cameoappearance
manyblinkinglights
My blog is a lot bigger, but this seems worth
trying even if it takes up Way Too Much disk space
#tumblr
itself
grimroth cameoappearance
I’ve been looking for a solid method to grab my
blog in ages and this particular python script never came up! Just tried it
out, and it works great.
#!!!
onerealperson
Anyone know a way to back up drafts folders?
thesoulzofhades fiction-is-not-reality
It’s finally downloading but says unknown
time… I don’t know how many hours it was processing for but it was a long
time because I’ve been here since 2011. This might be a few GB big but I’m
going to move it to my USB.
dadmondmiles dadmondmiles
There is also TumbleThree, a standalone program,
if you prefer a GUI over command-line. Also seems to have more options, such as
downloading your liked posts.
#tumblr
bandicoot88
Can someone help me? I’m stuck on the ‘Control
Panel. Search for Advanced System Settings’ part. I do not have this. I am on
Windows 7. I’d love to back up my Tumblr if possible! Thanks.
spinnerprincess kresnikclan
fyi if you want this to go very very fast and
more want a record of your text than anything else, the flag “-k” at the
command line section will refrain from downloading images when backing up,
which is mainly what would make it take a long time to do a backup + make said
backup huge. it makes the program link to the image files instead of
downloading them
#open
“tumblr_backup.md” in notepad or something if you vaguely know how command
line flags work and there are more of them #neat tool.
belovedsheith
I use TumbleThree! I haven’t found it to be as
easy to look up which images go to which posts, but it WILL download all the
content. It’s been easier for me to figure out than the other methods and it’s
better than nothing.
niniblack fiction-is-not-reality
Reblogging for followers but I’m gonna level
with you, this is too much work for me.
#tumblr
bs
archivesandfeminism
Anybody else getting a blog that’s not theirs in
the output?
shilo-morkaisin
I got all the way to the last step, but then it
just wouldn’t download any content
Help?
birbidot acelordsin
fwiw, it works great, but my blog has ~65k
posts, which is a LOT MORE DATA and takes a LOT MORE TIME than this person. It
works well, just keep that in
shelveddoll bisexualmichaelangdon
Is there a way to back up tumblr from an iPad?
#signal
boost
skyholdherbalist crystal-grace
Boost! Better info here than in my post,
and points directly to the Windows guide. If you’re a Windows user, here
you go.
#tumblr
backup
sdcruzart bearicorn
this is actually really useful if you have an
art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the
original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in
that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished
at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I
didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to
text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it…
lightsmalltalk nonbinarypastels
can somebody help me with this? i’m confused
about the paths part. i don’t understand what i’m supposed to add. i’m also not
sure if i’m supposed to add it to the user variables or the system
variables.
theselectivesmutmeister
vegasbondage-deactivated2018120
Not exactly what I’ve been looking for, but
given that I’ve had zero luck finding any Tumblr management tools, definitely
worth a reblog.
#“ #‽ #OffTopic
topnbottom vegasbondage-deactivated2018120
Good advice. I’ve used the command line tool in
the past. Super geeky but it works great.
fiction-is-not-reality2 defunctzombie
Except that the tumblr export tool doesn’t work
for everyone (for me it would stay loading for hours and hours and hours and
just get stuck there), so this was one of the possible external alternatives
that didn’t involve using wordpress.
#reblogging
on this blog as well #tumblr stuff #ref
aethergeologist glassesblu-main
I tried tumblethree, and although it works, it
will save your blog as seperate image, video and audio files, and then one
single file for all your text posts. So it’s not particularly convenient.
#reblog #tumblr
incredifishface radishhoney
is there a SIMPLE CLEAR mac version of this.
I’ve been doing research and i’ve never felt more computer illiterate in my
whole life
solluxisms solluxisms
The first method worked easily for me and only
took around 30 minutes to back up my entire 24k-post blog.
