For some people, the only backup they have for their important pictures of family and friends is the fact that they have uploaded them to Facebook. Not the best backup plan, but better than nothing. However, if your computer dies, you will be faced with the task of downloading all of those pictures from Facebook back to your computer. Recently I discovered a cool service that will make that process very easy. And this works not only to download all of your photos, but the photos of anyone with whom you are friends on Facebook.
Facebook 2 Zip is available, appropriately, at www.facebook2zip.com. When you go there, you just log in as if you were logging in to Facebook directly:
This is a short tutorial on how to download locally on your computer your Facebook Chat, Photos, Videos, Posts, Messages etc.The full instructions can be found here.
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When you log in, it will tell you exactly what Facebook permissions it needs. What it asks for is minimal, and is no more than what is needed to perform its needed function (downloading pictures):
After you’re logged in, the process is pretty straightforward. First, you choose if you want to download all of your own pictures, or you can pick a friend’s pictures (it has to be someone you are friends with – you can’t just randomly pick someone on Facebook and get all their pics):
After you have chosen whose pictures you want, you just need to choose which pictures you want. This is based on albums – you can get one album or all of them:
With the album(s) chosen, the program does its work. After a short time, you are presented with a download button so that you can bring the photos to your computer:
When you click download you will be getting a single folder in .ZIP format. That means the images will be compressed and the download won’t take as long as it might otherwise. When the download is done, just double click the .zip folder and then move the images to wherever you want to save them on your computer.
I like this program because it is a good example of using the strength of the computer to perform a task like this. Anyone could go into each individual picture, right click and “Save” to get it to your computer. But the computer is able to do this so much more quickly and efficiently – it’s a no brainer.
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Facebook isn’t the best place for keeping your photos, but its convenience makes it a decent space for sharing them. If you want to download a photo you’ve uploaded (or even one your friend has uploaded), here’s how.
Download Individual Photos
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Find the photo you want to download on Facebook. This can be any photo you can view on Facebook, no matter whether yours, a friend’s, or a complete stranger’s that has made their photos public. Just remember, unless you took the photo yourself, it doesn’t belong to you and you can’t do whatever you want with it.
Hover over the image until the photo’s (and the Like, Comment, and Share buttons at the bottom) appear.
Click the “Options” link in the bottom right corner, and then select the “Download” command.
The photo should now download in the highest resolution Facebook has on their servers.
On mobile apps, the process is similar. Open the photo you want to save, tap the three little dots in the top right corner, and then tap the “Save Photo” command.
Download All Your Photos At Once
Facebook also has a tool that lets you download all your data—including wall posts, chat messages, About You information, and, of course, photos. On the Facebook site, click the downward facing arrow in the top right corner, and then select the “Settings” option. You can also go directly to Facebook.com/Settings.
Click “Download a Copy of Your Facebook Data” at the bottom of the “General Account Settings” page.
Next, click the “Start My Archive” button.
You need to enter your password to verify. You’re then told that it will take Facebook a few moments to gather your data, and that they’ll email you when the archive is ready.
When the email arrives, click the link it provides.
On the resulting page, click the “Download” button, type your password again, and your archive will start downloading. If you’ve used Facebook a lot, the download could be quite large. Mine was 1.58 GB!
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The archive downloads as a .ZIP file. Extract it, and then navigate to the “Photos” folder.
Here, you’ll find subfolders with every album and photo you’ve ever posted to Facebook. There are also HTML files you can open to show a rough, offline version of Facebook in your browser that might make the photos easier to scan.
It might take a while to dig through and find the right photos, but they will all be there.
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