Note: This Tool supports to take backup of only FREE Gmail Account ( with " ***@gmail.com " ).
Free Live Demo - SysTools Mac Gmail Backup Fully Secured Download Version
The Mac Gmail Backup software features to provide an email backup for Gmail user account on Mac system. All email folders are included in the download during the process. Therefore, the complete account emails are downloaded as part of the backup process.
Software supports to create backup of email data in different file formats that can be accessed in the supported email clients. These export formats include PST, EML, MSG, MBOX, PDF, HTML, TXT, MHT, CSV & EMLX. By providing the valid Gmail credentials & choosing the format, users will have the entire mailbox data on their hand.
Backup All or Selective Folders
This feature applies to email folders using which you can download data only from selective folders. You can either download from all folders or selective ones using Select All or checkbox against selective folders like Inbox, Drafts, Sent Mail etc. respectively which you want to backup on Mac.
You can take the backup of Gmail data within a specific date range. Apply the Date-Filter to set a specific time-period & apply other filters to minimize the time consumed in unnecessarily downloading the entire Gmail account data this Gmail Backup tool for Mac.
Pause & Resume Downloading
Software provides Pause and Resume Option for uninterrupted Backup of Gmail emails. If in between the downloading, internet connection is lost or stopped, the process can be later resumed. Once paused, the process can be resumed even after the software is closed and re-run later on, only by providing the respective account password.
Maintains Status Report of Backup
While you backup Gmail to different formats, the Mac Gmail Email Backup tool will show complete progress report with details like: Source Path, Destination Path, MailCount, Fail Count & Status of backup process. You can also save the Status Report as CSV after the complete Gmail backup process.
Gmail Archive Tool offers a functionality to automatically delete the emails from the Gmail account once they are downloaded and saved to the computer hard drive. You have to enable the Delete after download option so that some storage space is generated in the Gmail account without a data being lost.
This feature within the application retains the folder structure of email folders while downloading Gmail emails to the local hard drive. In addition, the meta attributes in each emails are maintained in order even after the Gmail backup process is completed.
Mac Gmail Email backup Software is capable of saving all the attachments within the emails to be backed up in the local system drive. There is no size-limit for downloading the attachments & the inline image & the HTML formatting of the attachments are also kept the same post-backup.
This software is robust enough to export the data that has been received after the first backup. Meaning, if the tool is used in the future, the Incremental Backup feature will avoid exporting the previously downloaded emails & transfer only the new ones. This eliminates the creation of duplicates.
With the help of this Gmail Backup Software for Mac, the emails saved locally can be renamed as per requirement. The Naming Convention feature provides various naming options like Subject, Subject + Date, etc. for the data files. This makes finding the emails easier for the end user.
The tool is incorporated with a simple & user-friendly interface. It successfully runs on Mac Versions macOS High Sierra(10.13), macOS Sierra(10.12),OS X El Capitan(10.11), OS X Yosemite(10.10), OS X Mavericks (10.9), OS X Mountain Lion(10.8), Mac OS X 11.0 (Big Sur) and Mac OS X 12.0 (Monterey)
Trial Limitations
Limitations
Demo of Mac Gmail Backup software can download the first 100 Emails to different formats
System Specifications
Hard Disk Space
100 MB of free hard disk space
RAM
Around 4 GB of RAM
Processor
Mac Computer with Intel Processor
Mac Computer with Apple Silicon (Apple M1)
Application
Pre-Requisites
Operating System
MacOS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), MacOS X 10.9(Mavericks), MacOS X 10.10 (Yosemite), MacOS X 10.11 (El Capitan), MacOS X 10.12 (Sierra), MacOS X 10.13 (High Sierra), MacOS X 10.14 (Mojave), MacOS X 10.15 (Catalina), Mac OS X 11.0 (Big Sur), Mac OS X 12.0 (Monterey), and Mac OS X 13.0 (Ventura)
FAQs
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Get an Overview of Mac Gmail Mailbox Backup Features - DEMO and Licensed Version
Features | DEMO Version | License Version |
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Backup Single Gmail User Account Emails | ||
Backup All or Selective Folders | ||
Backup by Date | ||
Pause & Resume Backup Process | ||
Maintains Status Report | ||
New Emails Backup option | ||
Apply Naming Convention | ||
Supports Mac OS X 10.8 & later versions | ||
Save & Export Mac Gmail Email into many formats | Backup First 100 Emails | All Items |
Cost | FREE | Starting at $39 |
Listed Commonly Asked Questions and Answers
"I have approx 10 Gb of data in my Gmail Account. How Can I take complete backup of my Gmail Account?"
"I have an Apple Mac machine and my usual interaction with clients is done via Gmail. However, after a recent account hack, I have become particular about its safety. Concerning the same, I wanted to ensure that business continuity is always maintained. Therefore, I want the data from my Gmail account to reside on my machine too, so that I can always have access on it even though the account is hacked. Is there a possible way to do so?"
Mac Gmail Backup is the apt release for your requirement to archive emails in multiple file formats like EML, PST, MBOX, MSG, EMLX, etc. The software is built to download Gmail account data at the specified directory. Moreover, the software features user specific customizations in the backup process with the help of date filter & custom folder backup.
"There are a lot of emails stored on my Gmail account that are of great importance due to the contents they store within. This has caused a security concern, which I am unable to get over. Is there a way to get these emails on my Mac machine in bulk so that they can be cleared off from the online storage? Online storage is risky owing to the possibility of hacking. How to backup Gmail account on Mac machine?"
With this software, you can backup / download your Gmail account data moved to local storage. This can be done in two ways:
"I am currently having Gmail for Business Account with Custom domains. Does your software also supports to take backup of Custom Domain Gmail Account?"
No, This Mac Gmail Backup software does not support "custom domain Gmail account" (other than @gmail.com).
"I am a Mac user and I am using limited file formats due to some security reasons. I wanted to know about the Mac Gmail Backup software file formats. In which format the backup is migrated?"
Mac Gmail Backup provides users to take backup in EML, PST, MBOX, MSG, etc. on Mac OS X Platform. Theses file formats are easily supported in their supportive applications like: PST File (MS Outlook Email Client), MBOX File (Supported by Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Entourage, Netscape, Pocomail etc) MSG File( supported by Microsoft Outlook),EML (Supported by Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express, Apple Mail, etc.), EMLX File (Supported by Apple Mail )
Yes, you can install the software and export Gmail messages to PST smoothly without Outlook installation.
This occurs when your Mac's machine language is not English (India), English (UK), or English (US). Set the desired language and region, and restart the machine to successfully backup.
The time taken by the software to backup a Gmail email account entirely depends upon the internet speed and amount of data being backed up.
The basic need to run the software is the JDK (Java Development Kit) and JRE 8 (Java Runtime Environment). You have to download and install JDK & JRE 8 packages to overcome the pop-up error message “Unable to load Java Runtime Environment” in your system. Or if you want more information, then check the Pre-requisites that is listed in the Specifications section.