Google Takeout is a free service to create backup of data stored with various Google products in form of an archive. As you all know, Google is offering voluminous services such as Picasa, Buzz, Google Contacts and the just-out Google+. Here comes the livelihood of Google Takeout. It helps to download a library of your data from Picasa, buzz, Google Contacts and Google+.
With Google+, you can back up your groups of friends, your contacts, and your stream i.e- whatever posts you have drawn on to Google+. This new service allows you to ship out number of nonpublic information stored within the various services that Google extends. All your data is in portable and open format, hence it is quite simple to import to other services abruptly.
Google Takeout synchronously downloads data from multiple Google services in a single fall. So far it supports five apps. To start accessing such an alluring service, you need to visit Google Takeout page and login with your Google account.
Here is how to backup data using Google Takeout-
- Firstly you will have to select the service you want to download.
- When you are done selecting, click on “create archive” button.
- Now check the “Download” link on the top of the page or bottom of the page, which will conatin your recently archived data.
- When you click download, you will be asked to re-enter your Google login details.
- Now the data download will start automatically.
You can also check out other articles like Google Cloud Print, GMDesk and GWatchMan reviewed by us.
Though creation of archive may take an extra few minutes, depending upon the size of the backup. In fact, you probably can have enough time to go grab a beverage. Apart from this, Google Takeout has got it’s own discrete site and is also an element of setting within Google+. In settings, click on “Data Liberation”. Thereafter, you are given the option to download all of your stream data, profile data, photos, buzz data, circles and contacts.
In short, Google Takeout is an excellent service provided by Google. It is definitely worth trying out.
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