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To sync the files on your computer, uninstall Google Drive, then install Backup & Sync or Drive File Stream. Delete Google Drive for Mac/PC Important: Before you uninstall Google Drive, close or quit the application.
Google has decided to merge two of its backup and syncing utilities for Mac – Google Drive and Google Photos Uploader into a brand new app that does everything that the two app did. For individual users, you can use Google’s Backup & Sync to backup photos, any folder and sync your entire Google Drive folder with the Mac (like Dropbox).
Basically, Google wants you to use its service to backup all your data, not just selected files or photos. It will backup Desktop and Document folder by default (which is similar to the iCloud feature released in macOS Sierra) but you are free to select more folders (as long as you have the storage space on Google Drive).
Because the app tries to do a lot, it can be a bit confusing to use. We’re here to help.
Sync your mail, contacts, calendar, and more Sync your Google services to your phone, tablet, and desktop programs so that you can always access what's important to you. Automatically back up photos from your Mac or PC, connected cameras and SD cards. Windows 7 + Mac. MacOS 10.9 + Thanks for downloading Backup and Sync. Open the installer on your computer and follow the prompts to start backing up photos. Get help installing. For mobile devices. Get the Google Photos app to back up and view photos on. We recommend that you use IMAP—it's simpler to set up and can be used across multiple devices. You can use IMAP to sync contact and calendar data as well. Use IMAP, CardDAV, and CalDAV to sync data. Your users can sync just email. Or, they can sync contacts and calendar data as well using CardDAV and CalDAV. Jul 21, 2017 Now it has become super easy to sync all kinds of files from Google Cloud to your Mac thanks to the newly released Google Backup and Sync tool.
Download: Google Backup and Sync for Mac
What All Does Google Backup and Sync Do?
Here are all the main features of the Backup and Sync app.
- Back up original or high-quality photos from the Pictures folder (Apple Photos library).
- Backup Desktop and Documents folder (or add more folders on your own).
- Sync all or selected folders from Google Drive to your Mac.
- Access synced files to Google Drive from anywhere with the new Computers section.
How to Set It up Right
During installation, the app will ask you to configure the backup and the sync procedure.
On the second step, you can uncheck if you don’t want to sync the Desktop and Documents folders. Or if you want to add more folders, click on Choose Folder.
Another important thing is to check the Upload photos and videos to Google Photos box. This makes sure that the photos aren’t just uploaded to a Google Drive folder. This way, they’ll be added automatically to Google Photos as well and you’ll benefit from all the Assistant intelligent features that come with Google Photos.
From the third step (Google Drive), you can decide if you want to sync your entire Google Drive setup with your Mac or not. You can choose to sync just the selected folders by clicking on Sync only these folders.
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After you click the Start button, the backup process will begin. Click on the cloud icon in the menu bar and you’ll be able to see the progress. Here you’ll find shortcuts to open Google Photos, Google Drive and more.
Notable Preferences
Click on the backup icon, then the menu button and select Preferences.
From the first section, you can uncheck or add more folders, and select the quality of photo uploads. You can also add external USB devices for backup here.
From Google Drive section you can change the folder to sync to.
From Settings section, you can see how much cloud storage you’re using and you can choose to upgrade to a plan with more storage.
From Network Settings, you can limit the upload and download speed.
Download: Google Backup and Sync for Mac
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What Do You Think of the New App?
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I’m personally enjoying the update. After making sure that my photos were uploaded to Google Photos, I haven’t had much of a problem. In fact, for me, it has been much better than using Google Photos Uploader app. The upload has been smooth and I only got one error instead of dozens I used to get before.
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What do you think of the new app? Do you find it confusing? Useful? Are you syncing Google Drive or your personal folders with it? Share with us in the comments below.