'm organizing my photos like that now. Thank you for sharing!
@godtiermedic
3 жыл бұрын
Great video this was super helpful. As a techie geek I just wanted to warn everyone yo definitely definitely make at least one backup of your external drive and test it yearly at least as spinning hard drives (especially external non-emterprise write class drives go bad or have corrup sectors often. A corrupt hard drive is your worst nightmare. There are exyernal drive covers which will make a mirror image of your first drive for about 20 bucks and free of course if you do it yourself
@jackiec9893
2 жыл бұрын
Where can I go to get an external drive cover of my flash drive?
@vrindagoyal2371
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for saving my memories....good, knowledgeable and crisp clear video...
@blakedailey9548
3 жыл бұрын
Just started sorting through the Takeout mess yesterday. Thank you so much for sharing!
@eriks4175
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this recommendation! I discovered that albums that are up to 2100 pictures in size can be downloaded -- not sure what the upper limit is as I didn't have any problems. Google Takeout is a mess -- and your suggestion saved me so much time and effort!
@TimmyMoza
3 жыл бұрын
Still a complete PITA when you have a zillion unstructured photos and not organized like you did. Thank you for this alternative...it is STILL better than just plain takeout.... one wonders if G doesn’t WANT you to export (grin)....
@sergiofuentes763
Жыл бұрын
I hated takeout so much !! I'm so happy you came with this idea it'll take me a while but definitely creating albums the next few evenings to get this going.
@djomarkaram3609
Жыл бұрын
Hey, can you please share your progress? Did this work for you? I'm asking because i tried it myself and apparently the creation date gets modified for me so i was wondering if google had changed this since the video was posted. Thanks
@jesseturton
Жыл бұрын
I didn't do a search before I saw this so I waded through the muck only to get photos in a jumble at the end. lol I will be following this method. :) Thank you!
@doreenamato1351
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video! I have been trying to figure this out forever. You make this very clear and easy to follow.
@farhanf21
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your tutorial .... Very helpful .... I lost all my original photos on 3 previous phones but have done routine backups every time I connect to wifi. And at that time I used Google Takeout, the process took a very long time and the folderization was bad in my opinion. You come with a simple tutorial but very helpful ... thanks for the help ..... greetings from Indonesia
@jrgol4522
Жыл бұрын
What a helpful video. I was attempting to do Google Takeout and it was a nightmare. Glad to find your video to confirm it wasn't just me. And I like your quarterly idea for the photos.
@LegacyCreeksRanch
5 ай бұрын
Your series of videos are the best I have ever seen or used!!
@marblejarchannel
5 ай бұрын
Such a nice comment - thank you so much!
@throcat
4 ай бұрын
the amount of times I laughed at the pure candidness of your approach , your suprisingly hilarious
@paultaylor3288
2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome!! I’ve been thinking a lot about doing this for some time now and this has inspired me to get moving. Thank you.
@marissameyers8191
Жыл бұрын
Wow I've been looking for how to do this and your presentation is the most clear and makes it easy! Also love the excel sheet which I am doing myself. Thanks so much for this!
@Selfpause
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! I guess i'll start doing this now. Working with google takeout is horrible. I don't have the time to go back and re-do everything, but from here on out I will do it this way! Or at least do what another comment said to do and use takeout to backup to drive and download from there (to keep json info intact maybe). Anyways great video thank you for figuring this out.
@chapstickwarrior9277
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly the best method I've seen. Thank you.
@anwarhussainfaruqh4999
Жыл бұрын
Great illustration down-to-Earth , dear friend ! Now I will try to find the Album download dots etc, 😊 Thank you so much !
@MarkCW
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou so much for taking time to make this video and saving my time from going down the Google Takeout route. I get the feeling that Google make it deliberateley difficult to export your photos and videos so that you have to subscribe and pay for their cloud service when you run out of storage space. The thing that makes me suspicious is they have an Import button and no Export button!
@MahendraNodi
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot.. At first when I heard you I thought yours is a long & complicated process. So I continue working on Google Take Out, like increasing Zip limit from 2gb to 50gb or decreasing to 1gb or directly transfeing to Google Drive(😂actually I got these ideas from some great man's comments on this video) Believe me, nothing happened except wastage of my Data(money)& Time. Lastly I hear you patiently. I can't believe what a EASY process it is ‼️‼️
@kriti2381
3 жыл бұрын
Can't tell you how helpful this was. Thanks a lot dear
@zheller58
15 күн бұрын
Wow... crazy helpful. Same problem occurred for me. Thank you for the tip!
@marblejarchannel
14 күн бұрын
Glad it helped!
