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> also known as a file What? Visit https://drive.google.com/ https://drive.google.com/ and your files are there.

• tweetle_beetle 6y ago
  The parent was talking about the proprietary format of Google's Docs, Sheets, etc, which cannot be downloaded as they are.
  • liberato 6y ago
    Oh but they can, if you have google drive in your desktop you'll see that they are a .gsheets document for example.
    • Cyph0n 6y ago
      Does the .gsheets file contain the actual data or is it just a link to an online copy?
      • onlinejk 6y ago
        Expand all the messages in this[^1] Google support thread, and note the comments from "Craig[^2]." Or, even better: open a .gsheets or any .gEXT file in your favorite text editor. You'll see that they are comprised of web markup language, much like an XML doc. I don't have one in front of me atm, but I recall thinking, "it's basically XML that points one's browser to the appropriate Google app and a unique ID for the document." [^1]: https://support.google.com/docs/thread/10078336?hl=en https://support.google.com/docs/thread/10078336?hl=en [^2]: https://support.google.com/docs/thread/10078336?hl=en&msgid=27466902 https://support.google.com/docs/thread/10078336?hl=en&msgid=...
    • mpcjanssen 6y ago
      Gsheet is just a link to the online copy. It's useless as a backup.