Google: Transferring From Your @cornerstonelife.com Account

When you leave Cornerstone, you may find a need to transfer or backup some of your Google Account (including E-mail, Drive, or Calendar).

This guide will walk you through backing up all your data with Google Takeout, and how to transfer your E-mail to a new account, and how to transfer your Google Calendar to a new Google Account.

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to transfer all your Google Drive files. The easiest way is to download the files (either through Google Drive or Google Takeout) and re-uploading into your new account.

Backing Up All Your Google Account Data

You can backup all the data in your Google Account, including E-Mail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Youtube, Bookmarks, and much more by using Google Takeout.

  1. Go to takeout.google.com and sign in with your @cornerstonelife.com account.
  2. You can select what types of data you want to export and backup. By Default, it will include all types of content, but you can deselect any that you don't want to keep.
  3. Scroll to the bottom, and click "Next Step"
  4. You can change settings regarding how it downloads files, but we suggest leaving them alone and using the default settings.
  5. Click "Create export". Depending on how much stuff you have, it can take a long time to create the backup. You'll receive a link in your e-mail when it is ready to download.

Migrating Your E-Mail

You can migrate all of your e-mails and folders from your @cornerstonelife.com e-mail to any other e-mail provider.

  1. Enable IMAP on both your @cornerstonelife.com and your personal / non-Cornerstone e-mail accounts.
    To enable IMAP on Google Accounts (including your @cornerstonelife.com account):
    1. Go to gmail.com and sign into your account
    2. Click on the Settings Gear
    3. Click "See All Settings"
    4. Click on the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" Tab
    5. Make sure "Enable IMAP" is selected
    6. If you made any changes, click "Save Changes"

  2. Install "Thunderbird" Mail Application.
    1. If you have a Cornerstone Provided Computer, it is available in Self-Service for install.
    2. If you are using a personal computer, it can be downloaded (for both Mac and Windows): https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
  3. Open Thunderbird and click on the "Tools" Menu -> "Account Setting

  4. Click on "Account Actions" and the "Add Mail Account"

  5. Add your Cornerstone E-Mail Account
    1. Enter your Name, your full e-mail address, your password, and click "Continue"
    2. After a few seconds, it may ask you to manually configure your account. Enter the following information:
      1. Incoming Server: Hostname: "imap.gmail.com"
      2. Incoming Server: Port: "993"
      3. Outgoing Server: Hostname: "smtp.gmail.com"
      4. Outgoing Server: Port: "465
    3. Click the "Re-Test" Button
    4. Change both Authentication Method Fields to "OAuth2"
    5. Click the "Done" button
    6. You'll be prompted to enter your full e-mail and password
    7. When it asks "Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account", click "Allow"
    8. Click "Finish"
  6. Add your Personal / Non-Cornerstone E-Mail Account.
    1. Enter your Name, E-Mail, and full password for your non-cornerstone e-mail account
    2. It should automatically configure your account. If you are using a Google Account (either @gmail.com or another work account) and it asks you to manually configure your account, use the same information from step 6b
  7. Move your Inbox
    1. Select all the emails in your @cornerstonelife.com inbox that you want to transfer to your new account.
    2. Drag and drop them into the inbox in your new account
  8. Move your Folders
    1. Select all the folders in your @cornerestonelife.com e-mail that you would like to transfer to your new account
    2. Drag and Drop them over the e-mail address for the account that you want to move them to

Migrating Your Google Calendars

You can export you Google Calendars from your @cornerstonelife.com Google Account and then import them to any other Google account (including your personal @gmail.com or another work account).
This will transfer all event details (including name, times, if is recurring, the description, notifications, and attachments), but will not transfer invited guests, meeting notes documents, or Google Meet links. Those must be re-applied in your new account.

To Transfer your Google Calendar:

  1. Go to calendar.google.com and sign in with your @cornerstonelife.com account
  2. Click on the 3 Dots by your main calendar (should be the one with your name).
    Then click on "Settings and Sharing"

  3. Click on "Import & Export" & then click on "Export"
    It will download a file to your computer. If it asks you to save a file, save it.

  4. Find the file that was just downloaded on your computer, and double click to unzip it.
    - The file name will be email.ical.zip (ie: cbeals@cornerstonelife.com.ical.zip)
    - If your computer didn't ask you where to save a file, check your downloads folder
    1. Inside of this folder will be a file called email.ics (ie: cbeals@cornerstonelife.com.ics). Make note of this file location to upload later.
  5. Back in your web browser, log out of your @cornerstonelife.com Google Account, and log into your new / Non-Cornerstone account.
  6. Click on the 3 Dots by your main calendar (should be the one with your name).
    Then click on "Settings and Sharing"
  7. Click on "Import & Export" & then click on "Select file from your computer". Find the email.ics file from step 4 (ie: cbeals@cornerstonelife.com.ics) and select it for upload.
    In the "Add to calendar" dropdown, you can choose which calendar on your new account you would like it to upload to. It will automatically chose your primary calendar (

  8. If you exit the settings, all of your Calendar Events will be transferred to your new account