[docs] Tweaks to the Google import steps (#3014)
This is how it looks. It is getting a bit too long, so not 100% satisfied with this. <img width="703" alt="Screenshot 2024-08-28 at 13 56 25" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bf8d0e56-baa2-4a8b-80a1-de40e8896108">
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@@ -39,10 +39,21 @@ it with Ente.
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8. Wait for Google to send you your data.
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9. Open [our desktop app](https://ente.io/download/desktop), click on "Upload",
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select "Google takeout" and pick the ZIP file you just downloaded.
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select "Google takeout" and pick the ZIP file you just downloaded. If you
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were provided with multiple ZIP files, please extract **all** the ZIP files
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into one folder and select that folder instead.
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> If you were provided with multiple ZIP files, please extract **all** the files
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> into one folder and select that folder instead.
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> While the app supports uploading multiple ZIPs too, we recommend unzipping
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> them all into a single folder and uploading that folder instead so that your
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> photo dates are imported properly
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> ([details](/photos/faq/photo-dates#importing-from-google-takeout)).
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>
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> <br />
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>
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> Note that you can still preserve your albums even when uploading a single
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> folder - select the create new album option and the app will ask you if you
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> want to put each leaf folder into a separate album
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> ([details](/photos/features/albums#uploading-a-nested-folder)).
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: General introduction to backing up your self hosted Ente instance
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> [!WARNING]
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>
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> This is not meant to be a comprehensive and bullet proof guide. There are many
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> moving parts, and if small mistakes might make your backups unusable.
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> moving parts, and small mistakes might make your backups unusable.
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>
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> Please treat this only as a general introduction. And remember to test your
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> restores.
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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ database contains information like a file specific encryption key.
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Viewed differently, to decrypt your data you need three pieces of information:
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1. The encrypted file data (which comes from the object storage backup).
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1. The encrypted file data itself (which comes from the object storage backup).
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2. The ([encrypted](https://ente.io/architecture/)) file and collection specific
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encryption keys (which come from the database backup).
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