@VADemon
3 жыл бұрын
comment for algorithm, i applaud to you putting your script in the description. ❤
@condemime1
19 күн бұрын
Yes, it works! I made albums for each year. Thanks very much.
@Aurora-yo7xm
19 күн бұрын
Hey, isn't it a long process?? Like going all the way from start and making albums for years or months?? I am asking as I am in the middle of google takeout so I just saw this and just i do not know i am confused I have a TB external storage but which option to choose for this. Like manually it sounds like...a long lengthy process ...making albums. How was your experience? And obviously I guess you downloaded those albums in TB storage right?
@tomfoolery8235
3 жыл бұрын
Simple, yet exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
@garyjcoy
7 ай бұрын
I think you just saved me hours of work. Thank you.
@bobbythebobtail
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video - I'm using your quarterly system now!
@Epacheco
3 ай бұрын
This is SO HELPFUL! Thank you so much!
@davemetcalfe2877
Жыл бұрын
Wish I could like this ten times over. Thank you!
@annestols7221
Жыл бұрын
Great video thank you so much. I need to do this as we have too many photos on Google Photos and to be honest I dont even know what is up there I am sure a lot of them can be deleted..... Thank you
@cantgetgoodusername1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this method! What is more, Google seem to have fixed the problem of the file date, which now comes up as the date the picture was taken. So pretty much perfect. Luckily I only had about 500 pictures and videos to deal with so I'll be sure not to let the problem build up in future!
@JavierGomez-cr9kt
3 жыл бұрын
The most helpful video I ever seen!
@Ellenad369
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tips,I have tried every which way but all failed,I need to do something quick as google & many other companies are going down soon.I'm going to try your suggestion right away.♥️👍
@techforever1970
2 жыл бұрын
I really see where you're coming from using this method. It really is a good one. However, for me, having over 500k photos backed up to google photos, with a size of about 1.9TB, this method simply isn't feasible, since I'd take years to add 500 photos to one album to download them (I'd literally have to make 1000 albums for this). Wish google would make something easier....
@WhyAnkurGautam
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you I was gonna make backup using takeout then I thought to maybe search on youtube. Very helpful!
@Miriam-nr2we
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thanks for saving me from going down the wrong path.
@NomadicDmitry
3 жыл бұрын
Google Takeout is a disaster. I ended up creating albums like you recommended and then I also downloaded those by each day. It takes enormous amount of time to download everything, but it could be achieved.
@AlexAlex-sz2pc
2 жыл бұрын
very helpful video! I will be doing this over the upcoming holiday break!!
@jimmyhazard7837
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the help , also like your spread sheet idea so I can break down further to avoid search issues in the future.
@yasmins.6068
3 жыл бұрын
Great short, sweet, detailed and helpful information. Thanks millions.
@kimforman7845
3 жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to take forever, even with your method, because I have SO. MANY. PHOTOS. But I already have a year of photos backed up and deleted from my phone. I think it probably took about an hour, mostly because I was struggling with the app itself. It will take way less time to do the other 2 years. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your method! I no longer feel like I may pull my hair out. 😂
@rebeccaroberts982
2 жыл бұрын
thank you. I was just about to launch head first into google take out!
@sandycat7943
2 жыл бұрын
While it is very unlikely that your house will be destroyed and Google will stop providing you with storage, there is one fairly simple thing you can do to even save yourself from that eventuality - just have another external disk drive with a copy of your photos that is updated routinely and stored elsewhere. BTW, you should consider also backing up documents and other important files the same way. One piece of software I use is Beyond Compare. It allows me to only copy the new files during backup. (P.S. I once had 2 disk drives go belly up at the same time, but fortunately I had a 3rd one that did not.)
@alfredtsang6131
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great tip, i've been able to download albums with more than 1200 photos. Sometimes downloading large albums I noticed that it's missing one or two photos, but re-downloading the same album fixes that problem, just a heads up for anyone that notices missing photos from downloaded albums
@wilburfake3861
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Since google is no longer offering unlimited photo storage I'm moving everything to a home cloud before this happens this summer. This was a huge help!
@EnhancedKungFuGirl
3 ай бұрын
This is a very good explanation. Thanks!
@TechnologyLearningLive
2 жыл бұрын
THIS VIDEO IS SO IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH. TAKEOUT IS A JOKE AND I DID THE SAME THING, AND ENEDED UP WITH A DISASTER AND ZIP FILES CORRUPT AND EVEN ONE HUGE MPEG FILE. I AM GOING TO TRY YOUR METH. THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS VIDEO
@sylviawong9844
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much I have to move pictures from my iphone to laptop and the to the ssd drive you don't know how much I appreciate your help Whoooos to you
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