Observed arrival · 2026-11-12

PhotoFixer repairs Google Takeout’s missing photo metadata

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A browser-based tool that reads Google Takeout JSON sidecars and restores dates, locations, and captions to exported photos.

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For: Google Photos users moving exported libraries
Worth noticing: Chrome and Edge can write results straight to disk, supporting exports of tens of gigabytes, according to the page.

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The page distinguishes embedded photo metadata from the separate JSON sidecars Google Takeout places beside some files. Its workflow asks users to choose the time zone where most photos were taken, then offers folder arrangements by year and month or preservation of Takeout albums. The page says HEIC files are copied as-is, while the video component of a Live Photo gets its date from the JSON sidecar.

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