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Google Storage Full? Find What Is Using the Space Before You Delete or Pay

Google's free 15 GB is shared between Gmail, Drive and Photos, and backups you forgot about count too. Here is how to see what is using it, what stops working when you are over, and how to free space without throwing away the originals of photos and videos you care about.

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Google Takeout Split Into Many Zip Files: Download, Merge and Check Nothing Is Missing

A big Google Photos export arrives as a stack of numbered zip files. Here is which size and format to pick, how to get every part downloaded before the links expire, how to merge them into one folder, and how to check nothing went missing.

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Fix Google Takeout Photo Dates and Missing Locations (Mac and Windows)

Your Takeout photos all show the day you downloaded them, and the locations are gone. The data is in the JSON sidecar files next to each photo. Here is how to put it back with exiftool, and when to use a ready-made tool instead.