Transfer files between different web technologies

If you have data in any of the online storage systems like Dropbox, SkyDrive or Google Drive etc. and want to make another duplicate copy of this data as backup or if you want to backup your data from your website like WordPress or want to have a backup of all your photos from picasa or flicker then there is a web based tool called Backup Box by Moverwhich will help you to transfer files. 

The problem that we have today is that there are too many web technologies and they don’t sync together. Backup Box will help us in getting this issue resolved. It is more like a middleman between various web technologies. Backup Box takes your files from one place and transfers or converts them to another place. Files are transferred one at a time and are kept in the memory only when it’s being transferred and are completed once the transfer is completed. Most of the features are free of cost. Once you register and login, for a free account there is a limit of 10 instant transfers per month. There are no restrictions for file size by Backup Box but some connectors like Box (100 MB), SkyDrive (300 MB) have transfer limits. Backup Box does not restrict any sort of file types, however, some connectors like SkyDrive do. Data backup time depends on directories and files. More the number files, more will be the time taken to transfer files.  File transfer should not take much time and is much better than our manual process. In the worst case if the transfer fails, Backup box team will either try to fix that for you or will keep you informed that the backup has failed.

Transfer your Gmail Messages to Another Email Address

If you are however planning to transfer your existing Gmail messages to another email service that doesn’t support POP3 based importing, you can make use of a simple Google Script that will auto-forward all your old messages, one by one, to your new email address.

How to Transfer Gmail Messages – Step by Step

To configure the script, log on to your old Google account and then follow these steps:

1. Click here to copy the Mail Forwarding sheet to your Google Drive (associated with old Gmail Address).
2. You’ll see a new Gmail menu in the Google Sheet. Choose Gmail -> Authorize to allow the script to access your Gmail account.
3. Once the script has been authorized, choose Gmail -> Transfer and type your new email address where the old messages are to be auto-forwarded.

The Google Script will now run in the background and will auto-forward every single message from your old @gmail.com address to the new one. The script will add the label “cloned” to all the threads that have been successfully forwarded. This is required to keep track of messages that have been processed.

The transfer process, depending upon the size of your mailbox, may take a few days to complete because of Gmail’s daily sending limit. The messages in the Trash, Spam and your Sent Items folders are ignored.