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The impact of this means that whilst we can 'quickly' download large Google carry-out files (in multiples of 50Gb parts), they'll still take longer to upload to the new provider. For example, 150 Mpbs download and only 30 Mbps upload.

Secondly, broadband providers are typically offering a fast-down slow-up service.

Firstly, the export functionality available via Google is well-documented and understood.

Having researched several other offerings, I was looking for a Cloud-to-Cloud migration, as I don't see why I need to download data to my local drive first. I'd already read it several times, but you prompted me to think differently when you asked if the GDrive files were cached locally first.

I hope others have an easier time than I did. I made peace with this and just ground my way through it. The long and short of it is this, you're going to have to download your data. As you'll read above, the support position is RTFM, but I found this misleading as it suggests a transfer is possible, but it's actually a download followed by an upload. The DB transfer feature didn't work for me at all using Crome, and I had occasional success using Safari, but not frequently enough to inspire my confidence in using it. I can understand the commercial need to lock-in data, buyer beware. I needed to transfer files >10Mb which is the vendor limit I ran into). This setup gives me an awesome search and retrieval system, and the security of SSD and cloud backups.Īlthough it seems sensible to seek a cloud-to-cloud migration tool or service, I was unable to find one that met my needs (i.e. Going forward, I'm maintaining a local copy of my working body of data in DEVONthink, with a snapshot held on SSD, and I backup to DB.Although I'd previously uploaded all of my backup data DVDs, I've used this opportunity of having to download my data to take snapshot and build a local replica on SSD.I've spent many hours sat at my kitchen table with a network cable wired into my hub to get the best speed possible, and it really does make short work of large transfers.

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The £10 / month upgrade to Virgin Media's fibre has been invaluable.The issue comes when trying to use VisualDiffer to sync between GDrive and anywhere else. A tip with VisualDiffer: The tool works smoothly when comparing files locally on my Mac, as well as those in iCloud, and even DB.By using this tool I was able to ensure that I accurately reconstituted my files and folder structures when unzipping the take outs. If you've got a complicated folder structure like I had, grab a tool like VisualDiffer (by Pablo J.You're going to have to download them from Google and then upload them to Dropbox. If you're transferring video files that exceed this size, I'm afraid there's no simple solution.

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Another tip is to limit your Zip files to 10Gb - as tempting as the 50Gb option is - since these can (usually, but not always) be unzipped online.

By configuring the output to 'Add to Dropbox' Google will do the MS Office conversion for you. These will not migrate, however, it is possible to save time in converting by using the Google take out feature.

Given that part of the Google lock-in is the reliance upon their Office tools - slides, docs and sheet.

Firstly, and sadly, there is no (as yet) solution to large scale migration to DB.

I hope it helps others as there's a lot of misinformation out there. Having now migrated my data from Google to DB, I thought I'd post a follow up of what I actually did.