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Comment author: lukeprog 21 July 2012 08:08:15PM 1 point [-]

07/21/2012 update:

  • Google Docs' built-in export function fails. It doesn't give an error, but it only exports 20-50 documents on each try.
  • The Google Docs Download GreaseMonkey script works, but DownThemAll pauses for 30-90 seconds between each document download, and thus would take days to download all my documents.
  • GDocBackup used to work but now it doesn't.

My current working solution is to use Firefox + GDD + FlashGot + iGetter. When downloading stops working on the iGetter queue, I need to click 'Pause All', wait 10 seconds, then click 'Start Auto.'

Comment author: Dreaded_Anomaly 21 July 2012 08:33:02PM 0 points [-]

I think these failures of previous solutions are due to Google Docs being upgraded to/supplanted by Google Drive. Google Drive apparently has a built-in desktop sync feature, making exporting unnecessary. (Disclaimer: I haven't tried this yet myself.)

There is a company called Backupify which offers a tool that integrates with Google Drive to do an additional backup (rather than just syncing), but their app is listed with a cost of $3/month.

Comment author: lukeprog 21 July 2012 08:58:31PM *  0 points [-]

Yeah.

I also tried the desktop sync feature, but it doesn't actually store local copies of the files in an accessible format. It just means that you can load it up in your browser in 'offline mode' on the particular computer on which you have the Google sync software installed.

Backupify seems like it should work.

Comment author: lukeprog 07 October 2012 12:28:31AM 0 points [-]

Correction: Backupify only works if you use Google Apps. It doesn't work for personal Gmail accounts.

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