#notmine
#nothomestuck #tumblr backup #tumblr backups
hellolovelyscientist quakerlasss
Anyone know back-up tips for Mac OS users? iPad
or MacBook?
allionne hanni-bunny-lecter
Getting a (free) wordpress blog and importing
your blog there works as well. (And then getting the stuff down from there at
your leisure later)
#tumblr #backup
hotpresscopper robotmango
how to keep your stuff. Also note; you can
backup other people’s blogs if there is someone who has gone inactive and you
want their content.
ashtarasilunar ashtarasilunar
I’ve seen the option for exporting stuff to
wordpress, but this is a local backup option if you aren’t interested in that.
Does involve use of command prompt, but the instructions are
straightforward.
#tumblr #backups
#signal boost
mayalaen mayalaen
REBLOGGING AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS AWESOME!! It
even gave me archive pages that show my entire month on one page and it’s
organized by YEAR/MONTH.
#tumblr
issues
destroying-you-slowly seaymph
Does anyone have Mac instructions?
timeclonemike violettherainwing
Keep in mind that the longer you have been on
tumblr and the more stuff you have posted or reblogged, the bigger the file
will be.
#backup #export
matthewonart raptorcivilization
hey guys use this instead of the Export function
#tumblr.txt
#psa
brin-bellway cosmic-llin
I have recommended the OP’s method for some
time, and now more than ever.
#reply
via reblog #(look you know what I *meant* about hoping to use that tag again
someday) #The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #The Last Tumblr Apocalypse #101 Uses for
Infrastructureless Computers #(the following category tag was added
retroactively:) #Wordpress
blackdalek jewishdragon
i cannot backup mine for some reason, first time
it never finished, now i click the button but nothing happens
#there’s
nothing i can do about it so fuck that #i was really sad when tumblr deleted my
tumblr #now i just care about the friends i made here #i dont want to lose them
#i dont really care about everything else
sigistoneshield sigistoneshield
guys I got stuck because the computer couldn’t
find the httplib module, does anyoone know how to fix that (win7)?
friedcherryblossomprincess enscenic
This seems to be working for me. It’s partway
through backing up my posts atm.
tumblr apocalypse #how to back up your blog
damn-anotherangel greetings-and-defiance
yeah, I’m on a mac and these methods don’t offer
an option for me, can I still beg for help?
inner–monologue dr-sparklefairy
I’m a 10-year veteran on “The HellsiteTM” and I
highly recommend using this method or even Tumblr’s onboard backup. I have 20+
GB of my online life safely squirreled away now.
cafiffle psycrowe
if there is a similar resource for Mac users I
would appreciate it a lot, I’ve done some googling but am nervous about the
results/don’t want to fuck up my whole life by trying something I don’t know
enough about
leotardsanity alxblack17
Tumblr actually has its own export tool now, and
it does include your chat logs.
#personal
#tumblr
ravurian magdaliny
A warning, tho. My download, when I did this,
ended up being 26gb in a single fucking zip file . There was nothing to
indicate how big that file was going to be before I started the download, or
how long it would take, and no option to pick and choose what you wanted to
download. I just got the lot - every picture, every gif, every video or media
file, every chat, everything, as many times as I reblogged them. Just bear in
mind if your hard drive is full, you’re going to need space. Good luck…
vampireadamooc annachibi
I cannot for the life of me get this to work.
I’m just not Python compatible apparently.
#tumblr #annachibi
chipuggle epicukulelesolo
I just did this for my main, and now I’m doing
it for side blogs. RIP hellsite
gotenboner sendgays
Make sure to make a backup to use on
Pillowfort.io later this week!!
wajjs imperatorsendak
the first method doesn’t work if your system
isn’t in english. i tried following it, but there’s not a direct
translation for things between a system in english and one in spanish, and as
much as i tried, i couldn’t make it work. maybe someone who’s more versed
than me in this kind of thing will be able to, i just know that i struggled a
lot and in the end i couldn’t find a way around it.
#the
first method doesn’t work if your system isn’t in english #i still need to find
a guide in spanish #tumblr ref
theeye368 hypno-moon-gazer
I got this to work on Windows. Not sure about
Mac users.
olsiekj aliakbar925
Anyone know how to back a blog up legitly on
mobile? :(
art-twink robinofnazareth
luckily i have all my art backed up to google
drive (just in case) but ty this may be useful for some others rn
anon1adult nisaki-chan
Holy shit. I did not expect it to work that
well!!
