Google Takeout
July 14, 2011 – 13:19 pm
The Big G has introduced a new product called Takeout. Basically what it does is take all of the data that you have stored on Google and compress it into a ZIP file.
You have to select the services you want to download including data from sites like Buzz, Picasa Albums, Contacts, Stream and your Google profile.
Google will zip it all up into a .zip file and you can download the file to your computer. Once you have it on your computer, just unzip it and and you can view or edit the info then import to whatever program you prefer.
I think this service is invaluable for moving information like your contacts, which are saved as a vCard file. Once you have your contacts in a vCard file, you con import them into Outlook, Windows Mail, or Thunderbird. This can be very useful for migrating your data. This service is FREE as in beer so check it out!