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Upload files into GDrive then delete locally
Is there any settings in Gdrive windows Sync app, or any other third party app that allows auto uploading file to GDrive then delete the local file.
The idea behind the deleting is to protect the ...
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Google Cloud Sync on Ubuntu
As you know, you can set your online accounts on Ubuntu - Settings => Online Accounts
When you add your Google account here, you can mount your Google drive on your ubuntu desktop. Are your files ...
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Google Backup and Sync won't "Ask before removing both copies"?
The Google Drive Help Center explains that when you delete a file from your computer you have these three options:
Always remove both copies: When you delete something on your computer or drive....
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Google Backup and Sync - potential disaster? How does it operate?
Does anyone actually know how GB&S actually works?
Not for the first time, I have had to put a block on the use of this tool. Because I have witnessed it deleting a file on my main machine which ...
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Google Shared Drive sync to my PC
I have the Google Backup & Sync installed and it syncs my personal Drive to my PC with no problem here. But I also have access to some Shared Drives which I also want to sync my PC so I can work ...
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How to sync google photos to google drive or local desktop [closed]
Is it possible to sync or backup google photos to my local PC, now that google removed the photos->drive sync?
Any 3rd party software is also considerable...
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I don't want to continuously backup on Google's Backup and Sync
Well, I always used the Google Drive app on my older computer, it only backed up files on the "Google Drive" folder and the ones I told it to.
Now, there's this new app "Backup and Sync" and it seems ...
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How to Sync same file on Computer, Drive and Android phone with read/write access?
Hello,
I am new to the data uploading and downloading to cloud services of google and Microsoft. I am having a problem in this aspect.
Problem:
I have a MS-Excel file on my Laptop(Windows 10), and ...
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How to make files across several computers synchronized in a consistent and near real time manner?
We have been using cloud based applications such as Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive to share files across several users. They each have desktop applications that will allow the files to be ...
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Server backup to Google Drive
I am working on a backup process for a cloud based virtual machine.
I already have a script that will create a tar.gz file, encrypt it with my gpg public key and give it a unique name.
Now I would ...
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Google Drive Not Syncing Folder Correctly
I have a bit of a strange issue with my 'Backup and Sync' Google Drive. Specifically only 1 file in a particular folder I have selected to sync is not syncing to my device and I cant figure out why. ...
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Does the new Google Drive client "Backup & Sync" have diff/delta uploading like Dropbox?
Does the new Google Drive client "Backup & Sync" have diff/delta uploading like Dropbox?
Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive
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File filters in Google Backup and Sync
Google Backup and Sync provides continuous online backup of selected folders. However one key feature that I'm missing coming from another backup solution is the ability to set exclusion filters for ...
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Deleting hard-linked directory on macOS?
I have a directory on my macOS that I hard-linked to my Google Drive folder, using
gln -d "path to directory" "path to Google Drive folder"
If I try to remove the directory from my Google Drive ...
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Syncing folders/files on two computers w/Google Drive
I currently use Dropbox to sync some folders on two different machines. The two machines have symbolic links to the same folder inside my Dropbox folder, and it works great. Is anything like this ...
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