How to Backup Google
How to Backup Google
Summary: Instructions for creating a backup of Google
Symptoms: Customer needs to make a back up of their data
Steps:
How to Backup Google Contacts
You can quickly export your Gmail Contacts list into a CSV file. Here's how:
1.Sign in to Gmail.
2.Click Contacts along the side of any Gmail page.
3.From the More actions drop-down menu, select Export....
4.Choose whether to export all contacts or only one group.
5.Select the format in which you'd like to export your contacts' information. Please note, some of these formats can lose some contact information.
◦To transfer contacts between Google accounts, use the Google CSV format. This is the recommended way to back up your Google Contacts.
◦To transfer contacts to Outlook, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, or various other apps, use the Outlook CSV format.
◦To transfer contacts to Apple Address Book, use the vCard format.
6.Click Export.
7.Choose Save to Disk then click OK.
8.Select a location to save your file, and click OK.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=24911
How to Backup your Google Calendar
With Google Calendar, you can export content from a specific calendar or from all your calendars at once.
Exporting content from a specific calendar
Follow these steps to export one of your calendars:
1.In the calendar list on the left side of the page, click the down-arrow next to the appropriate calendar and select Calendar settings. (Alternatively, click the Settings link at the bottom of the calendar list, then click the appropriate calendar.)
2.Click the ICAL button in the 'Private Address' section at the bottom of the page, and click the displayed URL.
3.Save the exported file to the desired folder on your computer. If you receive a 'Feed Processing Error' message when exporting events, please make sure you're using your calendar's private iCalendar address ('Private Address'). You can only use your calendar's public iCalendar address ('Calendar Address') to export events when your calendar is publicly shared. Learn how to share your calendar with others.
Exporting content from all calendars in your 'My Calendars' list
Here's how you can export all the calendars in your 'My Calendars' list at once:
1.At the bottom of the calendar list on the left side of the page, click the Settings link .
2.On the Calendar Settings page, click the Export calendars link at the bottom of the My Calendars section. Keep in mind that you won't be able to bulk export calendars in your Other Calendars list (for example, public calendars you've added to your list, shared calendars with 'view' access only, etc.)
3.In the resulting compressed folder, you'll see an ICS file for each of the calendars you have permission to 'Make changes and manage sharing' for.
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37111
Email Response
Dear ,
To backup your Google contacts please follow the instructions below:
1.Sign in to Gmail.
2.Click Contacts along the side of any Gmail page.
3.From the More actions drop-down menu, select Export....
4.Choose whether to export all contacts or only one group.
5.Select the format in which you'd like to export your contacts' information. Please note, some of these formats can lose some contact information.
◦To transfer contacts between Google accounts, use the Google CSV format. This is the recommended way to back up your Google Contacts.
◦To transfer contacts to Outlook, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, or various other apps, use the Outlook CSV format.
◦To transfer contacts to Apple Address Book, use the vCard format.
6.Click Export.
7.Choose Save to Disk then click OK.
8.Select a location to save your file, and click OK.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=24911
To backup your Google Calendars please follow the instructions below:
With Google Calendar, you can export content from a specific calendar or from all your calendars at once.
Exporting content from a specific calendar
Follow these steps to export one of your calendars:
1.In the calendar list on the left side of the page, click the down-arrow next to the appropriate calendar and select Calendar settings. (Alternatively, click the Settings link at the bottom of the calendar list, then click the appropriate calendar.)
2.Click the ICAL button in the 'Private Address' section at the bottom of the page, and click the displayed URL.
3.Save the exported file to the desired folder on your computer. If you receive a 'Feed Processing Error' message when exporting events, please make sure you're using your calendar's private iCalendar address ('Private Address'). You can only use your calendar's public iCalendar address ('Calendar Address') to export events when your calendar is publicly shared. Learn how to share your calendar with others.
Exporting content from all calendars in your 'My Calendars' list
Here's how you can export all the calendars in your 'My Calendars' list at once:
1.At the bottom of the calendar list on the left side of the page, click the Settings link .
2.On the Calendar Settings page, click the Export calendars link at the bottom of the My Calendars section. Keep in mind that you won't be able to bulk export calendars in your Other Calendars list (for example, public calendars you've added to your list, shared calendars with 'view' access only, etc.)
3.In the resulting compressed folder, you'll see an ICS file for each of the calendars you have permission to 'Make changes and manage sharing' for.
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37111
I hope this information is helpful.
Thank you,
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