GoogleApps - Exporting and Importing Google Calendar or Docs Data

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• Exporting Google Calendar Data
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Exporting Google Calendar Data

Google provides the following guidance on exporting your data:

1. Log in to the old account from which to export data
2. If a warning/error message displays regarding Another User or a conflicting account, select the skip this step for now option.
3. Follow the steps on this help page to export:
   http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37111
4. Log out

Typically, a compressed (zip) file will be created and saved to your Documents or to your Downloads folder in the form NetID@msu.edu.ical.zip

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Importing Google Calendar Data

Google provides the following guidance on importing your data:

1. UNZIP the saved file (typically found in your Documents or Downloads folder in the form netid@msu.edu.ical.zip. One or more .ics files will be created.
2. Browse to https://googleapps.msu.edu and log in to the MSU-linked account using your MSU NetID and password.
3. Follow the steps on this Google help page to import:
   http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37118

Each of the individual .ics files must be uploaded.

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Exporting Google Docs Data

Google provides the following guidance on exporting your data:

1. Log in to the old account from which to export data
2. If a warning/error message displays regarding Another User or a conflicting account, select the skip this step for now option.
3. Follow the steps on this help page to export:
   http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49115
4. Logout

Each file must be individually exported.

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Importing Google Docs Data

Google provides the following guidance on importing your data:

1. Browse to https://googleapps.msu.edu and log in to the MSU-linked account using your MSU NetID and password.
2. Follow the steps on this help page to import:
   http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=50092
3. Log out

Please note that each file must be individually imported.

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Other Issues

Additional export and import activity may be necessary for other Google Apps and services that have saved data.

Linking to outside services such as YouTube will have to be replicated in the new MSU-linked account.

Issues regarding access to sites.google.com continue to require special handling.

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