If you use Google Drive AND you can also access your Google Drive files using your computer’s Filing system – something like: C:\Users\yourname\Google Drive – then you must have been using Google Backup and Sync to copy files back and forth between your computer and the cloud.Įven if you don’t use Google Drive, do you upload to Google Photos?ĭo you put photos on your computer that get automatically uploaded to Google Photos? () Google Backup and Sync was the utility that automatically uploaded photos from your computer to Google Photos. Any time you want to see a file that is stored in Google Drive, you go to the web. If you’ve created any Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you will see them in Google Drive. You can keep files at If you see your files there, you are looking at the cloud copy. Google Drive is the cloud storage service for your Google account. To know if you used it, review these 3 questions: Backup and Sync was Google’s utility for uploading and downloading between your Computer and Google Drive/Google Photos in the cloud. But, just to be sure, let’s dig a little deeper. “What was Backup and Sync, and how do I know if I have it?”įirst of all, if you have to ask – you probably weren’t using it! So, the fact that it is changing just doesn’t affect you at all. We showed in detail how to use it and how to migrate from Backup and Sync, but I don’t think we sufficiently answered the questions above, so I’ll try here. “What happened on October 1 and do I need to do anything?”Įpisode 220 of our YouTube show was all about Google Drive and the New Google Drive for Desktop. “What is Drive for Desktop and why would I need it?” “What was Backup and Sync, and how do I know if I have it?” On Oct 1, Google retired the product called “Backup and Sync.” In its place is a product called Drive for Desktop.
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