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How to Import Google Takeout to Synology Photos? (Easy Ways)

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Summary: With centralized management, leverage the Synology’s capable platform for gathering, processing, and viewing your pictures. You will still save your storage space when making a backup of your photographs, points, and movies. With the information provided in this blog you will be able to understand how you can acquire, structure folders and follow several simple steps in just a few quick minutes. You will then be able to access your archive by means of any web-based device at no extra charge.

This migration makes conversion of poorly-organized data spread among cloud storage into safe local place possible. The knowledge about how to import Google Takeout to Synology Photos accurately will allow you to avoid boring sorting procedure. At the end of import, you will receive full ownership of the material with superior privacy controls. Save your money and experience the fast and efficient solution for multimedia storing and distribution!

Reasons to Import Google Takeout to Synology Photos

• Acquire full ownership of your personal data by using your own devices instead of paying for the use of cloud storage.
• You will never have to pay monthly/annual subscription fees to Google once your business grows beyond free storage capabilities.
• Enjoy an unlimited local storage solution with only the capacity of the drives that you purchase limiting your local storage.
• Your valuable pictures will be protected with powerful privacy controls that do not allow anyone to access your image files.
• The pictures will always retain the original, high-quality resolution without the need for cloud storage.

Import Google Takeout to Synology Photos: Step-by-Step

Essential Checklist:

• Make sure that all your Google Takeout .zip files are completely downloaded and extracted.
• Do not delete the .json metadata files, as these will allow Synology to retain dates and descriptions.
• Check that your Synology NAS has enough empty storage to accommodate both the raw files and the thumbnails that will be created.
• Transfer the files to the appropriate /photo shared folder (or to your personal /home/Photos folder).
• You might want to choose to use Synology Photos Desktop Uploader for easy transfer from your computer.
• Be prepared for a lengthy process of indexing and generating thumbnails.

Step-wise Import Process:

1. Step 1: Start at takeout.google.com. Uncheck everything except Google Photos, select .zip export format, and select merge with 2 GB on export size. Once done, click the Create export button to export the files.
2. Step 2: Wait for Google to send the notification email to let you know when the task is completed. After that, download all the archives generated by Google to your PC and properly extract them together in one folder.
3. Step 3: In Google, the storage of the date and the location is done in .json files. Run Google Photos Takeout Helper on that folder to easily merge it back to image EXIF headers.
4. Step 4: Open the Synology NAS via File Station or network sharing options, and then put your photo folder either in /home/Photos for personal use or /photo for use by the whole family.
5. Step 5: Open Synology Photos in your DSM, if you don’t see your photos, update the indexing.

Conclusion

Moving your files from Google Takeout to Synology Photos gets you rid of all clutter that is usually created by cloud systems. At the same time, it gives you a platform for storing your files safely! After that, when you process the extracted albums through Synology Photos Uploader, you will be able to preserve pictures and metadata at the same time. This means that you have moved to a completely different world where you have control of your media library and have full privacy with easy access.

FAQ

Q: How can I save photos from Google?

The official Google Takeout tool allows downloading a full archive of images along with metadata.

Q: Do I preserve my album structure and folder organization with Synology?

Yes, ensuring proper organization of Takeout folders before upload will help in preserving the original directory structure in Synology Photos.

Q: Which tool should I use to upload the files to make it easier?

The best method to upload files in bulk is by using either the desktop application for Synology Photos Uploader or the Synology Drive Client.

Q: How do I deal with duplicate files during the importing process?

By utilizing the deduplication features provided by Synology as well as using filters while using the desktop uploader, one can prevent duplication of images.

Q: Is my JSON metadata file needed for importing pictures?

Synology Photos has limited ability to display file information, hence it is advisable to keep JSON metadata files together with pictures so that originality of creation date and description is preserved.