#Google drive for mac and pc how to#

By Angela Moscaritolo, Tom Brant July 13, 2017, 3:57 a.m. The Settings tab is also where you can upgrade your storage to another plan. Google is relaunching the Mac and PC apps that let you upload files to your Google Drive, making it easier to schedule backups. Thanks to Google Drive, you can access a virtual disk drive directly from Windows, with the ability to synchronize files to the cloud when and where you. Finally, you can configure Google Drive to automatically launch when you log in to your Mac, show file sync status, and display confirmation messages when removing shared items from Google Drive. The article shows a step-by-step guide on how to.

#Google drive for mac and pc how to#

To install Google Drive on Windows 10, follow the guide How to Add Google Drive to File Explorer in Windows 10. As soon as you install and set up Google Drive on your PC, you will find a separate drive for Google Drive on your File Explorer.

Settings: Allows you to configure network settings if needed and control bandwidth, which is handy if you're using a slow connection or one that has data rate caps. Installing Google Drive is pretty easy on Windows 10.

You can reconnect by signing back into your Google account. Once disconnected, the files within your Mac's Google Drive folder remain on your Mac but are no longer synced with the online data in Google's cloud. Google Drive is developed by Google LLC and listed under Productivity.

Google Drive: Lets you disconnect the Google Drive folder for your Google account. Download and install Google Drive in PC and you can install Google Drive 2.21.121.05.40 in your Windows PC and Mac OS.

The default is to have everything in the folder automatically synced, but if you prefer, you can specify only certain folders to be synced.

My Mac: Allows you to specify which folders within the Google Drive folder are automatically synced to the cloud.

The Google Drive Preferences window opens, displaying a three-tab interface.