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Rocking the new backup

A drummer and guitarist are playing music

Blogger's new backup feature, using Google Takeout, offers more choices about how to safeguard your blog. ¶ 

And, it's a big change. ¶ 

Maybe my story will help you to devise a backup work flow that suits you.

Mobile themes for Blogger blogs

If your blog theme is not responsive, you might want to consider how your blog looks to readers on their phones. ¶ 
A woman reacts strongly to something on her phone
You may not read blogs on a phone, but some of your readers surely do. ¶ 

And, you do have options.

Your blog, on a phone

An old-fashioned rotary telephone

If you haven't done so lately, read your blog on a phone.

At least some of your readers do. ¶ 

(If you haven't got a phone, there's a workaround below.) ¶ 

Do you like what you see?

New Blogger backup is here

Two curved arrows, one up and one down

As of July 1, backing up your blog on Blogger uses Google Takeout and includes every Blogger-related file in your account at once. ¶ 

Takeout offers some new options including ¶ 

  • ability to schedule bimonthly backups ❦ 
  • ability to back up to Drive and other cloud services ❦ 
  • ability to back up multiple blogs at once