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Local, like the desktop apps — without an installer

How the in-browser Memories fixer works

FixMyExport and SnapEasy sell a .exe/.app that does this on disk. We run the same job in the tab that already has the ZIP. Scan is free so you see counts before you pay.

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Drop a Memories ZIP

The pipeline

  1. You drop one or more mydata ZIPs (and memories_history.json if it is loose).
  2. The scanner walks memories/, -main/-overlay pairs, nested overlay ZIPs, and numbered split clips.
  3. Rows in memories_history.json supply Date, Media Type, and Location. Filenames are the fallback.
  4. Restore writes DateTimeOriginal, GPS EXIF, QuickTime creation times, optional overlay composite, optional concat.
  5. You download a year/month folder plus restore-report.csv. Import that — not the raw My Data ZIP.

Cloudflare never receives the photos. The only network calls after page load are quota/checkout. ffmpeg.wasm, if you unlock videos, loads from a public CDN into this origin’s memory.

What desktop apps add that we skip on purpose

If you have a 70 GB library and a weak laptop tab, a desktop app can win on RAM. For the common 1–8 GB My Data ZIP, a browser is enough and you do not install anything.

  • Uploading your archive to their cloud so they can charge a second SKU.
  • Logging into Snapchat or fetching expiring download links for you.
  • My Eyes Only decrypt — nobody honest can do that from My Data.