Existing backups will remain intact after CloudPull can no longer access your Google account, but it won’t be able to update those backups. The app should continue working through about. Google denied Brayton’s appeal, and the alternative approaches he identified to keep CloudPull working would require more time and effort than he could justify.Īs a result, Brayton has discontinued CloudPull and removed it from sale. CloudPull doesn’t need write access at all, but Google offers no read-only permission level that would allow CloudPull to back up Gmail. So what happened? Google is tightening security on access to Gmail, requiring apps to get permission to write to a user’s account by providing justification for write access. An app with access to your Google data could corrupt or delete dataĪnd so, for the last 7 years, many TidBITS readers have been relying on CloudPull to make local backups of their Google-hosted data in file formats that Mac apps can open.It may be protected by nothing but a password (unless you use 2FA).As I noted in that review, it’s unlikely that Google itself would lose your data, but: John Brayton of Golden Hill Software has informed us that he is discontinuing CloudPull, his Mac utility for backing up data from Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, and Google Drive (see “ Back Up Your Google Data with CloudPull,” 6 March 2012). #1620: OS updates, AssistiveTouch for iOS shortcut palette, Photos album sharing bug.#1621: Apple Q3 2022 financials, Slack's new free plan restrictions, which OS features do you use?.#1622: OS feature survey results, Continuity Camera webcam preview, OWC miniStack STX.
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