#Yup
xcziel kat8porgs
just fyi this github tutorial is for windows
weirdstuffifindinteresting thehatterslab
For non-Windows users, the RipMe app works well.
I just used it on my soon-to-die NSFW blog.
#this has
been a psa #Public Service Announcement
the-wolfbats forthegaytergood
It works on Mac, the only thing is the PATH will
be formatted differently (see image).
summon-daze summon-daze
Uh im getting directory errror messages, anyone
mind helping me out?
brotherxii brotherxii
Can someone explain how to do this?
78nanosieverts charlesoberonn
(note: this doesn’t work with other versions of
python, which should have been obvious to me but I didn’t realize that my
computer wasn’t running the same version as is laid out in the tutorial. if you
don’t have v2.7.12 go download that before following the rest of this github
page!)
#reference
illusoriy sl-walker
IIRC the github guide only goes into details for
people running Windows; I had to adapt it slightly for Mac use. my how-to is
here for anyone else who wants to back up to a Mac and doesn’t feel like doing it
through trial and error the way I did the first time around lmao
p0wersurg3 professorsparklepants
I want this, but does it also save your likes as
well?
#I have
many liked things #That I didn’t reblog #Many NSFW #Tasteful and otherwise
galaxy-lilies nightcatssketchbook
I don’t have a PC rip
oricalcon gaybrielwatch
For those of you wondering: This includes your
posts in all forms, and your reblogs, as well as the number of notes they got.
Furthermore, it’s implemented in a way that archives your posts by month in an
index.html file that can be used while offline. You can search your tags per
month by simply using ctrl+f. The only thing it doesn’t do is save the images
that are in the reblogs, and it cannot save videos.
comedicallyobsessed ana-the-unknown
Holy shit, I just backed up 20,287 posts across
3 blogs in an hour. Altogether it was 24.9GB
#tumblr #useful
#awesome #fandom
this has been sitting here for hours. your
mileage may vary.
queerlullaby itemfinder
This is the method I used and I can confirm it
works!
maxbroforce xfreischutz
My hurrdurr brain struggled for a hot minute,
but basically steps 3 and 4 need to be combined:
caiusmajor stunt-muppet
I’ve used the tumblr-utils program that OP links
successfully in the past, and hastilly pulled it up in the current situation.
It still works well.
#tumblr #backups
#psa
tigerliliesandcherryblossoms lockrum
I am not even close to a programmer. This
worked. OP is a Deity. All Hail!
weizhentian caiusmajor
If you have a different version of Python
running the script is going to be a nightmare. Someone in the git repository
made a version for Python 3, but it doesn’t work for 3.5.
supah-effin-nova supah-effin-nova
Okay while this is really cool and works… I
just have an image of every photo I ever reblogged or that was on a post I ever
reblogged with no context and this is confusing as fuck. LMAO
thegothiest wilfyy
@dinklebertarts if you’re willing to go through
a little bit of trouble, here’s how you can back up your old blog if you really
wanted to… saw this and thought of your old blog
I don’t have anything I’m particularly invested
in saving on mine, since most of my posts are reblogs or links to my LPs which
are alive on YouTube. But for anyone who wants a faster way of backing up
their own content, here’s something you can do.
annethecaptain geneeste
If anyone has a good version for MAC (this one
is Windows only) I’d love to know about it ASAP!
meeedeee destinaf
Does it include reblogs?
#borrowed
tags-reblog does not mean endorsement
oathkeeper-of-tarth owldee
Give this a shot! I have been using tumblr-utils
for a while now and absolutely recommend it, as well as taking a look at some
of the more advanced options it has (such as backing up posts of only a certain
type, saving a particular tag, saving your liked posts, etc. - it’s well
documented, and with the guide linked in the OP shouldn’t be hard to get
started with).
