Google Drive is a cloud storage solution provided by Google.
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how to keep google docs from changing pages in a collaborative document
When I'm looking at a presentation slide deck shared amongst multiple people, and (it seems) a change is made, my screen switches to the slide on which they're making the change. Is there any way to ...
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Share a folder between Google Drive, Dropbox and Skydrive
I use three different systems to synchronize my files to the cloud. Google Drive is for my Android tablet, Skydrive for my Windows 8 phone and Windows RT tablet and Dropbox for things at work. This ...
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Is there a way to see how many times other users have viewed a shared item on Google Drive? [migrated]
Does anybody know if there is a way to see how many times other users have viewed a shared item on Google Drive?
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Print document from a desktop application as PDF to Google Drive directly
In Google Chrome, when I need to save a web page or an online document as PDF to my Google Drive account, I choose 'Save to Google Drive' as a destination in the Print dialog box of Chrome.
Document ...
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Syncing google drive in linux
I use Dropbox client for syncing files to the web, and it works reasonably well. Now I want to purchase additional storage, but Dropbox is currently twice the price of google drive space! That's ...
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Delete a phantom directory created by Google Drive
I recently noticed that there is a file (a document) in my Google Drive that failed to sync. I didn't need it, so I deleted it.
Now, in my computers GD folder there is a directory with the name of ...
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Select file from cloud to upload in browser?
Is there any such extension or plugin available for macs that let you browse your cloud files and select them in finder without actually keeping a copy of these files on your computer.
For example, ...
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Why is google drive not working?
Google drive is not working. When installing I get this error message which says the error code is 8bd0 if that helps.
It used to work but now after a power cycle it doesn't. What am I doing ...
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Google Drive: Sync different directories, instead of putting everything in one folder
Say I have three different folders on my Windows laptop (school, work, and personal documents). These are in different places on my hard drive.
Is there anyway to sync those folders to my Google ...
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Copying Google Drive folder to new computer
I am shifting my files to a new Mac, including my Google Drive folder.
I could just set up Gdrive on the new computer and let it sync with my Google Drive folder on the cloud, but this will take ...
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Stop Drive from automatically loading
When I go into the preferences in the Drive icon in the system tray and uncheck the "Start Google Drive automatically when you start your computer" the icon still loads.
I went into auto-runs and ...
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Why am I unable to start the Google Drive app in diagnostic mode?
I attempted to follow the instructions as set out at http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2527519 however I am not displayed the option to enable logging. The operating ...
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Is there a way to manage who can install the Google Drive desktop client?
As we have a number of users traveling overseas we want to be able to do all of the following or some of the following. How can we manage this using the Google Apps dashboard? If some of these are not ...
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Is Google Drive suitable for use as a corporate file server
We have been using Google apps for a while and I was wondering if I could/should migrate the our corporate file servers over to use Google Drive? as this would mean all my users will have access to ...
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Google drive for multiple Windows users
My wife installed the Google Drive application on her account on our Win 7 desktop. I went to install it on my Windows user (Administrator) and it will start for a second then exit.
Can Google Drive ...
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Advice for Building Personal Cloud with Google Drive Interface [closed]
Does anyone have any advice for building a personal cloud using my home PC with an integrated interface like Google Drive???
I want to use my own hardware to have as much storage as I want, and I ...
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Place Google Drive Folder on Timecapsule
Is there a way to have the Google Drive folder inside Apple Time Capsule ?
Can anyone please point out some directions. I keep getting:
1) I initially go to google drive application setup;
2) I then ...
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Is there a way to use Google Drive in “echo” mode?
For example, to delete files automatically on the web when they are deleted locally.
Right now it keeps older versions by renaming the old ones.
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Add comment to selected phrase at to Google site or upload html files to Google docs
Short story
I have to use Google site and wish to have comment functionality similar to Google docs (i.e. select word(s) and add comment). I'm familiar with comments to the whole page and the bottom ...
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Restoring Google Drive to a Back-up
So. My Google Drive just died. Their support staff tell me I've got to disconnect my drive and re-install the Google Drive app and use 44GBs of bandwidth to re-download everything. It's their fault so ...
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Can't save a Photoshop file on a Mac while Google Drive is syncing
I have a Google Drive folder where I keep some .psd Photoshop files. The folder is set up for automatic background Google Drive sync.
When I work on a Photoshop file and save it, Google Drive starts ...
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Unable to unmount “subst” drive
So I have this G: drive which I'm 99% sure I "mounted" using subst to associate a folder with a drive letter. If I double click on it I see the contents of C:\User\Marcel\Google Drive.
Anyway, now I ...
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Is it possible to set Google Docs as the default text editor on Windows?
Is there any way to set Google Docs as the default text editor on Windows 7, so that any local text files that are opened will be opened in Google Docs? In order for this to be possible, it would need ...
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Do Google Drive and Ubuntu One have the same concept?
Do Google Drive and Ubuntu One have the same concept?
I just have an Ubuntu cloud account and Google Docs.
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Google Drive files and folders duplication
Despite of slow bandwidth at my home, I managed to upload my 4GB data to Google Drive from the internet cafe. Then, I manually copied files to Google Drive folder on my home computer and started ...
