This article provides the information about how to import and export your health data into a freshly restored device, or a new device, depending on your situation.
How to export Health data :
There are two ways to export the data from your Health app. The first way, is one provided by Apple, but it is virtually useless. The other way relies on a third-party application, and is, to my knowledge, the best way to export your Health information.
How to export Health data using the health application :
This method of exporting is useless because the data is then presented in a xml file, making it hard to do anything with the data. It’s not like you can simply open up the file and look at it. Maybe even worse, once you have that exported file type, you can’t import it back in the Health app.
- Initially open the health app on your device.
- Navigate to the Health data tab.
- Select the All option at the top to see all health related categories.
- At the top right corner of the screen, tap on the Share icon. (If this Share icon doesn’t appear, you should try to force-close the application and navigate to that location again. It should then appear.)
- It will ask you to confirm to Export Health Data. Tap on Export. Depending on how much data you have, it might take a few seconds.
- When done, the application automatically create a new email containing your health export in a zip file Its better to email to yourself and save it for later use.
How to export the Health app using a third-party application :
This is the easiest method when compare to previous one, as it will output all the information to a usable CSV file, which you can then open in Numbers or Excel on your Mac, or even use to import back into Health. By using this method you can export as well as import the Health data.
- Initially download QS access from the App Store.
- Once its downloaded QS Access then open it.
- You can select to export the data in chunks of one hour intervals or 1 day intervals. The one hour option means that each row in your export file will contain the data of one hour worth of health tracking.
- Now select all the data points you want to export, such as Active Calories, heart Rate, Steps etc.
- Once you’re done selecting all the data points, tap the Create Table at the lower right corner of the screen.
- Now you will be ask to grant QS Access permission to access and use the Health data. Select all categories, then tap Done at the top right corner.
- The app will automatically create a CSV file and display it on your screen. Tap the Share icon in the upper right corner and email the file to yourself.
- That’s it you’re done with exporting Health data.
How to import Health Data :
As mentioned above, to import the Heath data its better to use third party application that can be found in the Apple Store.
- Initially download Health Importer app from the App Store and launch on your device.
- On the iPhone on which you want to import the Health data you exported in previous steps, launch the Mail app and open the email you sent to yourself with the exported CSV file.
- Tap and hold on the attachment until you see the Share options appear on the screen, the select Open in Health Importer.
- This will automatically launch health Importer. From there, you will be able to map the data you have exported with the data points found in Health app. Tap on each data point to be mapped, starting with Start. Map it correctly and tap Save.
- Repeat with all the data categories you have exported.
- After finishing tab on import data to health app at the bottom of the screen and the application will start importing process which takes some time. That’s it.