A simple python script to backup all of your Gmail emails and attachments to your desktop.
I have tested this on both Windows 8 and OSX 10.6 and up.
On a Mac (Linux should work this way too):
- Open a terminal window
- cd to the directory where backitup.py is located
- 'python backitup.py'
- Follow the prompts
*note when typing your gmail account name do not include '@gmail.com' I have used this on an email account that is hosted by google but maintained by another institution. For instance '[email protected]' works when entering a username.