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Backup tool for Tumblr blogs available in beta for Mac users
It's easy to back up your blog if it resides in a database on your server, but what do you do if it's hosted by someone else? I recently moved from a self-hosted blog to Tumblr, and while I couldn't be happier, the backup issue was making me nervous. That is, until I found out that the folks at Tumblr have been thinking about it too, and they recently released a beta backup tool for Mac users called Tumblr Backup. There's no Windows version yet, but the "yet" on their sites makes me hopeful that it's coming.
The tool is very simple and straightforward. You log into your Tumblr account via Tumblr Backup, then point it to the blog you want to back up (if you happen to have multiple Tumblr blogs), give it a folder to save the backup to, and press the "Start backup" button. What you'll end up with are flat HTML files and most media files that you've uploaded that can be viewed in any browser, with a very basic style. If you've customized your theme, it is backed up as a separate theme file, as is the description you've written for your site.
Like Tumblr, the Tumblr Backup tool is simple and straightforward and gets the job done. Let's hope a Windows version is coming as soon as this one graduates from beta status.
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Subscribe to commentsdigitxpMar 28th 2010 4:05PM
This is pretty old. It was released about 4 months ago.
David ChartierMar 29th 2010 6:39AM
Bonus points: On subsequent runs of the backup tool, it'll only backup new posts, not your entire blog all over again.
Jason ClarkeMar 29th 2010 12:10PM
I think it will actually back up the text of your blog in its entirety each time, but will only download media files that it doesn't already have on subsequent runs. Since the text is a relatively small component, that should allow it to remain relatively fast even on a very big blog.