Dropbox Inc. announced Tuesday that it will shut down document collaboration service Hackpad on July 19, migrating all Hackpad notes to the company’s recently launched Dropbox Paper.

Dropbox acquired Hackpad in 2014 and open-sourced it in 2015. Hackpad served as inspiration for Dropbox Notes, which eventually became Dropbox Paper, a free collaboration tool that launched to all users in January.

A late-2017 Dropbox initial public offering has been rumored for some time now. Last month it was reported that the company secured a $600 million line of credit from six banks led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. In Bloomberg’s recent interview with Dropbox Chief Executive Drew Houston, he said the company is now generating a profit on an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) basis. Houston asserted that the company was healthy enough for an IPO but would only do it when the timing is right.

Here’s a look at the migration process from Hackpad to Dropbox Paper:

Migrate to Dropbox Paper

If you don’t want to wait for the automatic migration to take place, you can import your Hackpad pads to Dropbox Paper; export them as HTML, Markdown, Plaintext or SQL; or completely opt out of Hackpad.  

Import your Hackpad pads to Paper

Hackpad administrators of a workspace are able to import that workspace to Dropbox Paper, which will become a shared folder.

Sign into Dropbox > click “Sign into Hackpad” > you will be directed to Hackpad where you can sign in. You will see a list of workspaces that you can import > click “Import” next to the relevant workspace. Once you have imported a workspace it will appear under “Previously imported” and can’t be imported again.

Tip: If you don’t have a Dropbox account you will need to create one to move your pads to Paper.

Any workspaces in Paper will be displayed in a folder with the name: [Your team name] (Hackpad Import).

Team members’ private pads will also be imported to Paper, but will remain private to the relevant person. Team members will have to join their private documents to gain access to them in Paper.

Join your Hackpad pads in Paper

As a team member, once your administrator has imported your pads to Paper you will be able to join them.

Sign into Dropbox > click “Sign into Hackpad” > you will be directed to Hackpad where you can sign in. You will see a list of pads and folders that you can join > click “Join” next to the pads or folders you want to import to your Paper account.

Note: As a team member if you are unable to contact your administrator to import your Hackpad workspaces, you will have to wait until Jul. 19. On this date Dropbox will automatically import all the workspaces, after which you will be able to join the relevant ones.

Export your pads from Hackpad

To make the migration easier, Hackpad is also allowing users to export their pads as HTML, Markdown, Plaintext or SQL (SQL export is only available for team administrators).

Log into Hackpad > click Export > select the format (HTML, Markdown, Plaintext or SQL) > click OK. Once the export is complete you will receive an email > click the “Download now” link in the email.

Opt-out of the migration to Paper

If you don’t want to import your pads to Dropbox Paper now and don’t want to be part the migration that will automatically take place on Jul. 19 then you can opt-out completely.

As a team member or an administrator, you can go to the Hackpad opt-out page. If you do opt-out, all your Hackpad data will be deleted when the service is switched off on Jul. 19.

Source: Dropbox Support

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