Questions tagged [google-drive-for-desktop]
Google Drive for Desktop is the name used for the Google Drive client for Windows and MacOS devices, usually referred to as desktop computers but also includes laptops, mini, etc., but not mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, iPads, etc. This tag is being discussed in Super User meta "What to do with [google-docs], [google-drive], [google-drive-file-stream] and [google-drive-for-desktop]" -> https://meta.superuser.com/q/14902/.
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Google Drive Sync Encryption
So I got some terabytes of free GD from google workspace of my organization. I do realize that, it's intended for organization stuff therefore they can see my personal data if I store on it.
Is there ...
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Google Drive desktop using high amount of RAM
I tried to backup my daily work with Google Drive Desktop, syncing an entire SSD drive. However, since this process started, the PC became slow and when I look at the process manager, the RAM monitor ...
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How to mirror / sync folders between two different computers using Google Drive Backup and Sync - without using "My Drive"?
Scenario:
Computer A has 100 folders (not in "My Drive", i. e. outside of the "Google Drive")
Computer B wants to have a copy of these folder (synched) and also synchronize back
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Change mirror folder in Google Drive for desktop
Have Google Drive setup in Mirror files mode (not Stream files).
I can open the folder using Access files from a folder on your computer link, but is there any hidden option to change this folder?
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Disable mirroring for Google Drive Desktop but still allow syncing specific folders?
We have a Google Enterprise account. Our Google Admins have disabled Mirror files option because if every use enabled it, it would take up everyone's laptop storage space and we do not want that.
But ...
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How to integrate the "shared with me" content into "My Drive" in Google Drive?
In Dropbox the user can store an arbitrary folder shared with him at an arbitrary place. By default the folders shared with you land in the root, but they can be moved at any place you want within ...
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How to copy files from Google Chromebook up to Google Drive? in what view or place can I see the two together?
Is there a way to sync the Files app folders on Chromebook with Google Drive? If yes, how is that done? Or a way to copy individual files from the Chromebook up to Google Drive? I don't see my local ...
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How to remove Google Drive folder after uninstalling Google Drive on MacOSX 13.5.1
I've uninstalled Google Drive from my company laptop running MacOSX 13.5.1 (by deleting the application from the Application folder using Finder, and I wanted to delete my Google Drive Data, which do ...
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Can I sync the contents of one folder across multiple computers with Google Drive?
Say I have a folder "WORK STUFF" with various documents on it.
I would like this folder to appear on the Desktop of two different computers.
Further, I would like to set it up such that ...
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How do I restrict certain drives from auto-mounting in Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL with Ubuntu 20.04
Windows 10
WSL2
Ubuntu 20.04
Of the 26 available Windows 10 drive letters/mount points, unfortunately I am using them all.
Hard drive (B:) is a Google Drive and drive (R:) is locked with Bitlocker. ...
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Google Drive App Not Downloading Files (MacOS)
I have a folder in my Windows PC that is synced with Google Drive. I downloaded the google drive app on my macbook, found the folder I was interested and selected "available offline". ...
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Google Drive for Desktop accessible between multiple Windows users
I have 2 Windows 10 accounts:
Home account (Administrator)
Work account (Administrator)
On my Home account I have installed Google Drive (accessible on E:\ drive).
When I start Google Drive on Home ...
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A Google Drive quota has been exceeded
I need to store a dataset (120GB) in my drive to later train a model on it. If I upload it from my PC its taking a hell lot of time. So I thought I will directly download to Drive through Colab, I ...
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Google Drive error: "Invalid MS-DOS function". Is there a workaround?
I'm using the official Google Drive client for Windows, and I'm using Windows Explorer to attempt to copy Google Documents (.gdoc files) from my Google Drive to a local Windows folder, as a way of ...
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Windows Server 2012 and Google Drive for Desktop
I have a Windows Server 2012 with about 100 users who do not have access to each others' accounts and whose accounts are restricted to only allow access to certain applications.
Each user also has ...
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How to use "Open With" menu for folders to open in Explorer.exe?
I'm using the Application Launcher For Drive extension on Chrome and it allows me to open files with certain programs on my local computer when right-clicking a file on the Google Drive
website (https:...
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Google drive in WSL
I have google drive G:\ in my Windows 10. Trying to open it in WSL Ubuntu with command:
cd /mnt/g
Command works fine, but ls command shows nothing there. Why?
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One Google Drive Account, Multiple Windows Users
There are two similar questions to this one that I can find: here and here. I am in this situation, and wondering if anything has changed in 9 years: I want one (1) (count 'em one) Google Drive ...
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Google drive sync folder on your computer fills my disk up
I wanted to make a backup of a specific folder on my laptop, which mounts a small SSD disk with 60 GB of free space remaining.
I installed Google Drive and configured it for file streaming, and I ...
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Backing Up Local Drive Image to Google Drive Without Cache Files
I'm looking to store a backup image of my local disk onto Google Drive for Desktop (GDD) using Windows 10 without the files being first cached on the local drive. GDD has an assigned drive letter.
I ...
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Google Workspace Shared Drives - Permission problems in Drive for Desktop but not web interface
This question applies to Google Workspace, specifically the "Shared Drive" service, which is distinct from Google Drive.
OS is Windows 10 Pro 22H2 with all updates
Browser is Firefox 110.0 (...
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