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PSA: Download Your Vines Today or Lose Them Forever

After today, the Vine apps will become Vine Camera, a stripped-down version of the service.

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If you've ever used Vine, and care about the content you created on the platform, you better save it today. Otherwise, it will be gone forever.

Twitter in October announced plans to discontinue the Vine mobile app. The last day to save your Vines is today, after which they will become Vine Camera, a stripped-down version of the service, which lets you create six-second looping videos that you can post directly to Twitter or save to your phone.

Saving your Vines is easy, and you have two options.

Option 1: Head over to Vine.co, and click the button that says "Download Your Vines." Once you do that and sign in, just click the button that says "Request Your Archive." Clicking that requests a ZIP file of all your Vines, and you'll get an email when your file is ready to download. The download link will only remain active for 72 hours, so be sure to open it right away.

Option 2: Open the Vine app on your phone and click the button that says "save videos." From there, just select the videos you want to keep and they will be saved to your camera roll in an album called "My Vines."

The downside with the second option is that if you have a lot of Vines, they will take up a lot of room on your phone. If you don't have enough space on your phone, you can get an email link with your Vines sent to you. If you don't see the option to save your videos in the Vine app, you probably don't have the most recent version of the app.

Also keep in mind that if you download your Vines from the app, you will only receive your video files with no captions or additional information. If you want your captions and comments, be sure to request your archive from Vine.co. The file you get will include your captions, along with the number of likes, comments, and "revines" you've received.

For more on saving your Vines, check out this FAQ article.

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics

My Experience

I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart home, home entertainment, wearables, fitness and health tech, and various other product categories. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. I previously served as an analyst focused on smart home and wearable devices, and before that I was a reporter covering consumer tech news. I'm also a yoga instructor, and have been actively teaching group and private classes for nearly a decade. 

Prior to joining PCMag, I was a reporter for SC Magazine, focusing on hackers and computer security. I earned a BS in journalism from West Virginia University, and started my career writing for newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

The Technology I Use

My little Florida beach bungalow is brimming with smart home tech. I have a smart speaker or display in every room, allowing me to control other connected devices by voice. The Nest Hub on my bedside table lets me set wake-up alarms, control my smart light bulbs, and set the temperature on my smart thermostat. I use the Amazon Echo Show 8 on my kitchen counter to browse recipes, reorder protein powder, check the weather, and watch the news while I do dishes. 

Because I suffer from allergies, air purifiers are essential. My favorite model is the Dyson Purifier Cool TP07, which doubles as a fan and continuously sends indoor pollution data to its companion mobile app. 

My pitbull Bradley sheds, so a good robot vacuum is a must. I currently use a premium Ecovacs Deebot that can both vacuum and mop, empty its own dustbin, and wash its own mop cloth. 

For fitness, I like to mix up my routine with cycling, indoor rowing, running, and strength training in addition to yoga. I take classes on the Tonal 2 smart strength training machine, I row indoors on an Aviron machine, and track my beach runs with an Apple Watch while listening to music on my Apple AirPods Pro. On the weekends, I love riding e-bikes like the rugged, beach-friendly Aventon Aventure for fun and fitness.

My job involves a lot of virtual meetings, so a quality webcam, microphone, and ring light are important. I use the Jabra PanaCast 20 webcam, the Elgato Wave: 3 microphone, and a Yesker tripod ring light. 

As for my preferred phone platform, I'm an iPhone person, but I've also extensively used Android for product testing.

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