Update Google Photos Takeout Instructions (#2648)

Simplify instructions
Remove note
Expand step 9 to incorporate note

## Description
Raises an important caveat closer to a relevant step. 
## Tests
N/A
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Vishnu Mohandas
2024-08-16 15:58:18 +05:30
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@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ it with Ente.
9. Open [our desktop app](https://ente.io/download/desktop), click on "Upload",
select "Google takeout" and pick the ZIP file you just downloaded.
> If you were provided with multiple ZIP files, please extract **all** the
> files into one folder and select that folder instead.
![Importing Google Takeout into Ente](google-takeout.png){width=400px}
![Importing Google Takeout into Ente](google-takeout.png){width=400px}
10. Wait for the uploads to complete as Ente parses the metadata generated by
Google, and preserves them along with the corresponding files, end-to-end
@@ -54,10 +57,3 @@ will ignore already backed up files and upload just the rest.
If you run into any issues during this migration, please reach out to
[support@ente.io](mailto:support@ente.io) and we will be happy to help you!
> Note: When importing a Google takeout, Ente will parse the metadata in the
> JSON files and stich them together with corresponding files. However, one case
> this will not work is when Google has split the export into multiple parts,
> and did not put the JSON file associated with an image in the same exported
> zip. So the best move is to unzip all of the items into a single folder, and
> to drop that folder into our desktop app.