MEGA is one of the best services to download and host files in the cloud. In fact, it was included in our list of the 5 best services to save your files in the cloud for free. However, it does have one rather annoying problem and that is the download limit it imposes on free users . If you don’t pay, you will only be able to download 5GB during a specified period of time. In some cases, it is not even possible to download without paying.
Therefore, if you have been using MEGA as your preferred cloud storage service and now you have found out about this, surely you want to export your MEGA files to another service, such as Google Drive . Is that possible? Thanks to the ingenuity of the people, yes. You can transfer any file from MEGA to the Google cloud following a very simple method. We’ll explain it to you right away.
How to Transfer Files from MEGA to Google Drive for Unlimited Download
For this method you will only need one thing: a Google account . But keep in mind that you will have to grant access to your Google Drive to a third-party app that, while not malicious, does not guarantee the privacy of your data . Therefore, the most recommended precaution is that you create a new Google account just for this. You will then be able to transfer the files from the new account to your regular account.
That said, follow these steps to move files from MEGA to Google Drive:
- Go to Google Drive and make sure you’re signed in with your account.
- Now, enter this Google Colab app to transfer files .
- Then, from the menu at the top, select Runtime Environment > Change Runtime Environment Type .
- Under Hardware Accelerator, choose GPU and click Save.
- Click Connect to assign the resources to the program.
- Then, hit the Play button next to Mount and tap on Run Anyway .
- Finally, click on Connect with Google Drive and choose the Google account you want to transfer the MEGA files to.
- For free, you can only transfer 5 GB at a time . But if you have a MEGA Pro account, you can enter it in the “Enter your MEGA email & password below” section to bypass this limit.
- Once you’ve done all of the above, scroll down to the “MEGA public link download” section and paste the link containing the MEGA files you want to move to Google Drive into the “MegaUrl” box. In the box below you can change the location of the files that will be sent to your Google Drive, but we recommend you do this later from the Drive app itself to avoid getting involved.
- Now run the program by pressing the Ctrl + Enter key combination or simply press the Play button at the top left of this section.
- Wait for the transfer to complete. You’ll know this when the line of code says TRANSFERRING: 100.00 % followed by a Download finished .
- Clever! You can now go to your Google Drive account and download the MEGA file without limits .
That is all! Keep in mind that with this method you will be able to download through Google Drive both your MEGA files and those that are not yours. Therefore, it is a good way to bypass the download limits of MEGA totally free . The only bad thing is that you will only be able to spend 5GB worth of files this way. If the MEGA files you want to download are larger, you must transfer them by part.