#backup #tumblr
#how are we all doin’ on this fine 2002-smut-ban-tasting day #sigh #i do have
some pillowfort keys left over i think #i’ll have to check everything when it
comes back up #the great tumblr fuckening of 2018
king-artoria king-artoria
note; you MUST get python 2, and not 3, or it
wont work. follow this to the LETTER.
farlinns thanos-the-rad-titan
Probably don’t know how to do it even with
instructions……
twisted-taylor britishsixtiesbeat
this took a little bit to figure out but its
actually pretty easy to backup once you get it down
music-in-the-bell-jar nomtheburritos
For not windows users, and also everyone, Tumblr
has a native backup function. Settings–>click on your blog you want to
backup–>scroll all the way down, there’s an “Export” option.
Done. May take awhile to get all your shit for download, but leaving the page
doesn’t stop the process, and you don’t have to fiddle with command line stuff
like in the above link (though shout out to the contributors for it!)
imaginal fourthousandnyan
If you’re a blog like me that’s been around
for… a while and is mainly reblogs (I tried to backup my blog in August, it’s
still not done because I have over 300k posts), I recommend just, opening up a
new sideblog, reblogging anything you wanna save (ex anything in your art tag)
and then backing up the sideblog
neargoddamninvincible asexualthorin
This is the only thing that has worked for me
thus far! Wordpress can’t handle the length of my blog apparently, and the
tumblr backup keeps saying it’s processing but it isn’t getting anywhere. This
is pulling posts for me as we speak!
saintrichard shadowthekitsunereturns
It took me hours and it was still not working…
numinous-queer wonderwanda
Mac sent me an answer!
#thank
you Mac!!!! #SMA kids got each others’ backs in these weird times #also how
many of us at the nerd table turned out queer? #I think 1/3 to ½ of us #and
that’s in a Catholic girls’ school #(being a trans guy there was weird)
uniwolfwerecorn lukearnold
I tried using tumblr’s archive function, and it
didn’t work, or at least not the way I thought it should, then I used this and
it’s absolutely great! All my posts, even those that I tried to forget, are
there, and it’s beautifully displayed and in order. Highly recommended.
uhh-what eighthchiharu
Used this, totally worked. 10 mins or less, all
my posts and pictures saved. Amazing, ty whoever wrote this lovely thing.
artsyneurotic falsesecuritysketches
I’m currently running this program and it does
indeed seem to be grabbing all my posts/media, so this is another good option
for people who want a backup of their tumblr just in case.
#tumblr
backup
encharrneer canadianthiefshu
This tumblr-utils program also work on nsfw blog
that can’t be access with out login to tumblr too!
artsyneurotic artsyneurotic
Oh just as a heads-up though… this does not
seem to grab tumblr video clips (videos that are uploaded into tumblr) it only
seems to grab a thumbnail frame of it. So if you uploaded a lot of video,
you may need to look for an alternate way to save those.
foxystardust literal-ghost
If you want to be able to properly browse your
posts this is a better alternative than Tumblrs own backup system.
fiction-is-not-reality2 yoonbum-in-drag
Last time i had notifications for this post on
the 20th there were 4k notes. At least I’m not seeing my notification page
implode
#ref #tumblr
backup
supernova-system-dreams dedalvs
Windows users!!! If you can use this!!!! It
apparently has been tested!!!
nerianasims fiction-is-not-reality2
This is a pretty clear method to backup your
blog. Bonus: Lets you read your backup on your computer like you can on Tumblr.
Also, it will probably help when you need to import your blog somewhere else to
have an index like this.
asleepinawell followthebluebell
@geoclaire the first method described seems to
be working for me. definitely takes a while to run but it’s actively saving
files to my computer.
#the
fuckening of tumblr
ladytp uniwolfwerecorn
I did this and it worked great! My whole Tumblr
is now backed up, in order, texts and images, easy to view, month by month…
Recommend!
#Tumblr
woes #back up #this worked well #signalboost #yay
5hit-happened archgayge
Nothing for Mac users?
redheadgleek
This actually worked (after some big trial and
error) on my Mac! I’ve got my blog saved now and a bunch of the fan art blogs.
What a relief!
#ill give
instructions tomorrow #just make sure you have the latest python2 installed #and
my mac required something else that makes python work better #once i got those
it was easy
redheadgleek
Here’s a few additions to the process.
