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Moving in from Google, Apple or Microsoft

You can bring what you already have to , and nothing is deleted where it came from. From Google, most of it comes across in one go. From Apple and Microsoft, you bring each kind in through the app that keeps it.

From Google

Settings › Moving in brings in a Google Takeout export.

  1. Open Settings › Moving in and choose Open Google Takeout.
  2. In Takeout, choose Google Photos, Mail, Calendar, Contacts and Drive, and the .zip or .tgz format. Google emails you when the export is ready, which can take a day.
  3. Download every archive Google gives you. Big accounts come in several.
  4. Drop them all on Settings › Moving in at once, and keep the page open while they're sent to the server.
  5. Solel looks through them and shows what it found and whether it fits. Choose what to bring in, then choose Bring them in.

Photos go to Photos, mail to Mail, calendars to Calendar, contacts to Contacts and Drive to Files. You can close Settings while it works, and you get a notification when it's done. Nothing you've imported before comes in twice. Once an import has finished, Moving in leaves the Settings sidebar; search Settings for it to bring in more. Moving in explains each step.

From Apple or Microsoft

Moving in doesn't take Apple or Microsoft exports, so bring each kind in through its app:

  • Mail: connect your iCloud or Outlook account in Mail. Mail keeps a copy here, of the last year or all of it. See Add an email account.
  • Calendars: export them as .ics files, then drop them in Calendar's settings under Bring your calendars in. See Calendar.
  • Contacts: export them as a vCard (.vcf) or CSV file and import it in Contacts. See Importing contacts.
  • Photos: choose Add photos in Photos, or add them from your phone. See Adding photos from your phone.
  • Files from iCloud Drive or OneDrive: download them to your computer, then drop them into Files or choose Upload.

Keep using an address you have

If you'd rather keep your Gmail or Outlook address, connect it in Mail instead of importing it. Your mail stays with your provider, and Mail keeps its own copy on your server as new mail comes in. See Sign in with Google or Microsoft.