bulk join json with jpg from Google Takeout

Question

I wish to leave Google photos, and I have downloaded all my photos using Google Takeout. Now I have a boatload of folders containing both json files (that I think contains e

Answer 1

As an update in December 2020, as Pieter mentioned, there is a dedicated tool that took me ~5min to set up: https://github.com/mattwilson1024/google-photos-exif.

However, that doesn't solve the problem mentioned in the other answer (PHOTO_NAME(1).jpg being confused with PHOTO_NAME.jpg(1).json) as well as timezones. More importantly, none of the answers here overwrite the QuickTime- and PNG-specific tags.

I've found that this software https://metadatafixer.com/ was more straightforward. It costs money, but it was worth it.