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Or if you had a network outage and wanted to access your files. I use Mail.app to sync my gmail locally, but it'd be nice if Drive actually synced my Google Do
by dunham 13y ago
Or if you had a network outage and wanted to access your files.
I use Mail.app to sync my gmail locally, but it'd be nice if Drive actually synced my Google Docs locally. Currently Drive just places a small json shim file on the disk, rather than syncing a usable document.
Data Liberation does export your docs in a usable format, but it's a rather awkward, manual process.
- davros 13y agoCurrently Drive just places a small json shim file on the disk, rather than syncing a usable document. If you use Chrome its easy to get Drive to store docs locally (but not images pdfs etc) [1] [1] http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1628467 http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...
- RachelF 13y agoChrome will only store a few items locally, and often you still need a network connection. If you use Syncdocs [1], it syncs all docs locally as Word or Open Office files. It also syncs other files and Google calendars. [1] http://syncdocs.com http://syncdocs.com
- JelteF 13y agoI use insync[1], it also converts all documents, but why I use it mostly is it's linux support. An advantage to Syncdocs is it's one time payment, instead of a subscription fee. [1]https://www.insynchq.com/ https://www.insynchq.com/
- 1123581321 13y agoIf you want your actual Google Docs files synced locally, I recommend SocialFolders. It runs in the system tray as an unobtrusive service. It also syncs Twitter images and some other services. The free version has worked for me as I don't have many thousands of files in Docs. https://socialfolders.me/r/k1pb5 https://socialfolders.me/r/k1pb5 (referral link; gives both you and me a higher file limit.) https://socialfolders.me https://socialfolders.me (no referral link; normal file limit.)