I use an older Macbook Pro, so I had to download
Python and install it on my computer. The first time I did this, I just
followed the link to Python that the instructions above posted and
downloaded/installed, and it took several hours with several error messages to
download my blog. After a little bit of research, I discovered that it probably
because I didn’t have everything installed properly. So I then followed the
instructions here to install Python and Homebrew through Terminal, which made
the process much faster (installing Homebrew was terrifying as all of a sudden
my computer seemed possessed by a demon spitting out words I didn’t understand,
but it calmed down).
I know next to nothing about Python, so I
couldn’t figure out how to open/use any of the applications once I installed
Python, so I did everything through Terminal which worked just fine for me
(Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal).
Somebody created a How-To Guide for Mac here and
another person asked about using it on a Mac, so I followed those instructions.
In fact, I moved “bbolli-tumblr-utils” files to Documents, renamed it
TUMBLRARCHIVE, and just copied the location from the last comment on the second
link.
There are options that you can add to the
program when it downloads (just insert it with a space between the “python
tumblr_backup.py” part and your blogname. I highly suggest -D, as it creates a
folder for each post, with the HTML index and the media files so everything
stays nicely arranged. I also did -l which downloads your likes as well.
I have not tried to download videos and audio
yet- that’s going to be the next project.
These are BIG downloads. I have 17K posts (and
14K likes) and it takes 23B on my hard drive. I’ll be moving it to an external
drive once I’ve gone through everything.
scereyaha joanhello2
Okay but tumblr does have an export function…
Does it not work? I’m trying it now.
ignis-lupus yuriskittles
does it save your liked posts too?
spikeluv84 loserchildhotpants
I tried to download my Tumblr, but it’s not
working for some reason. :(
di-elle livinginthequestion
since the official back up is way too slow, try
this method, people.
#tumblr #tumblr
madness #backup
the-strangest-love
photo-ugolok
it works. I just want to you know that it works. (for example, my
“the-stangest-love” blog is 2,38 gb).
#useful #in case you need it #you can
only save on disk C #then move it when it’s ready
hkvoyage redheadgleek
Warning: it does take a bit of time to back up you Tumblr account, so do it
before you go to sleep.
mashiarasdream livebloggingmydescentintomadness
My backup has been running for 18 hours now and still is shown as
“processing”?! I really hope it’ll finish on its own because I have no idea how
to troubleshoot this.
#tumblr
fuzipenguin fuzipenguin
Has anyone else done this one? I keep getting stuck on step 3, #6. The command prompt doesn’t recognize the
downloaded and unzipped file
#fuzi converses #stuck
noregretsnotearsnoanxieties cdragontogacotar
I’ve been on the site since 2012ish, so I’ve got over 100,000 posts and it
takes a while the more posts you have, but it’s a pretty easy to follow
tutorial. Just a note: I’m getting a few error messages (mostly for graphics) but
not too many, and a few time out messages since I have so many posts, so expect
that if you have a ton.
#tumblr #archiving #back up your blog
rebecca2525 zhivchik
It’s not just for Windows users – Linux and Mac users will already have Python
2.x installed, so they can skip that step, and entering directory names in the
command line will be a bit different.
#tumblr backup #glad i’m so paranoid
i’ve been already doing this since forever #tumblr
steeleye1 porcupine-girl
back up your blog because as long as your stuff is on someone else’s server
it’s really not safe.
#keep your stuff #tumblr’s backup is not
working for me #is it working for you?
whomthegodswoulddestroy literal-ghost
450mb is unrealistically small. I’m assuming then that it doesn’t snag copies of
the actual images or videos posted, only links to them? In which case it’s
nigh-useless for a number of us.
mremaknu mremaknu
I’m probably going to reblog this post daily until the 17th because unlike
Tumblr’s own export tool, I know for a fact that it works.
#daily reblurb
mostlyanything19 hikari-kaitou
Keep in mind: if you have a very large blog you might have to run the command
several times over for it to really catch everything. It’ll add the posts it
missed to the ones already backed up, no problems, but i have almost 40.000
posts by now and I had to run it about five times to get everything.
