How To Use Google Drive Desktop App
Open exe or dmg to automatically install and start google drive on your computer.
How to use google drive desktop app. Right click on a file. Files and folders you upload or sync. By putting it inside the google drive folder on your pc. The google drive download page is a smart page and will recognize what operating system os you are using. This option is also available in the drive mobile apps.
Once these are pulled down you ll be able to freely edit and save any file without a connection to the internet. Click the box to enable google drive to sync google docs sheets slides drawings at which point your computer will begin the process of downloading local versions of every document or picture stored on the linked account. Go to google drive let s get started. You ll see my drive which has. From here navigate to the google drive option in the sub menu and choose the preferences option located one menu beyond that.
If you don t yet have google drive on mobile you can download it for iphone or android for free. Move your cursor over open with select an app. If you are logged in to your google account on an internet browser you must log out temporarily to install google on your desktop. To configure the preferences on your desktop drive app right click the drive icon located either in your quick access bar windows 10 users or on the desktop icon. To access those files head to google drive on the web and click on my computers in the left menu.
On mobile tap the google drive app icon which resembles a yellow green and blue triangle. If you want a file or folder to show up under my drive you ll need to sync it the old fashioned way.