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In other words, if you're a Google Drive user, it's time download the new app-there's no point in putting it off.

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This includes free personal accounts and paid enterprise Google Workspace accounts. The answer is simple, but we want to draw a heavy underscore because it's not typical these days- all Google service users can use the new Drive app. The deprecated Backup and Sync app will cease functioning entirely on October 1. Google Photos Sync is a backup tool for your Google Photos cloud storage.

Integration with Microsoft Outlook and Google Meet schedulingĪccording to Google's introduction, users of the older Backup and Sync app will start getting in-app prompts to transition to Drive for desktop, which it recommends users complete by September of this year.īackup and Sync users will support a guided workflow for transitioning from the old app to the new on July 19, and Google Workspace domains (both Rapid and Scheduled release tracks) will see in-app notifications prompting transition beginning on August 18. Google Drive is primarily a synchronisation service, however, the desktop app can be configured for one-way photo and video backup in the same way that the mobile Google Photos app can.

In-app support for shared Google drives (new feature, was not present in Backup and Sync).

Locally mounted Drive folders in either Stream or Mirror mode-automatically downloading files on-demand or automatically prefetching all files from the cloud.(Optional) two-way file and folder synchronization-automatically download files to local folders and vice versa.Syncing external storage devices (thumb drives, USB hard drives, and SSDs) to Google Drive.Uploading and syncing photos to Google cloud storage-including automatic compression and resizing, for those choosing "Storage saver" rather than original image quality.

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Featuresįrankly, there doesn't appear to be much new in the upgraded app-the update looks like more of a clean-up and unification effort than anything else. The new Drive app builds in features from Google Photos, Backup and Sync (the old, primarily consumer app), and Drive File Stream (the old, business-targeted version). The bad news is, I received similar error messages when trying to transfer the file to external storage.Google has released a new Google Drive desktop app that replaces old versions for both home and business. Leaving it saved locally would expose you to the risk of losing your Linux data should something happen to your Chromebook. Fire up your terminal and enter the following command at the prompt.

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Therefore, I decided to transfer this file to external storage. First, we need to install google-drive-ocamlfuse on our Linux machine. The file was pretty large at 5.6GB, as seen below. When to back up: Make sure you know when Google Photos backs.

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Back up device folders: If you want to find photos and videos on your Android phone from other apps or devices in your Google Photos Account, make sure you turn on your available device folders. I then decided to try and backup Linux to my local storage and this worked. Backup account: Make sure you back up your photos and videos to the right Google Account. I decided to try backing up my files to a USB storage drive instead. At first, I thought it may have been my external hard disk. Each time the backup starts and about halfway through I get an error message. Make sure you’re on the my computer tab and click on add folder. I’ve tried on about six occasions in the last couple of weeks to backup my Linux Files. You’ll be greeted with Google’s preferences menu. Chrome OS Linux backup works if saved locally Therefore the ability to back up these files is good to see. However, if something did go wrong I would not be too happy about losing files I’ve created with any of my Linux Apps. This is because you could easily install these again if anything went wrong. I’m not too fussed about my Linux Apps being backed up. When I want to upload pictures from my desktop to Google Photos, I simply visit the Google Photos website, open Nautilus, then select the files and drag them. You’ll want to know all of your files are backed up. This is an excellent option because if you start using Linux regularly. gphotos-sync is a command line tool for backing up Google Photos (including separate albums) using the Google Photos Library API, for Linux, macOS and Windows. The backup function does a backup of your Linux Apps and your files. The Linux backup works by allowing you to download a backup file to a location of your choice, at least that is what it states.