Restoring the date taken after Google Takeout
After an export from Google Photos the dates taken stay in separate json files rather than in the pictures. That is why in any other program the library lines up by the export date. This tool matches the photos with their sidecars and moves the date inside the file, leaving the image alone.
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Select the files
Drop the photos together with their json files. Selecting the whole export folder is easier — the tool works out what belongs to what.
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Check the analysis
You see how many photos found their sidecar, how many matched by an indirect rule and what was left without a pair.
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Write the dates
Press write and take the archive. The date taken ends up in the EXIF, and any program will line the timeline up correctly.
Give your photos back their real dates from the json sidecars
Drop a file here
Photos and json files from a Google export — a whole folder can be selected at once ·
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