This is another alternative to using a desktop client like Thunderbird.īoth Windows and macOS come with default desktop clients of their own, meanwhile, and these are programs you can use in place of Thunderbird and Outlook to back up your emails while primarily accessing them through the cloud. Step 3: Enter your new email address and click Connect. Step 1: Click on the File tab in the upper-left corner of the Outlook window. This will give you another copy of emails from another account inside Gmail, and you can even ensure offline access from the Offline tab of the settings page. Mailbird might be able to detect server settings for Icloud automatically for you.
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Enter that password instead of your normal iCloud password when setting up the email address into Thunderbird.
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Gmail on the web is actually smart enough to access other accounts via POP and IMAP-if you go to the settings pane (click the cog icon then See all settings), open Accounts and Import then Add a mail account, you can set this up. If you've left iPhone for Android but still have an iCloud account for storage or iTunes purchases on your iPad, you can add that account to your Android device. If your Apple ID is protected with two-factor authentication, then you need to setup an app-specific password within your Apple ID account.
If you just want to make periodic, local backups of key messages that you're unlikely to need very often, maybe this is the way to go for you. There's nothing comparable on Outlook on the web, but Google gives you a far more comprehensive download option: Go to the Google Takeout page on the web, and you're able to download absolutely everything in your Gmail account, or just emails with specific labels.