
Potential downside, if you have really huge files it would take a while to open them since it’s got to move the data to your machine for access. It acts just like the F or G drive (or Files1 or Files2 for Macs). Or an executable file like a driver or a batch file can just be run from there. Mounts a drive where you can double-click a file (Photoshop) and have it open in Photoshop. Files are all in the cloud, nothing stored locally. Useful if you have large local files (again, say large photoshop files) that you need to work on while offline, but also need to be synced either for backup or accessibility or for sharing.ģ – Google FileStream client. Recently Google made this much more flexible, you can choose what folders in the cloud to sync down and also what folders on the computer to sync up. The files are in the cloud AND on the computer.* It’s a sync.

– This replaces the “Google Drive client” which is being discontinued in 2018. Non-google files for the most part would need to be manually downloaded to open and edit them, for example a Photoshop file and then re-uploaded.Ģ – Google Backup and Sync client. It’s all in the cloud, nothing stored locally. Click the box next to " Sync Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings files to this computer so that you can edit offline.1 – Google drive via web browser.Click the Settings icon in the top-right corner of your browser.


Users may either close these documents or visit directly.If any Google documents are open, clicking the Drive icon will open a list of these documents.

Once it is done, the documents will be available to be accessed offline.(You will see a notification in the status area on the lower right of the screen showing you the progress of the syncing operation.) Visit Google Drive either by clicking the Drive Icon or by visiting while you are online, and the sync process will begin automatically.Note: If the steps below do not resolve your issue with enabling and disabling Google Drive to work offline, follow the instructions that are provided in the following Google Support Article: Work on Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides offline.
