Archiving Your LiveJournal

[helwen]

Thanks to msmemory, bunnyjadwiga, and rufinia, found out that it might be a good idea to archive your LiveJournal journal this week (which I have now done).

Apparently the Russians who bought LJ fired a bunch of people today, who will be finishing their work week and then leaving. So, in preparation for a possible rough transition, it might be wise to archive your journal.

For Windows: LJarchive

You may also have to down load .NET Framework, but there is a link for doing that at the above link.

For MAC: Instructions for MAC

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Once you've downloaded the software and archived your journal, you can then use LJarchive to get further posts. Open, go to Tools on the menu, and choose Sync (thanks fitzw!)

[EDIT] Also, when LJarchive asks for your username and password for looking to download your journal, it's asking for your LJ username and password. That's probably obvious but just in case... I had to reboot my PC three or four times in the middle of working on this so I was getting a little discombobulated.

Comments

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

thanks...
could you pls comment onm my recent post with your contacts? i am backing them up of course...

[joshwriting.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I don't actually expect LJ to go anywhere, but now, at least, I have it all backed up until my computer goes berserk!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's something else I have to work on... backing more things up onto alternate computers or onto discs.