To date, using Google Drive software on a Mac (or Windows PC, for that matter) has been confusing, because there are two entirely different pieces of software that provide your files. (If you open a document from the Finder that was created with Google Docs, it will open in your web browser, since there is no dedicated Mac application for it.) This is, of course, the way Dropbox and iCloud Drive are typically used. You can just save items into it and copy items out of it directly without uploading or download, by using the Finder or another Mac application. While it’s possible to use Google Drive entirely on the web, and my guess is that it’s what most people do, a much more pleasant experience, in my opinion, is to install software on your computer that makes your Google Drive appear as though it is any other folder on your computer. Google Drive has been gradually displacing Dropbox over many years as the cloud drive of choice for those who need to share documents, and who are not embedded in Microsoft’s world. These files and folders will still be visible from your computer, but are stored in your Dropbox account online.īased on how you use certain files and folders, they can automatically be set to online-only.There are a ton of cloud storage providers at this point: Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple iCloud Drive, Google Drive, and more. Making your files and folders online-only also helps save hard drive space. Check the folders you’d like saved on your hard drive.Under Selective Sync, click Choose folders (Mac) or Selective Sync… (Windows).Open your Dropbox desktop app preferences.To choose which Dropbox folders to store on or remove from your computer’s hard drive:
Note: You must install the Dropbox desktop application to use selective sync. Choose which folders to store on your hard drive Learn what the different sync icons means. Learn how to see the sync status of your folders. If you uncheck a folder, that folder and the files and folders inside it, are removed from your hard drive, and are only stored on.
If you check a folder, that folder and the files and folders inside it, are saved to your hard drive. Selective sync lets you choose which folders you’d like to store on your computer’s hard drive from all of the folders you have stored in your Dropbox account. Note: The selective sync preferences you choose are unique to each computer and don’t affect the other computers you use with Dropbox. Note: You can’t remove individual files with selective sync-only folders, which includes the files and folders inside them. The folders you choose to remove from your hard drive remain stored in your account on. Selective sync is a feature in the Dropbox desktop app that allows you remove specific Dropbox folders from your hard drive so you can save space on your computer.
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