Use Google Drive locally on your computer

You can use Local Google Drive On your computer in 2 ways:

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Use an online recording service has certain advantages, especially for users who move with work or class files that can avoid carrying them constantly in memories or hard drives. Also for those who want to keep a backup copy of their information because they can keep it online and forget about losing a key or that it is damaged.

Google’s that is with ONEDRIVE from Microsoft, Dropbox and Apple iCloud one of the most popular and used services. We are talking about Google Drive which works with a Google user account (the same as Gmail, Google+ or any other company service) is The recording system preferred by millions of users from all over the planet.

In addition, we are talking about a multiplatform service. Even if you download this version for Windows PC, you will be able to use its features on other devices because it exists in version for Mac and also for iPhone and Android.

Operation of Google Drive

To use this online recording service, simply download the customer from the application to the computer. Once downloaded, you can configure it to assign a file or files of your PC that you want to associate with the application. This means that, each time you add a file to this folder, if you are connected, it will be synchronized with the online folder. From that moment, you can access from another device through the Gdrive app by accessing the Internet.

main Features

Is it better than Dropbox? Is it better than andrive? That boxes? In reality, all services look alike, You may be interested in one or any other depending on the applications, the email service or even the devices you use. For example, the integration of OneDrive with Microsoft Office is a great advantage as for Google Drive if you are the user of this office pack:

• File storage in clouds. Send all files to your online space and access them anywhere.
• Share the equipment between users.
• Work as a team: go to Google Docs and edit documents in collaboration, create spreadsheets or presentations.
• 15GB of free memory.
• Synchronization of multimedia equipment with Google+.
• History of changes.
• Open 30 different file formats.

Memory available in GDRIVE

This service has of three different plans, one free and two paid. They offer an online hard drive of different capacity according to their prices:

• Free drive : 15 GB of memory. This is the default plan of all Google users. Just access among your messaging account.
• 100 GB drive : at € 1.99 or € 19.99 for the whole full year you can have 100 GB of memory.
• Drive of 1 to : 1.000 GB for those who need to have online memory. It is specially indicated to professionals or companies. Its price is 9.99 euros per month o 99.99 euros a year.

In any case, it includes an unlimited memory option reserved for teachers and students who can certify their position. The service is part of the Google Apps for Education service.

News from the latest version

• Performance improvement and error correction.

Additional conditions and information:

• Google must activate your account before you can start using the service.

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Use Google Drive locally on your computer

When you install Google Drive for PC/Mac, a special file entitled Google Drive is created on your computer.

This file is then synchronized in a way bidirectional With Google Drive on the web.

When you place files in the file Google Drive of your computer, they are immediately made available in your online drive.

THE changes that you bring to these files are passed on to Google Drive on the web And on all other computers or mobile devices you use with your Google Drive account.

Your local files (which have not been created with Google web publishers such as Docs, Sheets or Slides) are always Stored on your computer, as well as on the Google platform. They are update locally And online every modification , whatever the origin of the latter.

THE Online documents Created with the publisher Google Docs (or Sheets and Slides), appear in your file Google Drive local in the form of small files bearing Google extensions (.gdoc, .GSHEET or .GSLIDES, for example).

These files are simple redirecting towards the Online documents. When you open one of them from your computer, the document, the spreadsheet or the Google presentation in question is displayed in your browser By default (Firefox, Chrome, etc.). Your documents Docs, Sheets and Slides are not counted in the quotas (15 GB) of storage.

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Likewise, the files you add to your folder My drive In Google Drive Online Also appear in your file Google Drive local and are synchronized with All devices on which Drive is activated.

Trick : If you do not wish to synchronize all the elements of the file My drive, You can indicate the folders to synchronize in the preferences of the Google Drive application for Mac/PC.

2- Use the Google Drive application for PC/Mac

You can use Local Google Drive On your computer in 2 ways:

1- From your Windows explorer
In this case, the file Google Drive presents itself as a Windows folder. This file is then synchronized in a way bidirectional With Google Drive on the web

2- From the icon from Google Drive of Windows taskbar, Located in the lower right corner of your computer screen (PC)

2-1 Windows explorer

A file bearing the name ” Google Drive »Is created on your computer.

Do Slide files and folders of your computer towards This folder for the synchronize With the Google Drive platform.

These files and folders from your computer then become available at Drive address.Google.com.

2-2 Google Drive icon of the taskbar

Click on the Google Drive icon, this icon is generally found in the taskbar, in the lower right corner of the computer screen (PC).

Click on the menu ‘ Open the Google Drive folder ‘

Make a Double right click On a document of a case Or subfolder

1. THE Contextual menu Then appears and you can thus:
   • share this document with other users by selecting ‘ Share with Google Drive ‘Then know the Name or email address of the users as well as the level of permission: Modification, reading or commentary
   • etc.

To finely modify the permission levels Users on the subfolder Eloise, Click on the option Advance ::

For Edit Google Drive’s preferences:
Click at the top right on the upup icon, in the displayed menu, select ‘ Preferences … ’’ And :
– Select Synchronization options To decide whether synchronization relates to the entirety of my drive or is limited to certain files only
– Select Account To modify your Google account settings