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@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ When Images are downloaded this strips EXIF location (according to the
 docs and my tests).  This is a limitation of the Google Photos API and
 is covered by [bug #112096115](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/112096115).
 
+**The current google API does not allow photos to be downloaded at original resolution.  This is very important if you are, for example, relying on "Google Photos" as a backup of your photos.  You will not be able to use rclone to redownload original images.  You could use 'google takeout' to recover the original photos as a last resort**
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 ### Downloading Videos
 
 When videos are downloaded they are downloaded in a really compressed