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bumbleboyie

Google takeout is horrible

Help Needed

Any people who have used it for whom it worked?

I tried using it but it's terrible. The files are corrupt way to often. I just tried moving the stuff to a bigger USB drive and half of it was too corrupt to even open. I also tried to download my latest photos, only to find out that the zip files can't be opened

I really want to download all my photos to back them up in case anything happens, but they've made it near impossible? I've also looked through reddit and the internet for support, but I've mostly seen bad reviews, complaints and no clear solution

So my problem in short: after hours of downloading I find out I can't extract any of the zip files because they're damaged. I've used 7zip, winrar and the regular windows extractor. And then I go check on the takeout from a few years ago and notice that I can't move all the files to a new drive because many are too corrupt for some reason

Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

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