This software lets organizations store files solely in the cloud, "streaming" them to laptops when you're working on them and otherwise keeping your storage space unencumbered. Google is also set to shut down the Backup and Sync apps beginning October 1. With Drive for desktop, users can access files directly from the cloud on your Mac or PC, which will free up disk space and saves your network bandwidth. If you're one of those employees, you may see another Google option coming your way: File Stream. The Backup and Sync app will receive in-app notifications guiding users to transition to the new Drive app from August 18. With Drive for desktop, users can access files directly from the cloud on your Mac or PC, which will free up disk space and saves your network bandwidth. Google announced the date of Drive's demise in a blog post for IT administrators who offer Google's G Suite productivity tools to employees. That's handy - especially if you lose your laptop or break your phone. In bygone days your files were anchored to a single computing device, but with services like Google Backup and Sync, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive and Apple iCloud, your PC or phone is becoming just the tool you happen to be using to edit a photo or write a letter or share a tweet. The new approach lets Google's software synchronize files you've stored on your desktop or your documents folders and make all your photos part of Google Photos, too.Īnd it reflects the growing importance of cloud-based services. 11 and shut it down completely on March 12, 2018. On Thursday, Google detailed its transition plan, saying it'll stop supporting Drive on Dec. Google announced in July that it's replacing the Google Drive software for personal computers with Backup and Sync, which does the same thing as Google Drive but slurps in more files.
If you're among the hundreds of millions of people using Google Drive to synchronize files across your PCs and phones, be warned: you've now got three months to install its replacement.
Its fuller-featured replacement, Backup and Sync, is available now. The app should roll out to enterprise users towards the later part of 2021 and then later to consumers currently using the Google Backup and Sync app.The Google Drive app for personal computers will stop working March 12, 2018. The main feature being lost appears to be selective uploads of file types and folders. New features to Google Drive for Desktop include syncing folders like Documents or Desktop or Drive storage, uploading from USB devices, uploading photos and videos to either Google Photos or Google Drive, and support for multiple accounts.” “We are bringing features from Backup and Sync to Google Drive for Desktop to create a simpler user experience. This will create a powerful and unified sync client for anyone who uses Drive, whether for business or personal purposes,” Google confirmed in the announcement. “We’re planning to unify our sync clients and bring all of our customers the best and most used features from both Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync. Possible due to the increasing work from home, the new client, called Drive for Desktop, will bring along a lot of the consumer features such as backing up photos to Google Photos automatically, but also allow you to sign in with both your consumer and enterprise Google account.
On their enterprise blog, Google has announced plans to replace its Google Drive app for Windows 10 with a new unified app based on its Drive File Stream app for Google Suite enterprise users.