Google Photos → Wasabi
PhotoBridge migrates your Google Photos into Wasabi's low-cost hot storage, with original capture dates restored and every file kept byte-for-byte.
Free tier to try it · one-time pass for a full migration · no subscription
Wasabi is a favourite for archival because it's cheap and charges no egress or API fees — a great home for a photo library you want to own outright. It speaks the S3 API, so PhotoBridge connects straight to it and takes care of the Google side: Takeout's unwieldy archives and the dates it strips out.
Google Takeout dumps the real capture date into a separate .json file, so exported photos show the export date instead. PhotoBridge reads those sidecars and writes the original date back into each photo's EXIF — your library stays in order.
Every photo and video is moved byte-for-byte. We never re-encode, downscale, or strip metadata — what lands at your destination is exactly what Google had.
Already-moved files are detected and skipped, so you can run it again safely. A migration survives interruptions and picks up where it left off — even a multi-hundred-GB library.
How it works
Select Google Photos in Takeout at a large archive size — the in-app guide covers the details.
In PhotoBridge, pick “S3-compatible storage” and choose Wasabi, then add your region, bucket, and access keys. We write only under the path you choose.
We download each archive, restore the real dates from the Takeout sidecars, and upload everything to Wasabi in a clean date-based layout.
Close the tab and we'll email you a report when the migration finishes.
Yes. PhotoBridge writes each photo's true capture date from its Google Takeout sidecar back into the EXIF before uploading, so your Wasabi copy isn't flattened to the export date.
No — every photo and video is copied byte-for-byte, with no re-encoding or metadata loss.
Yes. Large, split, multi-hundred-GB exports are exactly what PhotoBridge automates, and it resumes cleanly after any interruption.
Just an access key and secret with write access to your chosen bucket, plus its region. Wasabi is connected through PhotoBridge's “S3-compatible storage” option, which pre-fills the Wasabi endpoint for you.
A free tier to try it, then a one-time Migration Pass for a full migration — no subscription. (Wasabi storage itself is billed by Wasabi.)
Moving somewhere else? PhotoBridge also moves Google Photos to Storj, MinIO, iDrive e2, and Amazon S3 Glacier.
Try it free on part of your library — dates restored, full quality, no duplicates.
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