How To Sync Your Computer To Google Drive
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- How To Sync Your Computer To Google Drive
Make sure you're always working with the most recent version of your files by syncing your computer to Google Drive.
But when you sync, you want to make sure you're only syncing the files you need - syncing files that are too large can cause problems with your Internet Service Provider.
At one point, I was syncing all my files to Google Drive and received a nasty letter from Comcast saying they were going to charge me an additional fee if I kept transferring large amounts of files.
Luckily, Google Drive allows you to setup syncing for only a few folders so you're working with what you need and nothing more.
This video breaks down the process to sync your computer to Google Drive in easy steps - enjoy!
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this was so clear, I received error messages about my hard disc a few minutes back, I was really worried now I can relax. thanks, man...
You're welcome, Edith!
i like how you dont edit out your interuptions and mistakes. makes it more entertaining, natural and you can learn from mistakes
Hey, that's a great compliment- thanks!!
Thank you! Now I don't need to worry about my thesis file back-up, all now secure!
very helpful thanks so much. i just started using google drive and it was confusing at first but upon watching main two videos and your video was really straight to the point, short and mentioned all the most important details. i am beginning to enjoy the google drive. thanks
You're welcome, Ibrahim- what other questions do you have on Google Drive? Happy to help!
I just wanted to say a big thank you! OMG, that clarifies everything that no other youtuber did before now. I was always confused in the finer details and you presented it excellently in a way I now totally get it. Thank you!
You're welcome Mary, happy to help!!
Thanks for showing when it did NOT work as you initially expected - that the program went to the tray because that is what happened to me as well and you solved it!
Thanks, man. I was getting worried about losing my school files. This helped a lot :)
You're welcome!!
What I find VERY confusing is the difference between My Drive and Computers. You synced to My Drive and yet the files show up in Computers! But these two distinct things have different sync settings in the Drive desktop app. I spoke to Google support today as I have stuff in My Drive and in Computers and it's a mess... and the person said My Drive is purely for what I add to it, ie stuff created on google Docs or files uploaded/synced. This does not, apparently sync both ways. If you want to do that, you must use Computers - so files you upload to G Drive into the Computers folders will sync with the mirrored folders on your desktop - so if I want to simply have all my Documents folder contents sync BOTH WAYS, then the best option is to use the Computers mirrored function, and not My Drive. Does that sound right to you? I'd love to get clarity on the distinction between My Drive and Computers, it's a bit of a mess IMO.
Does the quality of media (original quality / storage saver) apply in the context of saving media as Google Photos or saving as any file?
Hi Sir, could you please teach us how to get the page in video at 2.46 s part, to ignore sync mp3 file settings part, my Google drive page doesn't have the page same like yours (2.46s video). Thank you very much ❤❤
Have an issue with Backup and Sync. Can u help ?
I am using backup and sync for last 6 months, and it was working perfect.
yesterday I formatted my PC. and tried to sync same folder from my computer,
but Google is Making Duplicate Folder on Google Drive (Not over writing the same folder)
Please Help. ThanX
we need an update video for the new 'google drive for desktop' please! :)
Excellent tutorial! I was reading some of the stuff on the web and getting totally confused. This clarifies most everything. Thanks.
Thanks, Ralph- I'm happy this helped you! 🔥
Can I change the folder in google Drive (in this case , can I change My Laptop to another folder ?)
This is the best tutorial video ever! I haven't seen any youtubers do this omg!!! love it!!!!
You're awesome, thanks for the compliment Abigail!
I got a problem. would you help me please? I have combined 2 folders by my phone app on G.Drive from a same account, but it didn't change actually when i went drive through computer. How can i solve it?
file download
a window opens with text on your mark
takes too much time but not installs
how can i install
what is the problem i am facing
Hi Tanveer- good question, this could be an issue with your computer if it tries to open but doesn't install. Did you try downloading the install file again and attempt to install again?
how about.. i want those files to another pc..everything i do.. happens also on the same folder from another pc.. is that possible?