#…i actually backed up my blog a
couple days before this all even happened #just because i’m a ParanoidTM and it
always made me nervous not having a backup of six years of my life online #so
yeah THIS WORKS. if you want your entire blog on your harddrive which i do #it
ever preserves your tags! #tumblr nonsense #c
dreamy94-poop-infos makaalpacaa
This actually works >8U
#cuz i scared to lose my works #I tried
to get all my shits #with the help from the previous post #but none worked #and
I do this #BOOM #i got all my things back #use this #if you dont wanna lose
your posts #its really useful #bless the person who made that
redheadgleek honeysucklepink
My blog contains just less than 17K posts and it took up 23GB. And I didn’t get
video and audio downloaded, I’m going to do that next. So, yes, it’s going to
be a huge amount of space. Once I get everything downloaded, I’m moving it to
another drive.
#tumblr backup
miome-decompression godihatethisfreakingcat
I did a code review of the present version ( f234953 on Aug 9 ), and I didn’t
see anything potentially harmful or suspicious. I like that it has an option to
not backup reblogs, just your original posts. I’m going to try that out and let
folks know how it goes.
spockshair cassiopeiasara
This program works well until it encounters an image that has been flagged or
isn’t hosted on the web anymore.
jestermolly rocketonthemoon
Oh thank god. I’m just looking to save certain tags and this is perfect.
melanoradrood cupcakemolotov
I’ve heard that some people are having issues with wordpress. This is the
method that I’m going with. Save your stuff, before tumblr staff fucks it up.
I’m doing fucking everything - all of my blogs. Do it!
#tbd #important
lordtrekie agentbrompton
If anyone I know can’t get this to work, or just doesn’t give two hoots about
trying to do it themselves, I’ve got it working and will gladly run a backup
for you and somehow get you the file.
taperwolf airyairyquitecontrary
For Macs, use the linked command-line instructions but skip step 1 — OS X comes
with python preinstalled.
silly-sketch sephythespooky
For all my windows followers. If you have a Mac instead, ask a Windows friend
to back it up for you and send it to you through Google Drive or Dropbox.
taperwolf taperwolf
Okay, I missed that there was a bunch of stuff about paths and Windows’ command
line-specific stuff in there too, which can really confuse the issue, so here’s
the quick howto for Mac users, assuming you’re not used to using the command
line:
younhide octoswan
I don’t know what to do with this error…
#tumblr #tumblr policy
felinalain katieskarlette
It works near 95% of saving, it couldn’t save some of my posts due to it being
deleted media or weird characters that it couldn’t save
#TUMBLR WHY
kigamin kigamin
reblogging again to confirm it works well. make sure to wait till the command
line finishes executing (dont be impatient like me basically) because even when
the posts are saved, the program still runs to generate the index page.
#havbent checked for security issues but
my antivirus didnt scream at me
akaluan moon6shadow-main
So I was going to tag-talk, but I feel like people who follow me might want to
see the TYPE of output they can expect from both versions of backup
#tumblr #tumblr backup #i suspected the
python script would have a better output #just a feeling i got by looking at
the two projects #if you have a mac scroll up a bit in the reblog comments #one
user gave very clear instructions on how to use the python script in a mac #taperwolf
is the user you’re looking for
musicallover85 musicallover85
ok but, what about the messages you send to another user? Will it also store
those as well or will it do nothing? I’m asking cause I have some really,
really important things I want and need to save on there. almost 2 years of
stuff. can someone please help me on this I can’t bare to lose the things I
have messaged.
#musicallover85 #musical ramble #reblog
#pls #request #ramble #askgoldengaming00 #may i know more? #it important #signal
boost
rockinrpmemes sandsofchaos
The instructions linked don’t really help those of using MAC OSX or higher, so
if anyone knows how to do this ^^^^ by way of a MAC please reblog with how you
did it please.
#backing your tumblr help
hurricane-in-a-teacup meeedeee
Just used this, surprisingly quick. Note that it doesn’t save anything behind a
cut.
#fandom is my fandom
ykoriana ykoriana
I have just tried this with my sideblog and it worked like a charm! Currently
backing up the main blog.
sjjellyfish stormwaterwitch
I have 8 sideblogs plus my main and I successfully saved all 8 of them using
this method and it only took me a day. This thing is legit