Surprise! Alois Bělaška has just updated Google+ Exporter to version 1.8.5
Google+ evidently will not be able to just throw a switch and disable all of G+
all at once. Ghost traces of your presence may linger awhile. (Don't count on this. Export your material today.)
I have sent invitations to the owners of this blog to continue their posts on [ https://gplusmigration.blogspot.com/ ] Use the comment form there to let me know if you would like this opportunity, too. Please read the Guidelines first [ https://gplusmigration.blogspot.com/2019/03/post.html ] Thanks!
Takeout and Exporter buttons on gplusmigration will be moved or removed on 2 April.
https://gplusmigration.blogspot.com/2019/03/post.html
Google+ evidently will not be able to just throw a switch and disable all of G+
all at once. Ghost traces of your presence may linger awhile. (Don't count on this. Export your material today.)
I have sent invitations to the owners of this blog to continue their posts on [ https://gplusmigration.blogspot.com/ ] Use the comment form there to let me know if you would like this opportunity, too. Please read the Guidelines first [ https://gplusmigration.blogspot.com/2019/03/post.html ] Thanks!
Takeout and Exporter buttons on gplusmigration will be moved or removed on 2 April.
https://gplusmigration.blogspot.com/2019/03/post.html
And folks, keep your Google+ Exporter, because its database contains all those articles you downloased, which might be worth to be transferred to archive.org - Internet Archive later on.
ReplyDeleteAnd folks, keep your Google+ Exporter, because its database contains all those articles you downloaded, which might be worth to be transferred to archive.org - Internet Archive later on.
ReplyDeleteWhy is this paid while Google Takeout can extract one's own contribution for free?
ReplyDeleteErkin Alp Güney 1) because it works and Google's takeout doesn't 2) it can extract other people's streams, and 3) communities. You get what you pay for.
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Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI’ve exported everything worth saving, and connected with my photographer friends on (several) other platforms, so I’m as ready as I’ll ever be. Many thanks to all the users here who’ve helped us figure out how to proceed with as little pain as possible.
ReplyDeleteErkin Alp Güney The tools have different strengths and weaknesses. F+MGE offers numerous capabilities GDT does not.
ReplyDeleteFriends+Me Google+ Exporter
URL: https://gplus-exporter.friendsplus.me
Instructions: https://medium.com/google-plus-exporter/how-to-download-images-7dc321b6f179
Pros:
Can save text only and exclude images -- faster and smaller archives.
Can save Collections and Communities.
Can save Private Communities and comments on Community posts.
Can save ANY Community you can access directly.
Can save third-party profiles.
Cons:
Desktop-based. No mobile support, requires downloading all content and long-lived connection.
May miss some content based on web-scraping methods.
Google Data Takeout
URL: https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/circles,plus_communities,plus_one,plus_pages,profile,stream
Official Google instructions: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1045788
Our guide: Streamlining Google Data Takeout for Google+
Pros:
Will save all post and comments for archived material.
Runs on Google's servers.
Can be saved directly to Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, or Box.
Cons:
WILL NOT save Private Community content.
WILL NOT save any Community comments.
WILL NOT save text only, excluding image and video content.
WILL NOT save Collections, Communities, or third-party profiles to their own archive.
(From: https://old.reddit.com/r/plexodus/wiki/index)
gplus-exporter.friendsplus.me - Google+ Exporter
Edward Morbius Thanks for that great summary of pros and cons!
ReplyDeleteI have one nagging reservation. Will either Takeout or Exporter preserve G+ images once Google axes them on G+? Will saved content suddenly show up with missing images on both platforms if the images were stored in G+ (not Google Photos, which continues...for awhile and should not be a problem).
I wonder if one of the Alois Bělaška's updates to Exporter might have dealt in some way with this, if it was necessary. I know one of the updates dealt with video content, which Exporter will now pick up, but my memory is just a bit fuzzy with all this going on at once....
Jeff Diver you can download all images and videos detected in downloaded posts, then they will be saved from the upcoming disaster.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Takeout should work too.
Alois Bělaška Whew! Great news! Many thanks, Alois!
ReplyDeletehttps://medium.com/google-plus-exporter/how-to-download-images-7dc321b6f179
Jeff Diver :-)
ReplyDeleteAlois Bělaška What's collected and downloaded when I select my profile in the Exporter?
ReplyDeleteOnly my posts, including those in my collections or all posts in my communities, too?
Gerhard Torges just posts published to your profile feed.
ReplyDeleteAlois Bělaška Is there any way to remove or disable a feed, once added?
ReplyDeleteI've got a bunch of Collections and Communities, which I'd like to fetch, but grabbing those one-at-a-time is slow since I've got to wait for each to complete.
Any suggestions?
Edward Morbius no way around this one, I am afraid, but backup the "Google+ Exporter" directory, rename the directory and start again.
ReplyDeleteThe post counter had been well above 20,000 again, Alois Bělaška, but stopped like this. Any ideas why?
ReplyDeletehttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h8Z6QhrKyEBrlCAvGuADv5tDDXM5NHWwPy55IoV8XFvl93qjZ9xm82uiP4lXU3dg-dc3MHZ6dPQ07y1p-P9QNoqdD6u9mLpqwkaR=s0
The post counter had been well above 20,000 again, Alois Bělaška, but stopped like this. Any ideas why?
ReplyDeletehttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5kqioNLXtB-r_qlSxmN8nfu-6L7eWiFmnZu3P1yaa_6YCD60umDU9oow814BxYT2KleYxaDe-ezoge2A4l1E02XjFMbwFnnBd1gj=s0
The post counter had been well above 20,000 again, Alois Bělaška, but stopped like this. Any ideas why?
ReplyDeletehttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nldwNIpgnI0L2vizKTWTFrED2fTODxXfWv-gubxjBRpJ8nj6VOHtVpLkHP58TGTSMw-9AB7lQZx9s50n5zuUSXHig5qyLyd64FUt=s0
The post counter had been well above 20,000 again, Alois Bělaška, but stopped like this. Any ideas why?
ReplyDeletehttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ciZoc1NicyemeNW1i2slK_X2ZRLYscyHT39FqVGhwLQp4niLmJB7zJvr4Wn4CHoGlIrGfVwjl86Gc9XQ25Bw2oT2JBMOQF8VCRnh=s0
Gerhard Torges Google+ is a mess... nothing works as expected right now...
ReplyDeleteMeh …
ReplyDeleteSame as Brexit. ;)
Gerhard Torges LOL
ReplyDeleteEdward Morbius I would have suggested: remove the entries from the sqlite table accounts. But restarting with a different directory sound like an even faster solution.
ReplyDeleteRight now, G+ looks like a dying man in the hospital …
ReplyDeleteGerhard Torges yes, it's a sad story...
ReplyDeleteI feels like HAL at the moment.
ReplyDeleteyoutube.com - Deactivating Hal 9000 HD (COMPLETE)
Loosers, they aren't even capable of taking it down cleanly. E.g. just switching us to a "That's all folks" page or something like that.
ReplyDeleteBut otherwise that reminds me of this old folklore story of the computer (operating system) that refused to die, even when they removed the power ;-)
Jürgen Christoffel that's a good one :)
ReplyDeleteThey're only focussing their Web API on Google+ Exporter users!
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, it's true! ☝😄