Install and set up google drive for desktop

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Each year, people are creating more nội dung & using more devices to lớn access that content. So it’s more critical than ever to lớn be able khổng lồ keep files, folders & photos safe, synced between devices, backed up and organized. To address this, in the coming weeks we’ll be rolling out a number of new features for Drive sầu for desktop (Windows, macOS), our unified sync client that lets you easily sync your nội dung across all your devices và the cloud.

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Quickly sync & access nội dung directly from PC or Mac 

While many people access Google Drive sầu directly from their website browser or from mobile apps, some people prefer khổng lồ have access khổng lồ their files và photos directly on their desktop, just like files that are stored locally on your device. Drive for desktop is an application for Windows & macOS that lets you quickly access content directly from your desktop, helping you easily access files & folders in a familiar location. Drive sầu for desktop also automatically syncs local files to the cloud in the background, which minimizes the time you need khổng lồ spover waiting for files to lớn sync.

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With Drive sầu for desktop, you can access files directly from the cloud on your Mac or PC, which frees up your disk space và saves your network bandwidth. Because Drive files are stored in the cloud, any changes you or your collaborators make are automatically updated everywhere, and you’ll always have access to lớn the lathử nghiệm version.


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A unified, easy-to-use & faster sync client – for all users

Before launching Drive for desktop, we had two sync solutions available: Backup and Sync, which was built primarily for consumer users, and Drive sầu File Stream, which was built for business users. Now, we're unifying these sync clients into the new Drive sầu for desktop, bringing people the best và most used features from both Backup và Sync và Drive sầu File Stream, including the ability to:

Upload và sync photos & videos to lớn Google Photos and/or Google Drive

Sync external storage devices to lớn the cloud, including flash drives & external hard drives

Mirror Drive sầu files on your desktop, which stores your files on your local device & enables quicker access lớn your content


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Transitioning to lớn Drive for desktop

In the coming weeks, Backup and Sync users will begin lớn see prompts asking them lớn transition to Drive for desktop, which we recommkết thúc doing by September 2021. After this point, users will see an in-product notification notifying them they’ll need to lớn transition to continue syncing their files. For additional details on the transition from Backup and Sync lớn Drive sầu for desktop, please refer khổng lồ this Help Center article. 

You can learn more about the Drive sầu for desktop transition for business users in this Google Workspace Updates loadingvn.com post.