Migrate Cloud Data

You can use the File Browser application to collect data from your existing information environment into your Private Cyberspace. It supports most popular protocols, including:

  1. SFTP
  2. WEBDAV
  3. SMB
  4. CALDAV
  5. CARDDAV
  6. S3
  7. FTP
  8. MYSQL
  9. GIT
  10. LDAP
  11. DROPBOX
  12. GDRIVE

For data outside the above protocols, you can normally export the data in some ways, please see below for some popular Cloud services.

WhatsApp

  1. Tap the three vertical dots within an individual message or group chat.
  2. Tap More, and then Export Chat.
  3. Choose whether to export with or without media, with the most recent media being added as attachments.
  4. Choose how to share the attachments, which will consist of a .txt file as well as individual attachments for each piece of media in the chat.

Save to your Infinite Disk using File Browser or directly using any of the support protocols e.g. SMB, Seafile, SFTP, S3 etc.

iOS using iTunes

Microsoft Windows

  1. Connect your iOS device to the PC you normally sync with, and connect using a USB or USB-C cable or a Wi-Fi connection. You can learn how to turn on Wi-Fi syncing here.
  2. Double-click iTunes.
  3. You should see an icon for your device appear in the menu bar on the upper left side of the iTunes window. Click on it.
  4. Click Back Up Now to begin backing up your iOS device to your computer. If you want to include account passwords, Health and HomeKit data, you’ll need to make sure the checkbox entitled Encrypt iPhone backup is also checked.
  5. To see the backups stored on your computer, choose Edit, then Preferences, then click Devices. You will see encrypted backups shown with a lock icon in the list of backups.

Save to your Infinite Disk using File Browser or directly using any of the support protocols e.g. SMB, Seafile, SFTP, S3 etc.

macOS

  1. Open iTunes and connect your iOS device to your computer with a USB cable.
  2. If you are asked for your iOS device passcode or to Trust This Computer, follow the onscreen steps.
  3. Select your iOS device on your computer.
  4. Click Back Up Now.
  5. When the process ends, you’ll see that the backup finished successfully because you’ll be shown the date and time of your last backup.

Save to your Infinite Disk using File Browser or directly using any of the support protocols e.g. SMB, Seafile, SFTP, S3 etc.

iOS using Finder

  1. Open a Finder window and connect your device to your computer with a USB cable.
  2. If you’re asked for your device passcode or to Trust This Computer, follow the onscreen steps.
  3. Select your device on your computer.
  4. If you’d like to back up the Health and Activity data from your device or Apple Watch, you need to encrypt your backup by selecting the “Encrypt local backup” checkbox, which will require you to create a password.
  5. Select Back Up Now.
  6. When the process ends, you’ll see that the backup finished successfully because you’ll be shown the date and time of your last backup.

Save to your Infinite Disk using File Browser or directly using any of the support protocols e.g. SMB, Seafile, SFTP, S3 etc.

Google Takeout

  1. Login to your Google Account
  2. Go to myaccount.google.com (or go to drive.google.com then "Manage your Google Account")
  3. Go to the “Privacy & personalisation” section and select “Manage your data & privacy.”
  4. Scroll down to a section labeled “Data from apps and services you use.” Here, you’ll select “Download your data” in the “Download or delete your data” section.
  5. On Google Takeout page select to download all of your Gmail emails and also your Google Chrome bookmarks, transactions from various Google services, locations stored in Google Maps, Google Drive contents, and other Google-related products you may use. Then click Next step.
  6. Select what file type you would like it sent as and the frequency you would like this action to happen and the destination you would like your data to be sent to.
  7. Select “Create export” and you’ll see an export in progress page.
  8. Receive one or more emails within hours to days (depending on the size of data you are downloading), informing you that your Google data is ready to download. Once you have the emails in your inbox, you have a week to download the data. Click the “Download your files” button in the email and you will have a ZIP file or a TGZ file (depending on what type of file you picked) on your computer with your Google data.

Facebook

  1. Login to Facebook.
  2. Navigate to “Settings,” or go to "facebook.com/settings"
  3. Click on “Your Facebook Information” in the column on the left.
  4. Click the “Download Your Information” button.
  5. Select the types of information you would like to download, the categories and the date ranges you want.
  6. Select the file format you would like to receive the data in either HTML or JSON.
  7. Facebook when tell you when the file has been created so you can then download it.

Instagram

  1. Log into your account on instagram.com with a web browser (not the instagram mobile app)
  2. Navigate to your profile page (click on the little “person” icon in the upper righthand corner)
  3. Click on the “gear” icon next to the “Edit Profile” button and select “Privacy and Security.”
  4. Scroll down to “Data Download,” and click “Request Download.”
  5. Request a copy of what you have shared on Instagram.
  6. Enter the email you would like your data sent to, then enter your account’s password.
  7. Receive a file within 3 days with all of your profile information, photos, videos, archived Instagram Stories (those posted after December 2017), your post captions, and direct messages.

Twitter

  1. Log into your account on twitter.com with a web browser (not the twitter mobile app).
  2. Click on the “More” section in the navigation bar.
  3. Select the “Settings and Privacy” tab on the new navigation bar.
  4. Under the “Account” section within area labeled “Data and Permissions” select “Your Twitter Data”.
  5. Under "Download your Twitter data" eneter your password and click "Confirm".
  6. Select to download Twitter and Periscope data and click "Request Archive".
  7. When you archive is already, you will receive a link to download in a notification.
  8. Inside the ZIP file are your direct messages, Twitter moments, profile media, and media you used in your tweets like gifs, photos, and videos.

TikTok

  1. Open TikTok on your phone and go to your profile.
  2. Click on the three dots that appear at the top right corner.
  3. Under “Account,” select “Privacy.”
  4. Click on “Personalization and data” → “Download your data.”
  5. In “Download your data” you will see more information about what you can download. Scroll to the bottom and click “Request data file.”
  6. In the second tab titled “Download data,” you will see that your request is pending.
  7. Once your data is ready for download, you will receive a message in your TikTok inbox that says “System Notifications: The file you’ve requested containing your Tiktok information is now ready for you to download.” Tap that message and select “Download.”
  8. Once you click download, you will be redirected to a login page on your mobile browser. After you log in and verify your password, you’ll receive a popup message to download the ZIP file.
  9. Click “Download” and then you’ll notice the file getting downloaded at the top right corner. You’ll be redirected back to the login page.
  10. Once the file has been downloaded, click on the button with the down arrow at the top right corner.
  11. Choose the ZIP file you want to download. This file will open in your “Files” app.
  12. Here, you can find all your activity, comments, direct messages, profile, videos, and more.
  13. File you’ve received has information about your TikToks like the date you published them, the video link, and the number of likes you got. But it doesn’t include the actual video itself. To archive the video, you need to copy and paste the video link into your web browser, then download the TikTok to your device.