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Please note that this option is only ONLY available when exporting to a personal OneDrive account. Unfortunately our .syr@syr.edu accounts are not compatible with this method.

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  • Google Takeout will not transfer the files and folders that are shared with you. To copy shared documents, select and download them manually from the "Shared with me" folder of your Drive. Then upload them to OneDrive.
  • The migration process may take up to several days depending on the size of your export. Larger accounts (10+ GB) will be split into several archives by default.
  • Google Takeout will export one or several archives instead of individual files and folders. To use your documents in OneDrive, you will first need to download, unzip and re-organize them.

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This method will work only if you use Google Drive to store files and folders that were not created in Google Drive’s online services (such as Google Docs, Google Sheets etc.). If you mainly store documents of other types (such as images, PDFs, music and video files etc.), you can give this option a go.

But if you use Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides frequently and wish to copy these documents to OneDrive, we suggest that you choose a different method.

And here’s why: the Google Drive app does not save these files to your hard drive. Instead, it displays links that will not be useful in OneDrive after you migrate them.

Please note the following, when choosing this method:

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There are a variety of third-party applications that a user can choose to complete the migration task, a few which have been outlined below. Please keep in mind none of these options are supported by Syracuse University or the Information Technology staff.

  1. SysTools G Drive to OneDrive migration Tool (recommended by Microsoft)
  2. VaultME
  3. Shoviv Cloud Drive Migrator