Ploze

Exporting your data

This is how you can export data from all the services that Ploze supports. Just download the exports into a root folder, and tell Ploze to import from that root folder and it will search inside it and import everythng it can. It even works inside (one level deep) Zip files.

Something not working?

If these instructions are wrong, or if the import fails (it is bound to happen) please email me at damian@ploze.com or submit anonymous feedback at https://ploze.com/feedback

The sources

Amazon (Audible purchases & listening sessions, Kindle purchases & reading sessions, other digital purchases)

Go to https://www.amazon.com/gp/privacycentral/dsar/preview.html and select Request All Your data and follow the instructions.

Apple Health

On your iPhone open the the Apple Health app, go to the Summary page, and tap your icon on the top right, and click “Export All Health Data” … wait … and wait … then when it is done, airdrop the resulting file to your Mac, and then unzip the file.

Blog Archive (bar file)

Export your blog as a ‘.bar’ file, for example in Micro.blog go to your blog and tap Posts on the left, then the... by the blog name, and then Export and Export in blog archive format (.bar) — a single file with posts and uploads.

Calendars (ics files)

Use the export function of your calendar service to export an .ics file.

For Google this can be done at https://takeout.google.com

Day One

Right-click a journal in Day One on your Mac and select Export->JSON

Email (including GMail)

Use the export function of your mail service to export an .mbox file.

For Google this can be done at https://takeout.google.com

Its not a problem if the downloads are split into multiple files.

Evernote

Right-click each notebook in the Evernote desktop app, and select the option to export it as an Enex file.

There are instructions at https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/209005557-Export-notes-and-notebooks-as-ENEX-or-HTML

Facebook (friends, messages and posts)

Go to https://accountscenter.facebook.com/info_and_permissions and select Download your information and follow the instructions.

Foursquare/Swarm

Open the Swarm app on your phone and tap your icon at the top.

Tap the Settings cog, and ‘Privacy Settings’.

Scroll to the botton and tap ‘Initiate Data Download Request’.

Once you’ve received the export file, download it.

Garmin

Go to the export function for your running/cycling/sports web site or app and export your data as GPX files. Follow the instructions, and once you have the export file, download it.

GitHub (issues, comments etc.)

Go to https://github.com/settings/admin and tap New Export under Export account data and follow the instructions.

Double-click the .gz file you download to expand it into a folder.

Goodreads (reviews)

Go to https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?ref=nav_profile_settings, select the Settings tab, and tap Download my Goodreads data at the bottom of the page. Follow the instructions, and once you have the export file, download it.

Google Chat

Go to https://takeout.google.com and make sure you include your chat messages in the export.

Google Location History

Go to https://myaccount.google.com, select the Data & Privacy, tap Download your Data at the bottom of the page, select Location History (Timeline) (or everything). Follow the instructions, and once you have the export file, download it.

Instagram (followers, followers, photos and videos)

Go to https://accountscenter.instagram.com/info_and_permissions/dyi/ and download all your information, choose all time as the time range, JSON as the format, and the quality you would like.

Last.fm

Last.fm don’t provide an export tool, instead there is a third-party web site you can use.

DO NOT login to this site or enter your password.

Go to https://lastfm.ghan.nl/export/ and just enter your username, download your Scrobbles in json format

LinkedIn (connections and messages)

Go to https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/download-my-data and select Download larger data archive… and tap Request archive and follow the instructions.

Mastodon

Paste in the URL to your Mastodon instance into the Maston import page in the app (e.g. https://fosstodon.org or https://mastodon.social and tap Load.

Go to https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request and choose I want data from my full time at Reddit.

Once the file is available download it.

RSS/Blogs

Paste in the URL for the RSS feed below. Some RSS feeds only serve the most recent few entries.

Runkeeper

Go to the export function for your running/cycling/sports web site or app and export your data as GPX files. Follow the instructions, and once you have the export file, download it.

Skype

Go to https://secure.skype.com/en/data-export, select both Conversations and Data and tap Submit Request.

Double-click the .tar file you download to expand it into a folder.

Spotify

Go to https://www.spotify.com/us/account/privacy/ and export your extended streaming history. Follow the instructions, and once you have the export file, download it.

Trakt

Only Trakt VIP members can export from Trakt.

If you are a VIP member please go to https://trakt.tv, hover your mouse over your icon on the top right, click History and then tap the CSV Export button on the far right (looks like a grid).

Make sure the date range is set to your complete history.

Twitter/X (tweets and DMs).

Go to https://twitter.com/settings/account and tap Download an archive of your data and follow the instructions.

In WhatsApp on your phone open a group chat, or a single conversation thread, tap the title at the top, and tap Export Chat.

Select Attach media to have those photos, videos, and above all, those memes.

Once the export is done, Airdrop or email it to your Mac, and save it so that you can import it.