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#Google drive my drive vs my computer syncing access pro#

Once the folder /Users/doe/ODrive on the My MacBook Pro preferences has been successfully added & synced, you will then see the ODrive folder on your > Computers (left side) > My MacBook Pro > ODrive. And also, if you have Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or Forms on your ODrive, the app seems to not upload these files back & it will show you an error on the app's activity screen.

But, there's a catch as the uploaded files will be now be a duplicate because the Google Drive app will treat this as a new upload. This way, the files from your ODrive will be uploaded back to your drive instead.

#Google drive my drive vs my computer syncing access download#

If you want to tell Google Drive to use those files and not download anything, the only option that you can do is to select the Stream Files option & then add the folder /Users/doe/ODrive on the My MacBook Pro preferences. How do I tell google drive to use those files and not download anything?

#Google drive my drive vs my computer syncing access Offline#

If I choose to access any files offline it starts downloading them on disk taking unnecessary disk space since I already have all files downloaded on disk but on a different location /Users/doe/ODrive.

I did a bit of research & testing on my end and here's what I have found: Isn't this two way communication like backup and sync was? What's the difference between Folders from my computer and Folders from Drive. If I set up that preference from the current setting /Volumes/GoogleDrive -> /Users/doe/ODrive will that mess my ODrive folder and its content? I'd rather die than loose its content. Theres a preference settings in the new google drive allowing to choose your desired directory location for google drive.

It creates a virtual drive under /Volumes/GoogleDrive and at the same time makes a symbolic link to /Users/doe/Google Drive for quick access. The new google drive by default works like rclone. I have setup Backup and Sync to sync any files in the folder /Users/doe/ODrive which contains 16GB file size.Īfter migrating to the new google drive since backup and sync got deprecated, I see a different behaviour. I'm on OSX Big Sur, previously using Google Backup and Sync to sync files between my computer and google drive.