Email has become an integral part of both our lives, and preserving these communications is crucial. My journey to effectively backup emails began with exploring the best methods and tools available to ensure that my email archives are both searchable and well-organized.
(more…)Backing up iMessages has always been a challenge. Apple offers iCloud and its own opaque backup formats, but neither solution is ideal for those who need transparency and flexibility. While various tools exist to read the chat database, I found imessage-exporter to be the most feature-rich and complete solution. Here’s a detailed look at how I developed an ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process to efficiently back up my Apple iMessages.
(more…)A while back I posted my script for exporting Facebook group information and importing it into MySQL using a PHP script. Recently, I received a request to release the search portion of my code. Instead I decided to release the entire project. I just posted the code over at Github. Read more…
Recently, I wrote about the Facebook search limitation and I also, mistakenly, said the limitation also exists in FQL. Today, I am writing to say that is incorrect and have a new script to show how to properly retrieve all posts and comments from a group. The key is keeping Read more…