Hi,
I downloaded all of my photos from Google and want to import them into the Photo app on my Mac.
when I attempt to do so, it seems to bring them in without the Metadata.
Is there any way to do so?
its over 100,000 photos so fixing the date/time/location etc. manually isn't an option
thanks
iMac 27″, macOS 10.15
Do the photos you downloaded from Google still have the embedded exif tags and IPTC tags?
Download a photo again to a folder in the Finder and open it in Preview. In Preview go to the menu "Tools > Show Inspector". In the Inspector check the the tabs "GPS", "IPTC", "EXIF" to see, which metadata tags have been downloaded from Google. If a photo has GPS tags or a "content created" tag, Photos will show the correct date and location.
AFAIK importing images from Google Photos need some tweaking to handle also metadata.
I use Google Photos and Apple Photos but I am very careful to edit all metadata elsewhere because I want to archive the original images and all metadata in plain folders.
So I have no first hand experience but maybe this will get you going:
https://legault.me/post/correctly-migrate-away-from-google-photos-to-icloud
some so, some don't, but in google photos they all show up in the correct order and locations
thanks, I will try this
THANKS!!!
This seems to work
import photos with metadata
