I find that google takeout strips metadata from the actual photos - like date taken and location. When you import them into the Win10 Photo application, it doesn't know how to sort them by date. And I have the same problem as others, albums are lost. Google Takeout helps you create an archive with your data from Google products that include Google Drive as well as Google Photos. Users can select different services from the list of options provided. Takeout will then process the request and put all the files into a zip file.
Photos Takeout
Photos Takeout (no doubt a play on the name of Google’s own Takeout data service):
Google Photos Takeout Github
Export photos and videos from Photos on Mac in yearwise, album-wise or moment/date-wise folders. Save them in neat folders on Mac, Google Drive, Dropbox, external drive or any other location. For macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave and High Sierra.
A recent commenter on a post I wrote about Photos back in 2018 recommended this app for exporting libraries from Apple’s bundled library format. In that post I argued that Apple’s way of storing photos, and their metadata, is not a good longterm solution.
I’ve since done all of this manually and moved away from allowing Photos for Mac to manage the structure and metadata of my photo library – opting for my own system and using Photos as a “viewer and sorter” of that library.
Photos Taken Out Of Context
Photo Take Out Background
The pricing options of this app would have meant a $60 fee to move my photos and metadata at the time. If this app works as advertised, I would have paid that without question. I’m sharing it today in case any of you would like to move away from allowing Photos to choose how to store your images.