3 ways to transfer your data from mega.nz cloud storage to Google drive
In this article you will learn 3 methods to transfer your data from mega.nz cloud storage to Google drive.
What is mega.nz?
Mega.nz is a file hosting service and cloud storage offered by MEGA LTD., a company based in New Zealand. The service is offered through web-based apps. Mega.nz Google Drive allows users to store up to 20GB of files for free.
What is Google Drive?
Google Drive is a Cloud based storage service that allows users to store data and access their files online free. Google Drive allows users to store up to 15GB of files for free.
Difference between Google Drive and mega drive
|
Mega |
Google
Drive |
|
It offers 20 GB of
free storage. |
It offers 15 GB of
available storage space. |
|
Offers a limited
amount of paid storage |
Offers a limited
amount of paid storage |
|
The maximum storage
size is 16 TB. |
The maximum storage
capacity is 30 TB. |
|
It charges less for
additional storage, which means its cost is less. |
It charges a
relatively high fee for additional storage, which means it costs more. |
|
It provides less
security of data than Google drive. |
It provides full security of data. |
Why need to transfer from mega.nz to google drive?
Let I have a mega.nz account with some important data. I want to make a backup of this data and I want to copy my important data to a new cloud. Let Google Drive is another option. How to transfer data from mega.nz to Google Drive.
How to transfer data from mega.nz to Google Drive?
Method 1:
- Open mega.nz website.
- Login to your account.
- Download files you want to copy and store it on your local drive.
- Open drive.google.com
- Login to your google account.
- Upload all downloaded data.
Note:
Using 1st method will take a lot of time to copy data because whole process depends upon size of data and download/upload speed. You also need to keep the computer on until process is completed.
Method 2:
Transfer using multcloud.com
MultCloud is a cloud file manager that can connect many cloud drives into one App for managing and copying data. It can not only copy from one cloud drive to another without downloading and uploading; but also can sync files across cloud drives.
How to transfer?
- Open multcloud.com
- Create a new account or login to your existing account.
- Click add account, select Google Drive and authenticate through your Google Account.
- Click add account, select Mega and type your username & password and login it.
- Open your MEGA account. Right-click the file/folder you want to copy to Google Drive.
- Select “Copy” or “Copy to” at the pop-out menu. In this you can copy files from MEGA to Google Drive easily.
Note:
- If you click Copy, you need to paste it manually in Google Drive.
- If you click Copy to, a popup menu will appear and your have to select Google drive directory there.
Method 3:
3rd method is simplest one. You need to install only a simple messenger app called Telegram.
What is Telegram?
In short, Telegram is a cross-platform messaging service with enhanced encryption and privacy.
How to transfer via telegram?
We can transfer data via telegram using Telegram bots.
What are these telegram bots?
In short, Telegram bots are small programs that can embed in Telegram chats or public channels and perform a specific function.
How to transfer?
- Download telegram app.
- Register your account in app.
- In search bar search following bots
@GdriveXbot
@gdriveupme_bot
You can use any of these.
- Click start button.
- Click login
- Click authenticate url.
- Open url in browser and allow access to your Google account.
- Copy authentication code and send it to these bots.
- After successful login, send any mega.nz link to this bot and it will upload it to Google Drive.
Note:
- All this transfer process is online.
- You can transfer data at high speed.
- This method can copy one by one files. Whole folder is not supported.
