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I've been paying for Google Drive for several months because I really, really want it to work, but it's actually kinda useless as it causes constant instability

I've been paying for Google Drive for several months because I really, really want it to work, but it's actually kinda useless as it causes constant instability and 120%+ CPU load on my 2012 Macbook Pro. This means that I frequently close the application down, so it's not actually covering me and if I lost my computer, the most recent files probably wouldn't be covered. There's been an open issue about this in the support forums for months and there's no news on when they're going to fix it...

Lewisham 14y ago
I switched to Arq with Glacier as my "House Burns Down" backup, as I already backup to a Time Machine external drive at home. I'm very happy with it, but of course, I've never tried to get the data back yet.
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  > I'm very happy with it, but of course, I've never tried to get the data back yet. Not to be that guy, but... if you don't have a tested restoration plan for a backup, you don't have a backup! Nothing's worse than losing all your data with no backup... except for losing all your data and going to restore from your backup, only to find that all your data there is gone as well!
  - Lewisham 14y ago
    Agreed. When Arq finishes its backup, I'll do a verification. I appreciate you being "that guy" :)
ry0ohki 14y ago
I uninstalled Google Drive myself... I just don't "get it", it doesn't seem to work as well as Dropbox, and it's kind of cool I can see my Google Docs, but organizing them in Drive doesn't appear to organize them in the "Drive" link of my Gmail, etc...
jxi 14y ago
Yea, the native clients suck, but then again Google was never known for making solid desktop apps (it's not really in their DNA after all). I have similar experiences as you, so I use it purely from my web browser now. The website has gotten more functional and easy to use lately.

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I've been paying for Google Drive for several months because I really, really want it to work, but it's actually kinda useless as it causes constant instability

by danbarker 14y ago

Lewisham 14y ago
I switched to Arq with Glacier as my "House Burns Down" backup, as I already backup to a Time Machine external drive at home. I'm very happy with it, but of course, I've never tried to get the data back yet.
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  > I'm very happy with it, but of course, I've never tried to get the data back yet. Not to be that guy, but... if you don't have a tested restoration plan for a backup, you don't have a backup! Nothing's worse than losing all your data with no backup... except for losing all your data and going to restore from your backup, only to find that all your data there is gone as well!
  - Lewisham 14y ago
    Agreed. When Arq finishes its backup, I'll do a verification. I appreciate you being "that guy" :)
ry0ohki 14y ago
I uninstalled Google Drive myself... I just don't "get it", it doesn't seem to work as well as Dropbox, and it's kind of cool I can see my Google Docs, but organizing them in Drive doesn't appear to organize them in the "Drive" link of my Gmail, etc...
jxi 14y ago
Yea, the native clients suck, but then again Google was never known for making solid desktop apps (it's not really in their DNA after all). I have similar experiences as you, so I use it purely from my web browser now. The website has gotten more functional and easy to use lately.