This questions goes to the immich-wise people around here.
I have just some pics from my wife’s google phoots that I want to import on our immich account. What’s the best way to bring it with the correct metadata? Just save locally onthe desktop than import into immich?
another doubt is how adequately import old scanned photos on immich. I have scanne some thru an self-loader scanner. they are somewhat bent, in the wrong direction and need cropping and other minor adjusts. Would be better to make this on the desktop with some tool and than import to immich OR import everything in the way they are and then edit them inside immich?
Yes, there are a couple import tools for Google Takeout, and you should absolutely use one. I don’t recall if I used this particular tool, but it is strictly necessary to get a clean import.
Other examples:
Google Photos Takeout Helper - Readme includes detailed step by step instructions.
Takeout Helper Neo - a fork of the above with additional features
Photo Migrator - designed to work with multiple services