Thank you much for the quick overview of Google Drive's features! You filled in some important details that I was missing in my understanding of the process.
My pleasure Nate, happy to help.
may i ask, im switching laptop from one to another, making sure everything is in gdrive before i reset the old laptop. I have a few folders in the laptop synced with Gdrive. However, do i have to move the content inside the synced folders on gdrive from under MY LATOP to MY DRIVE cuz once the old laptop was reset, the synced folders on gdrive will disappear together too ?
Awesome tutorial! Clear, easy to follow and very useful. Thank you for your help!
Hey, thank you for the great tutorial. My question is when we now have folders synced up as such to our google drive are they still on our hard drives on our laptop or are they only in the Gdrive? Are the files I am creating physically on my hard drive and it is copying it to my Gdrive correct? I ask this because I struggled not knowing I had 'OneDrive' in the past 'Synced up' and none of the files I was creating were on my hard drive somehow they were only on the cloud.
Thanks bro! You made it so clear, no query now.
Lots of Love!
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks, but i have a question, what if our file in the folder got encrypted by ransomware? Is the backup file in drive got encrypted too? Thank you
Hey Urratul- the file on Drive (if it was uploaded prior to the ransomware attack) should be non-corrupted. I'd recommend you download the file from Drive and scan it with antivirus software (Malwarebytes, for example)- if the scan comes back clean, then you can open the file. Keep me posted!
I"m not getting the back up Google drive when I installed.
Thanks so much for this video! I've been looking into this for a while now and this video explained it so clearly. Appreciate you helping us out mate :)
You're welcome, happy to help!
thanks explained all clearly, you deserve more subs bro
Thanks, bro. 🙌🏼
Can we sync google drive with other cloud
FYI, Google Backup and sync was discontinued by Google after 1st October 2021
Hello, thanks for you video, but you barely touch on the subject. I have 3 PCs and it is getting more difficult to understand and manage my files. I have been using it for many years, and it was getting fatter and fatter, that finally, I had to stop and see how I could reduce the amount of data going into the google drive (GD). You did fine explaining the fundamentals (watch what you upload, or you will be surprised). But beyond that, how do you actually MANAGE 3 PCs sharing files on the same GD. The worse is that I don't know where I can get information on this... if you do, pls let me know. TIA
Thanks for your question- I'll address multi-computer synching in a follow-up video, since it was outside the scope of this tutorial.
Thank you so much, this is exactly what I needed to know!
This is soooo useful! Thank you.
But i do have a question that is best explained with an example: If I have a document on desktop and later I make a new folder in which I move it to. Will the document or file appear in the new folder and not the general desktop folder in google drive? Or will I have to go to google drive and move this file?
(BTW i saw 5 other videos and this was by farrr the best explained step to step video. Thank you for that. )
Will it appear twice in my google drive folder?
Hi Lysvette- based on your example, the file should not appear twice after you move it from the desktop folder, it should appear in the new folder. If you try and it still appears in both locations, make sure you have your sync settings set up so that the desktop folder is syncing with your Google Drive and the new folder is syncing with your Google Drive. I hope this helps- let me know if you still have questions, happy to help!
Super helpful, I already had the sync going on, but I couldn’t find the way to update the files I wanted to sync.
Thanks for the video! 👍🏼
Thank you so much. The explanation is super clear.
This was very helpful!
Thank You
You're welcome, my pleasure!
I can’t do it on laptop plzz answer
Thank you for a clear & simple explanation.
You're welcome!
Great information and well put together! However, this method seems to only allow me to select one folder at a time. Is this the only method and which is better in that sense in relation to using Google Drive to drag all files/folders I want?
Hey Ri- I'd suggest you select one at a time to keep better track of what's been transferred vs what's left.
