[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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Vishnu Mohandas
2024-08-28 14:00:14 +05:30
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2 changed files with 16 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -39,10 +39,21 @@ it with Ente.
8. Wait for Google to send you your data.
9. Open [our desktop app](https://ente.io/download/desktop), click on "Upload",
select "Google takeout" and pick the ZIP file you just downloaded.
select "Google takeout" and pick the ZIP file you just downloaded. If you
were provided with multiple ZIP files, please extract **all** the ZIP files
into one folder and select that folder instead.
> If you were provided with multiple ZIP files, please extract **all** the files
> into one folder and select that folder instead.
> While the app supports uploading multiple ZIPs too, we recommend unzipping
> them all into a single folder and uploading that folder instead so that your
> photo dates are imported properly
> ([details](/photos/faq/photo-dates#importing-from-google-takeout)).
>
> <br />
>
> Note that you can still preserve your albums even when uploading a single
> folder - select the create new album option and the app will ask you if you
> want to put each leaf folder into a separate album
> ([details](/photos/features/albums#uploading-a-nested-folder)).
![Importing Google Takeout into Ente](google-takeout.png){width=400px}

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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: General introduction to backing up your self hosted Ente instance
> [!WARNING]
>
> This is not meant to be a comprehensive and bullet proof guide. There are many
> moving parts, and if small mistakes might make your backups unusable.
> moving parts, and small mistakes might make your backups unusable.
>
> Please treat this only as a general introduction. And remember to test your
> restores.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ database contains information like a file specific encryption key.
Viewed differently, to decrypt your data you need three pieces of information:
1. The encrypted file data (which comes from the object storage backup).
1. The encrypted file data itself (which comes from the object storage backup).
2. The ([encrypted](https://ente.io/architecture/)) file and collection specific
encryption keys (which come from the database backup).