tumblr users - backing up your tumblr

Okay, I used this one and these are possibly the best and clearest instructions I've seen for using pretty much anything. Like, I cannot possibly think of a way to improve on these instructions, it's that well-written.

Backing up your tumblr with Python

My notes:
- For Step 2, #4:

C:\Users\Unmutual\Downloads\bbolli-tumblr-utils-3a37fe6\bbolli-tumblr-utils-3a37fe6

The number sequence at the end of the filename is going to be different; yesterday, for me, it was f234953 and today it's c63cdb8 when I downloaded. So make sure you check your file name or better, just go to it and copy the path from the folder path.

- For Step 2, #5-6 - Windows 10

You're going to go to Control Panel/System and Security/System and click on Advanced System Settings on the left. The Advanced Tab displays; click on Environmental Variables. You'll see two boxes--teh lower one, select Path and click Edit. Now you can see, line by beautiful separate line, everything that is using Path. Click New and paste in the url into where your cursor went and then OK. You won't need the semi-colon, or at least I didn't.

(I am genuinely shocked Windows improved something.)

This took me about ten-fifteen minutes and I have comparatively little content so yes, this may take a while.

Comments

[shinetheway]

The only improvement I can suggest is to make sure that one does specifically add the Python path to the Environmental Variables PATH field, as well as adding the pathway that includes "bbolli".

So my path additions were C:/Python27 AND the example given C:\Users\Unmutual\Downloads\bbolli-tumblr-utils-3a37fe6\bbolli-tumblr-utils-3a37fe6

Otherwise, this is an outstanding resource, and I feel so competent and technie using the Cmd window. :)

[archaeologist_d]

Even though it's laid out carefully, I found it way too intimidating. I'm doing the old fashioned route through Tumblr. I also pretty much only have photos on my Tumblr account and I have all those photos on my computer so waiting for it to back up isn't that high a priority. For those who did a lot of meta or discussion, I can totally see backups and right away before Tumblr implodes.

[calime]

I'm currently fighting my PC because it keeps telling me python is not a recognized command though Python installed nicely, and I'm kinda worried it might be because its for 32bit and I have 64 bit op system, so, I dunno. Can't torture dad who's IT guy atm either, because 5 night shifts away from home coming up... hopefully I'll still get it to work before 17th.

[miome]

If you have a friend who has the program set up and working, they can run it with your username and zip up the files to send to you. It doesn't require your password or anything. I'm doing that for my wife.

[calime]

Thank you - I actually knew that, but I suspect I'm the one in my immediate circle who is even bothering with that, so ... I'll try to figure it out next week, hopefully.

[miome]

Oh, I just realized! You totally don't need to do any of that faffing about with the path. You can run "C:\whateverpath\python.exe" tumblr_backup.py . I think you can also edit tumblr_backup.py with notepad and change this first line: #!/usr/bin/env python to #!C:\whateverpath\python.exe , but I'm not 100% on that one, I don't have a windows machine handy to test it on.