Such a clear and concise tutorial. 🤙
thank you so much broo for the tips
Thanks for the video. Question: I have Google Drive installed on my Mac desktop, with the Drive folder in the Finder. Clicking on that folder shows a very different view of Google Drive contents vs. what's in the cloud-based site. Is there a way to sync the view? Thanks...
Hey Bill- thanks for your patience. When you say "sync the view", are you looking for the items to be sorted similarly to how they are in the cloud-based site? Or are you looking for an icon view vs list view?
@@StephenKwiecinski Thanks for getting back to me. I have my Google Drive (in the cloud / web-based app) arranged in folders, with folders names "A" to "Z" and everything else in subfolders. So when you look at Drive on the website / cloud, it's just 26 letter-named folders. With Google Backup and Sync installed and running on my Mac desktop and Win 10 laptop, both have Google Drive folders in Finder / File Explorer. The contents of those folders look nothing like the folder setup I have in the cloud. In fact, they just look like random files and folders.. no particular structure. I would have hoped the cloud-based folder structure would have been mirrored on my two machines. Any suggestions / ideas much appreciated!
you can also just throttle your upload speeds
Good idea. But for the average user, that would be too confusing.
thank you brother and love from me
Happy to help!
Brilliant! just what i needed
very nicely explained.....thanks.
Can you do what is changed in google 1
Sorry- can you rephrase your question? I don't understand.
Thanks for this Stephen, I like your style, very concise. I started working in the cloud/ backing up only recently and all of sudden my PC is syncing to Dropbox, I have work files on a personal One Drive account and other files on work account and then started using Google Drive which I want to make my primary/ only cloud workspace. I am feeling a little flustered to be honest. Could you suggest a POA? Dropbox made a weird shortcut to my pc which contains pc files and in that is another shortcut to my PC, its like a Russian doll. It seems like Onedrive did not copy my PC files but moved it from PC to Onedrive. I just want to make sure I don't loose anything in this process. Also, strange things have been happening with some spreadsheet updates as well, I will work a few hours, making sure I save the file when I close it and next time I open it - all changes gone.
Thanks for your patience. I answered this for you on my LIVE STREAM (Sundays at 5pm US Central Time): ruclips.net/video/A5YTNiNUHZM/видео.html
I provide some tips for a POA. Please let me know if this resolves your issue. Cheers!
Great video, thanks heaps. Quick question.. the final Sync you established and did for Music folder, what does it mean.. the Music files are stored both on the Laptop and Google Drive? If so, how can I change it to only upload onto Google Drive and not eat up space on my laptop? Thanks a million. Bhoga
Hey Chandra, thanks for your patience- unfortunately this is only possible if you turn off syncing; you cannot enable syncing and delete files in one location without deleting them in the other. I would suggest:
1. Install the sync utility.
2. Run the sync.
3. After the sync is complete, turn off syncing and uninstall the sync utility.
4. Verify the files are indeed in your Google Drive.
5. Delete the files from your computer.
This article gives a good explanation of the process: infoinspired.com/how-to-guides/how-to-delete-files-on-google-drive-on-my-pc-without-affecting-the-web-stored-files/
I hope this helps- keep me posted.
@@StephenKwiecinski Thanks mate, greatly appreciated.
If I turn sync my drive on and backup and sync will download all files that's currently stored on my Google drive in my drive section to my Google drive folder in my computer. My question, how about for example I have a word document that I wanna edit in my Google drive folder, what will happen after I save that files ?
Do backup and sync process the changes that I've made to the document to my Google Drive so the document that is currently stored on my Google drive will be updated to the latest changes that I've made or it doesn't ?
Good question, Skye- based on Google's recent updates, if you edit Word files, all changes should sync. If you find that's not the case, try converting your Word file to a Google Doc file (this will create a copy of your Word file, so your original file is maintained and the copy is where the changes are synced).
Keep me posted...
Thanks mate, you helped me a lot
Awesome presentation, clear and to the point. Thank you!
You're welcome - thanks for the comment!
