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How to Solve the Issue between Google Drive sync and Windows Security ransomware protection feature?
New Windows has a feature called Ransomware Protection in Windows Settings >> Windows Security.
I use this feature to protect the folder of Google Drive.
However, it doesn't go well. At the ...
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Virtual Hard Disk prevent overwrite from Google Drive
Since Google Drive for Desktop in Windows doesn't support one-way sync, is there idea that I can tricky that app by revoking permission to overwrite any changes in my local directory that mounted by ...
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Google Drive Sync Encryption
So I got some terabytes of free GD from google workspace of my organization. I do realize that, it's intended for organization stuff therefore they can see my personal data if I store on it.
Is there ...
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Google Drive Desktop wasn't moving file, it's moved the file to trash then reuploading when moved by robocopy
So, I'm applying this 3-2-1 backup rule.
Folder form ssd-sync is synced to vhd-sync through robocopy, here is the argument command.
robocopy D:\ssd-sync E:\vhd-sync /LOG+:D:\ssd-sync\robocopy-...
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Local and Cloud syncing between drives in Windows
So I read computer organization book. It said there is chapter about Memory Hierarchy. As the capacity larger and cheaper, the Read and Write speed became slower, and vice versa.
So, I have my laptop ...
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Google Drive quit command executable
Just finished setting up task scheduler(win10) to boot up Google Drive off hours to avoid resource drag specifically when syncing third party backup images.
All's good with the backup app scheduler ...
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Computer folders backing up images/videos to Google Photos and those images/videos on Google Photos are not talking to each other
If I have a file on my computer, like .txt document, in a folder backed to Google Drive (via the Google Drive app on my computer) and I edit this document using a text editor on my phone, the changes ...
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How to open a local office file stored in Google Drive (docs, sheets etc.) directly?
I have Google Drive installed. I'd like to open local Office files inside Google Drive directly in Google Drive, that would save me an expensive subscription to Microsoft 365 Office suit. I don't want ...
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Sync a OneDrive (or Dropbox / Google Drive) folder between multiple users
In OneDrive, I have shared a folder that has a few hundred files and subfolders for a project. It contains a lot of large zip files (in total, about 8 GB of files) so would not be suitable for GitHub. ...
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how to make Google Drive put files in old directory (~/Google Drive/) instead of new directory (~/Google Drive/My Drive/)
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I am using Google Drive for Desktop on two Mac laptops. Both are running "Catalina" (MacOS 10.15). I would like to be able to sync between them and have the filepaths be the same ...
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How to download data from google account when you run out of space?
I run out of space on google (used 14.5GB of 15GB). This means like 9GB of photos and 5 GB of email attachments. I want to download everything and then clean the cloud. I realized google does not ...
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Google Drive: is it possible to restore the way how the service worked in the past, using the folder instead of virtual partition?
I use Windows 10 X64 Pro and I pay the annual fee for the 2TB Google Drive service as a private.
Originally, Google Drive service worked using a simple folder on a local drive where put all the stuff ...
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Google Drive: How to copy shared folder content to another folder?
I have access to a folder shared with me (let's say SharedWithMe folder) and I want to backup this folder as the sharing will be end in the future. So, is it possible to sync / copy the SharedWithMe ...
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Map Google Drive to drive letter
Google Drive has recently updated the desktop file sync client from the old Backup and Sync to a new system. With the old program, I used net use at the Windows Command Prompt, e.g. net use r: "\...
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Do I 'have' to switch to Google Drive? Security implications?
Google wants to move me from the Backup and Sync (currently running in the background) to Google Drive, which is a whole new game - not just cloud storage and sync, but an entire suite of word ...
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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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