GOOGLE DRIVE IS GOING AWAY?! - Google Backup & Sync Setup Tutorial & Overview

Google will be shutting down the Google Drive desktop app in March 2018 and dropping support for it in December 2017. Thankfully, this is because they've introduced a BETTER app - Google Backup & Sync. This combines the Google Drive app with Google Photos for a more complete and overall stronger solution.

In this 2017 Google Drive tutorial, I show you the NEW version of the Google Drive app for desktop - Google Backup & Sync. I show you how to only sync specific folders, how to sync other computer folders, and Google Photos integration. Google Backup and Sync is actually a really solid improvement!

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[rednafi]

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[lemtheasian]

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[PolakeXD]

Wow, thats awesome
I have now 2tb space on my private google drive account but I also had to get a 2tb hdd in order to access all my VHS backups, Private data, Game Saves, Drivers for all my Notoebooks and PCs.

[allenschneider]

Presently I back up pictures on my android phone to Google photos. Will the photos pictures be transferred to back up and sync and future phone pictures uploaded to backup and sync instead of Google photos? If I install back up and sync on my mac computer can I sync my drive documents to my computer but keep my Google photos in the cloud?

[mohamedgamal]

Basically that sword is the why you are playing Minecraft

[lachlana]

You could always select certain files and folders on the google drive on windows.

[ArturoGarzaID]

Mine converted, but the Google Drive icon still appears. What gives?

[okamichamploo]

I don't understand the Google Photo option in the setup. Does this mean ALL photos in the folders I sync go to Google Photo? What if I want to save some photos full quality in my drive and some other photos in Google Photos Unlimited Storage?
Is there a way to separately specify this?

[NickC]

Is anybody other Mac user having an issue with Google Backup and Sync no longer syncing or showing in the menu bar? I'm not an idiot, so yes, I have tried uninstalling, but it won't even let me do that because it says Backup and Sync is running. I have no way to shut it down because it's not showing in the menu bar or in the force quit (option+command+esc) list of applications. So to recap for clarity, is anybody else having an issue with Backup and Sync not showing in the menu bar, and/or do you have a fix?
Thanks.

[AthleticGamer]

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[derekwright]

Hello, I was able to sync two pc's (Laptop and Desktop) to my Google Drive. This was very useful, I could work on a "Word document" on my laptop save it, Google would sync it to Google Drive and my Desktop pc. Then I would be able to use my desktop pc since it was syncing was Google Drive and could finish the "Word document" for example. With this new Google Backup and Sync App, is this still possible to sync 2 pc's to your Google Drive or Backup and Sync Drive? Thanks

[ThatLinuxDude]

Did you get the Arc Port Continuation by Niivu (originally ported by Neiio) working in Windows 10?

[istandalone]

unfortunately, there is no android version of this application (Google backup and sync) 😞😞😞

[christsiu]

I can't download and install Backup or Sync. What should I do?

[REFCK]

The Google Drive app has been giving me problems. It has saved blank already deleted files. That I already deleted off from my Google photos app. Ever since deleting the already deleted blank photo files from my Google Drive app. A network error message constantly keeps popping up everytime I use any app on my Moto G4 phone. The message says "Network error occurred, please try again later." It's annoying and I don't know how to get rid of it.

[xXPvPSkillerXx]

so we can still use the website drive (drive.google.com) aswell as the mobile app?

[nahedduran]

hi i've wrote some notes and i want to change it to text is this possible

[sbilja]

"... you do still need to be making regular backups if you want things truly backed-up..." - so what is the message here, google backup not reliable, don't use as primary backup or this covers data backup only or something else? what is this non-truly backup limitation? :) Thanks.

[RamonVazquez]

Hey Adam
I´m having trouble understanding this.
How can I contact you to get advice?
Please, I need help

[BryanMinnix]

Looks great. Here's hoping they release a Linux client this time.