Exit Kit

Leaving a cloud photo service? The Exit Kit turns any export into a clean, verified archive.

Google Takeout, WhatsApp, iCloud, Amazon Photos, OneDrive — FolioSort recognizes the export you downloaded, restores lost dates, clears the duplicates and blurry shots you approve, organizes everything into dated folders, and hands you an Exit Report that proves the archive is complete. All on your computer.

Nothing moves before you confirm — per-step undo 100% on your Mac or PC — no upload, no account
FolioSort Exit Kit importing a cloud photo export

Every cloud lets you export. None of them makes the export usable.

You did the hard part — you asked for your photos back. What lands on your drive is a mess unique to each service: Google Takeout scatters dates into .json sidecars, WhatsApp strips EXIF so everything looks like it was taken today, iCloud and Amazon and OneDrive each have their own quirks. Duplicates pile up across archives, blurry throwaways sit next to keepers, and there's no clean structure.

So the export sits on a drive for a year, and you keep paying the cloud bill because deleting it feels like gambling with your memories.

The Exit Kit is the missing second half of "export".

Point FolioSort at what you downloaded and it walks a single, reversible path: Import → Clean → Organize → Verify. It auto-detects the export type, recovers the dates that service hid or stripped, lets you clear duplicates and blurry shots after you approve them, and rebuilds one clean, dated library.

Then it verifies every moved file with a checksum and produces an exportable Exit Report — files, recovered dates, duplicates removed, bytes. Keep the report, confirm the archive is whole, and cancel the subscription with confidence. Everything runs locally; nothing is uploaded.

How it works

Import → Clean → Organize → Verify

STEP 01 · IMPORT

Point it at your export

FolioSort auto-detects Google Takeout, WhatsApp, iCloud, Amazon Photos and OneDrive exports, and reads the metadata each one carries.

STEP 02 · CLEAN

Review, then remove

Exact duplicates and blurry shots are flagged — you review before anything is removed, and every step is undoable.

STEP 03 · ORGANIZE

Into dated folders

Rebuild one clean library sorted into dated folders (2019/04/…), with NAS presets available for Synology or Immich.

STEP 04 · VERIFY

Prove it's complete

Every moved file is hash-checked, and a final Exit Report lists files, recovered dates, duplicates removed and bytes — exportable. Keep it before deleting the export.

Auto-detected exports

One kit, every major cloud

Google Takeout
.json sidecar dates restored
WhatsApp
dates recovered from file names
OneDrive
camera-roll timestamps read
iCloud · Amazon
export detected, EXIF-sorted

Why it's safe

You're leaving a cloud — not trusting another one

Nothing moves before you confirmThe full plan — cleanup, folders, dates — is shown up front. You approve it.
Per-step undoEvery step of the Exit Kit is reversible — clean, organize, all of it.
Hash-verified movesEvery organized file is checksummed so you know the archive is bit-perfect.
An exportable Exit ReportProof of what was processed — keep it before you delete the original export.
Runs 100% on your Mac/PCNo accounts, no upload — the whole point is to get off the cloud.
Review-before-delete cleanupDuplicates and blurry shots are flagged, never auto-deleted.

The whole Exit Kit runs free.

Scanning your export, reviewing the cleanup, and generating the Exit Report are all free — you can see exactly what FolioSort will do before you decide anything. The free version organizes the first 100 files per run; Pro removes the limit for a one-time payment, with no subscription and no account.

Pick your exit.

The Exit Kit works with every major export — but if you know where your photos are coming from, start with the guide built for it.

FAQ

Exit Kit questions, answered

Which cloud exports does the Exit Kit understand?

FolioSort auto-detects Google Takeout, WhatsApp, iCloud, Amazon Photos and OneDrive exports. Point it at the folder you downloaded and it recognizes the export type and the metadata that comes with it — no manual configuration.

Will it delete photos without asking?

Never. The Clean step flags exact duplicates and blurry shots, but you review and confirm before anything is removed — and every step is undoable. Removed files go to the Trash or Recycle Bin, not oblivion.

What is the Exit Report?

After the Verify step, FolioSort produces an exportable Exit Report listing the files processed, dates recovered, duplicates removed and total bytes. Keep it as proof your archive is complete before you delete the original cloud export.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. The Exit Kit runs 100% on your Mac or PC. There are no accounts and nothing is uploaded — you're leaving a cloud, not moving to another one.

Is it free?

The whole Exit Kit runs free — scanning your export, reviewing the cleanup, and generating the Exit Report. The free version organizes the first 100 files per run; Pro removes that limit for a one-time payment, with no subscription or account.

Turn your export into an archive you can trust.

Download FolioSort, point the Exit Kit at your cloud export, and get one clean, verified library — with a report that proves it's all there before you delete a thing.

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