This video is very helpful.Love from Pakistan
Thank you ❤️
I love you, man.
I tried to select a subfolder in documents and it says it cant because it's already been added. All three boxes (desktop, documents...) are unchecked, so I don't know why it's giving me that error. I don't want to sync all 90 GB on this computer just some key folders. What am I missing?
Hey USAFA- just to be clear, you tried clicking "Choose Folder", then selecting a subfolder inside Documents, and it gave you the error?
6:16 my wrong step here, I'm not uncheck this.....thankyou, its help me a lot
Ooo wee that was good :) Thank you
Thanks man this helps alot
Really helpful, thanks!
can i restart my pc while im syncing sir?
I do not recommend restarting while synching - the synching will stop when you restart your computer.
hi tks. good vid. how do you stop drive duplicating, eg if a folder has say 100gb in it and i want to sync that. it takes a while. when it stops ( turn off laptop ) and then restart, it starts from zero again. taking forever. How do you ensure it just doesnt repeat the whole sync again and duplicate stuff. thanks B
Hey B, thanks for your patience- this answer may help, looks like you have to uncheck the "Computer" option in Settings: support.google.com/drive/thread/10547706?hl=en&msgid=11510697
Very useful and helpful content!!!
Glad it was helpful!
What if I change my computer or lets say windows reinstalled, how do I make my files sync to my previous drive/folder ? when I turn on drive it starts syncing to a whole new folder, but I want to sync to the same one is it possible ?
Hey Nathan- try changing the settings to tell Backup & Sync which folder you want to sync to.
@@StephenKwiecinski still didn't help but nvm I ended up re-syncing
Great video. My band mate and I are trying to collaborate on some music. Is there anyway that both of us can have a sync folder on different desktops that can sync to the each other thru google drive. Any time he makes an update on his desktop, my desktop would get modified? I know you can collaborate on a single files like a google docs but not sure more sophisticated situations with multiple folders and non-google file extensions.
Hey Ryan - I would just increase the frequency of the file sync on your computer and your buddy's computer using the Drive Desktop module. It wont be instantaneous, but is probably your best bet without installing any third-party software. If I find a solid third party solution, I will let you know.
Thanks, it's really helpful 🌷🙏
Most welcome 😊
Pros and con?
can you drop an updated video with the new UI?
Stay tuned...
Thanks
Thanks!
Thank you very much
You're welcome!
this is very useful of me..thanks a lot
You're welcome, Aiva!
do you know do desync google drive with your documents, photo's and desktop on your computer??
Hey Stef - I answered this question for you yesterday on my Live Tech Talk: ruclips.net/video/OZVKuaEpAUM/видео.html
(Sorry about the audio issues.)
Let me know if you're able to resolve the issue.
thanks brother..
thank you dude!!
You're welcome!
Great tutorial but sorry it's outdated, none of this happens after you click the url :(
great thanks
can this still work?
Great video!
Thanks!!
thnak you!
You're welcome!
how did you get 2 TB storage?
I purchased the 2TB plan through google.
Or eBay 🥴
why cant i download google drive?
You can access google drive for free here: drive.google.com
If you're trying to download the backup & sync tool, are you using a school computer? The admin may have blocked it...
@@StephenKwiecinski i found out why I can't download it cause I already downloaded it before and I forgot I had it, thanks though
This was clear . Only if I could hear it.
Sorry, Jay- was the audio too low?
Do you or anyone reading this have a clue on how to sync shared google drives?
Hey iRey- I don't think it's possible to sync a shared folder since Google rolled out an update in September 2020. Sorry for the bad news!
This transfer problem that you mention at the first minute does not happen in almost any other country
"Android doesn't require Google Sync because it connects to Google Workspace."
Which Android device are you using?
@@StephenKwiecinski It's a Motorola Moto G-6. I got it from Easy Wireless for free. Just sync your phone with your computer and everything else will be in sync too.
Thanks