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1. #MESSAGE OF GOOGLE DRIVE FOR MAC/PC GOING AWAY FOR ANDROID#
2. #MESSAGE OF GOOGLE DRIVE FOR MAC/PC GOING AWAY WINDOWS#

As with the old Google Drive client, Backup & Sync lets you choose specific folders from Google Drive to sync to your computer, so you don’t have to have everything on your desktop or laptop at once. It doesn’t differ too much from the old applications, but it does provide more comprehensive backup for your whole computer.

#MESSAGE OF GOOGLE DRIVE FOR MAC/PC GOING AWAY WINDOWS#

Home users can replace their Drive clients for Windows and macOS with a new tool called Backup & Sync, which Google announced back in July. And home and business users each get their own replacements. Google knows this, which is why the company isn’t just eliminating these apps-it’s upgrading them. But if you rely on Drive to back up all your music, movies, and other files, then the applications make uploading and downloading files much more straightforward. So if you primarily employ Google Drive to write essays in your browser, then you don’t really need these desktop clients. They simply make it easier to sync files to and from Google Drive on a desktop or laptop, much like Dropbox does. If you’ve never heard of these, don’t fret-they’re not essential to the Google Drive experience. Google’s Drive changes are limited to its clients for Windows and macOS, apps that are also called Google Drive. So if all these things stay stable, what’s all the fuss about? What’s changing are the applications for accessing Drive through a computer desktop, be it Windows or macOS. Even your storage plan, if you’ve paid for one, will stay in place. If you rely on apps that plug into Google Drive or use it for cloud storage, then these should carry on working fine too.

#MESSAGE OF GOOGLE DRIVE FOR MAC/PC GOING AWAY FOR ANDROID#

Similarly, the mobile apps for Android and iOS will look just the same.

You will still be able to open your web browser and access your data through the Drive website. On the whole, you can carry on using Google Drive as usual, creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, streaming videos from the web, and uploading files from your computer via your web browser. That means the main Google Drive service and office suite, where you store files and work on documents, will remain in place. What won’t changeĭon’t be alarmed if you see headlines about Google killing off or deprecating Drive-it’s one of the tech giant’s core products, and it isn’t going anywhere. Here’s a rundown of Google’s plans for its cloud-storage service, and how you should prepare for them. But what exactly is changing, what will happen to your data, and most important, what do you need to do to get ready? We’ll answer all those questions and more. File storage service Google Drive is ending support for its desktop apps in March.