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Migrating your g.syr.edu Drive, Gmail, and Photos Data (recommended)
Before attempting to migrate your g.syr.edu account/data be sure that you have a destination in place with adequate features and resources (ie. storage space) to handle your needs.
Google does offer a paid plan, Google One, which offers more than a the standard, free, personal Google account with it's 15Gb of Drive storage. Google Drive is a storage service. Google One is a subscription plan that gives you more storage to use across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Plus, with Google One, you get extra benefits and can share your membership with your family. More information on Google One is available from Google at https://one.google.com/about. A Google One FAQ is available at https://one.google.com/faq.
With a Google One account in place you can use the Google Takeout method to transfer data from g.syr.edu. However they will have a new email address won't be able to use the <user>@g.syr.edu anymore.
Google Takeout - please see our Google Takeout Answers page for more information.
Use of your g.syr.edu Gmail address
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