Gmail has many handy email options. However, one thing it seemingly lacks is an option that converts emails to a PDF (Portable Document Format). A PDF conversion option would be handy for saving back-up copies of messages without archiving. How-to quickly convert Gmail email into PDF. By Vincent Barr on November 9. Coming to my point, saving Gmail emails to PDF format is ridiculously simple and a native capability.
Save emails to PDF is a Chrome extension which enables saving any Gmail email to PDF in a couple of clicks.
Download options include saving individual emails to separate PDFs, merging all selected PDFs into one PDF, or saving conversations to CSV or Excel, apparently (the Excel option just saved to PDF for us).
Save emails to PDF is simple to use. Installing the extension adds a 'Download to PDF' button on the Gmail toolbar. Select whatever files you’d like to save, choose your preferred export format, and it arrives as a download in a few seconds.
The system even works with attachments. If the email contains a bunch of images, they’re embedded inline in the PDF; other formats are saved in an Attachments Zip file.
Setting this up requires creating a free cloudHQ account. The basic version also limits you to a maximum of 50 conversions a month. A Premium version gets you unlimited phone and email support and unlimited conversions for $49 per year.
Save emails to PDF is a free extension for Google Chrome.
Rejoice, Google users, for today, the company announced new data-saving capabilities that will finally--finally!—allow you to export and back up your Gmail and Google Calendar data without needing to turn to third-party software and arcane workarounds.
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Doing so’s dead-simple: Just head to Google’s data download page, sign into your account, and look for the new Gmail and Calendar entries after clicking “Create an archive.”
You can download everything in one fell swoop, or pick and choose individual calendars and Gmail labels to export. Gmail messages come in .MBOX format, while calendars download in as an .ICAL. Both file types are widely used with mail and calendar applications. Yep, you can finally drag your Gmail messages to another service without jumping through hoops.
You’re able to download your Calendar data today. Google says “The ability to download your Gmail messages will be rolled out over the next month.”
What are you waiting for? This feature’s been a long time coming, and it’s always a good time to back up your data.
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