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Sharing documents using dropbox
I need to share some documents with some other collaborators and (that's important) I need to know when a file was last modified and who modified it.
I was wondering if Dropbox could be the solution, ...
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Place multiple columns onto one line
Let's say I have a table in a spreadsheet that works like a calendar:
Jan Fev Mar ...
1 5 7 1
2 3 4 9
3 8 3 1
4 2 9 0
5 2 1 2
...
And so on...
I need to make a chart ...
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Why is Kaspersky antivirus is blocking some requests to Google Drive?
I'm unable to access my Google Drive because, its just stuck at Loading... part. With the help of my brother, I found that Kaspersky Antivirus is blocking certain requests to Google Drive's servers.
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Google spreadsheets drop down not compatible with MS Excel
I've created a drop down list on a google docs spreadsheet but when I download the spreadsheet and open it up under excel, the drop down functionality is lost and only the first item is shown.
I have ...
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Google Drive inside TrueCrypt folder
I want my Google Drive files to be locally stored in an encrypted way with TrueCrypt. There are two ways of doing this: put an encrypted folder inside your GDrive-folder, or put your GDrive-folder ...
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Backup Google Drive to Dropbox [closed]
I want to...
automatically perform a one way sync from Google Drive to Dropbox
convert the files to a format supported by LibreOffice or HTML during the synchronization. But any non proprietary and ...
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Is there an option for Autofill in Google Drive Documents?
I use Google Drive Documents for word processing. There are several times where I write the same word or phrase in a document. Is there any way to set the Document to suggest an autofill of this word ...
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mac finder - how to open alias in a new finder window
I am doing a video project in which I created a folder with a bunch of aliases to files on various spots on my hard drive, so that I could have references to those files all stored in one location but ...
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Prevent Google Drive from changing file attributes
I've noticed that Google Drive for Windows changes file attributes on files that I place into it. It makes them hidden and system. How to prevent Google Drive from touching file attributes?
P.S. I ...
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How to change the UI language in Google Drive?
There is currently no option to change the UI language in Google Drive.
Is it possible to change it somehow?
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Mounting Google Driva via WebDav directly on Google
I would like to mount on my RPi my Google Drive using davfs2 but I did not find any direct way to do it for Google Drive.
There are instructions on how to use dav-pocket to indirectly do that but ...
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Google Drive for PC installation failure
Whenever I try to install Google Drive on Windows 7 SP1, I get the installation failure error. I have installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package as mentioned in ...
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Google Drive Public Folder upload file
Is it possible for a public user to upload a file to a public folder provided through google drive at https://googledrive.com/host/[folder id] ?
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Google Docs Document Private Comment
I have access to a collaborative Google Docs document on which I would like to make notes in preparation for a meeting (I am not the document owner). I would like to avoid wasting paper, so I would ...
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How to display shared documents on google drive? [closed]
How can I display all the files on my google drive that i have shared with anyone?
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Google Drive and sync?
Two questions please:
Where are Google Drive offline docs stored in my computer? which folder ? (*when accessing docs.google.com/offline)
I have a text file in my Google Drive. When I click on it, ...
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Is it possible to map a network path to any cloud storage hosts?
I use Microsoft SkyDrive and Google Drive.
I was wondering if it was possible to map to a folder on a cloud service via FTP or something similar? I don't see any obvious ways on Google, or SkyDrive ...
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How can I tell if my Picasa “legacy storage plan” is going to auto renew or not?
Around 11 months ago I paid Google (via Google Wallet) $5 for a year of 20GByte photo hosting on Picasa (or maybe I mean "Picasa Web"; I don't actually use the Picasa app). I can't remember if there ...
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Why is Google Drive invisible in command prompt mode?
I've been using Google Drive for a while with ups and downs. One major down that I recently discovered is that it doesn't appear in command prompt mode, although it appears fine in Windows Explorer. ...
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Can't see Google Drive folder in Modern UI/Metro Apps
Happens everytime I want to attach file to an email in Mail app or browse photos in Photos app (I'm not using too many apps so I can't tell whether these two are the only ones). There is something ...
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Sync data on computers with different OS but without an Internet connection
I have three computers in following status:
A pc at working place with Windows XP os.
A laptop at home with Ubuntu os.
A laptop at home with Windows 7 os.
also I haven't any internet connection ...
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How to deactivate firefox right-click when I am on a Google Drive document?
When I use Google spreadsheet document I use to right-click to add comments for instance.
But each time I right-click the firefox context menu is display over the spreadsheet context menu.
So how to ...
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Google Drive deleted collaborators files - attempting recovery
A few hours ago, the google drive on my computer started to display sync errors. At some point between then and now, most of the files in a particular sub-folder (shared with collaborators) were ...
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Google Drive desktop client not updating existing files from other users
I've looked around and there doesn't really seem to be any troubleshooting information for the Google Drive desktop client. It all assumes you are using Google Docs on the web.
Anyway, my team is ...
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Google Drive status icons not appearing in Windows Explorer
I have installed the Google Drive client for Windows.
However, the status icons (green check mark, à la DropBox) are not appearing next to the files' names in Explorer.
I'm running Windows 7 Pro SP1, ...
