How Do I Import Google Takeout Into Nextcloud Properly?
Nextcloud Memories sorts by EXIF date, which Google Takeout photos do not have. Fix the files before you upload, not after.
Nextcloud reads dates the way every normal photo tool does: from the EXIF block inside the image. Memories and Photos both build their timeline from it. Google Takeout photos frequently have no EXIF date at all, so the timeline collapses into whatever day you uploaded.
The instinct is to upload first and fix later. Do not. Once files are in Nextcloud, correcting them means rewriting every file on the server, waiting for the scanner to pick up the changes, and often clearing the preview cache before anything looks right. On a large library that is hours of avoidable work, and desktop clients will happily re-sync all of it.
Fix the folder on your computer first, then upload it once. The app reads each .json sidecar and writes the real capture date and GPS into the photo, so Nextcloud indexes a correct library from the first scan. Your timeline is in order, your map has pins, and you never touch the server twice. It runs offline on Mac, Windows and Linux, and the first 500 photos are free.