Takeout Mender Launches Free Browser Tool to Restore Google Takeout Photo Metadata

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A developer has released Takeout Mender, a free tool that recovers photo and video metadata from Google Takeout exports. Because Takeout stores dates, GPS data and descriptions in separate JSON sidecar files, that information can be lost when media moves to another platform. The tool restores these details, embeds supported metadata into JPEG and PNG images, updates creation dates in MP4 and MOV videos, and generates XMP sidecars for HEIC and WebP files. It runs in the browser without an account, keeps original files unchanged, and does not upload photo archives to a server.

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