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.
Fitbit
Go to https://www.fitbit.com/settings/data/export and request your account archive (or use Google Takeout and pick Fitbit). When it is ready, download it and load the zip file, or the folder you unzip it into.
Your exercises, sleep and weigh-ins are imported. Fitbit gives their times without a time zone, so they are read in the time zone of the device you import on.
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.
You can also import your account’s archive, which works even for an account or server that is gone: on your Mastodon server’s web site go to Preferences › Import and export › Export, choose Request your archive and download it when it is ready. Double-click the .tar.gz file to unpack it, then load the folder. Your posts (with their pictures) and boosts are imported; favorites and bookmarks are not, since the archive only lists their addresses.
Overcast
Sign in at https://overcast.fm/account and download the OPML export that includes your episode history (All data), then load overcast.opml.
Each episode you played or started is imported, dated when Overcast last updated it (usually when you finished or stopped listening), along with the date you subscribed to each podcast.
Reddit
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.
Snapchat
In Snapchat, open your profile, tap the settings button and choose My Data (or sign in at accounts.snapchat.com and choose My Data). Turn on the data you want, including User Information, and also Export your Memories, Export Chat Media and Export JSON Files, with no date range, and submit the request. When Snapchat emails you that your data is ready, download every zip file it offers (a big export comes in several) into one folder, and load the folder or every zip file in it.
Your saved chat messages with their pictures, videos and voice notes are imported, one conversation per friend or group, with the snaps you sent and received shown in them (the export only lists who sent a snap and when, not the snap). So are your Memories with where they were taken, your friends, and your location history, one entry per day. A later export of the same account updates what an earlier one imported (it needs User Information, which names the account).
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.
The Account data export works too, but only holds the last year, without albums or links to the tracks. If you import both, plays that are in both are shown once.
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.
WhatsApp
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.
Withings
In the Withings app, open your Profile, tap the settings button at the top right, then Export All Health Data. Pick your user and tap Start my archive. Withings emails you a link to a zip file: download it and load the zip file, or the folder you unzip it into.
Your measurements are imported, one entry per reading: weigh-ins with body composition, blood pressure and heart rate, pulse wave velocity, ECGs (with their trace), temperature, and SpO2 spot checks (one entry per day). So are your nights, your workouts with their routes, and each day’s steps, distance, floors, calories and VO2max. The minute-by-minute readings are not, nor are your account, orders or survey answers.