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View submission: Urgent help needed: Downloading Google Takeout data before expiration
First of all. Talk to support chat in order to delay backup expiration, tell them that the download where cancelled multiple times not by you fault. With extra time you can evaluate how to download them. I used takeout to partially abandon Google photos, asked to create 50gb files and it went well, also I tried the upload to overdrive y went ok. In my case due to file size they were less than 20 files, so I did it manually and I can tell you that it failed a couple of time. Now I deleted all videos and have Google photos to continue to upload be photos but not videos. Setup onedrive photos and also syncthing to my PC.
Comment by Pretend_Compliant at 12/10/2024 at 11:38 UTC
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I'd love to talk to chat. But I don't think I can. I have a legacy account. I'd be more than happy to pay to upgrade, but I've heard that's a full switchover of the account and have read experiences of data loss so I've been trying to pull what I have. If you know of a way to reach someone, please let me know. I do have other paid accounts with Google, but I'm guessing they wouldn't tough this unpaid legacy one.
I believe it failed with every size except for 2GB for more than a year. It's been a nightmare.