The Google Drive app on PC and Mac has been one of the primary conduits for accessing documents and files in Google’s cloud since the service debuted in 2012. Google has now announced the impending shutdown of the app, which some have interpreted as a massive loss of functionality. What’s actually happening is that Google is moving users to a pair of new desktop apps, which it began testing a few months ago.
Google Drive is really the core of the Backup and Sync tool, so if you never used the Drive app then a bit of explanation may be in order. Essentially, this new tool will allow you to sync your Google Drive cloud storage with your computer—be that the entire Drive or just specific files and folders.
If you’re still using the old Google Drive app on your computer, it’s about to start bugging you with notifications. Support for the app will be cut off on December 11th of this year, and the app will stop syncing your files completely on March 12th, 2018. You can keep using the Google Drive app up until the very last moment if that’s what you want to do, but it’s probably best that you start looking at your options now.
For most people, the new Google Backup and Sync client is what you’ll want to install. This piece of software includes the features of Google Drive, along with functionality from the discontinued Google Photos Uploader. You can use this client to get access to your cloud files on the computer, selectively sync folders, and so on.
Those with a G Suite account have a different solution to replace the Google Drive app, which Google has just taken out of beta. The Drive File Stream app still provides access to cloud storage on your computer, but it takes into account that many businesses have large shared drives that are inconvenient to sync locally. Thus, it “streams” the files you need, and that’s why it’s called Drive File Stream.
File Stream downloads files as you need them, so you don’t waste a ton of disk space on data you aren’t actively using. You can still open the files in native applications like Word and Photoshop, though. The client can also anticipate which files you might need in the future, and cache those offline to save time. However, you can manually sync Drive folders to your device as well.
Google is making File Stream a default feature on G Suite in a few weeks unless administrators disable it and choose to go with Backup and Sync. However, all accounts will need to migrate soon. The same goes regular users, but you can install Backup and Sync right now on your own. Google’s help pages will point you in the right direction.
Lots of users facing the issue which reads “Google Drive not syncing in Windows 10”. In case, you’re one out of them then check out this post for all possible solution to troubleshoot the issue.
Google Drive is the useful solution for backing up important files. Thanks to Google for developing Google Drive app for Windows 10. With the help of this app users can sync images, video clips, music, and documents from the device running same application into it.
But there are lots of users reporting that they are facing an issue due to which some files and folders in Google Drive not syncing to their Google Drive folder on the Windows 10 PC or laptop. This is a serious issue, and the worst thing is that no fix is released by Google and Microsoft to resolve the issue.
Before start following the steps of workaround in upcoming lines, you can quickly troubleshoot the issue using following things:
- Disconnect internet and reconnect it
- Temporarily disable antivirus and firewall on the Windows 10 PC.
- Download and install the latest Windows Update if available any.
- Use third-party program like CCleaner to clean or fix the registry
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- Fix: Google Drive Not Syncing in Windows 10
- 1. Uninstall and Reinstall Google Drive Latest Version
Fix: Google Drive Not Syncing in Windows 10
To help users, I decided to write this post in which you will read about troubleshooting suggestion that you can employ to troubleshoot the Google Drive not syncing in Windows 10.
1. Uninstall and Reinstall Google Drive Latest Version
Sometimes the issue is with the current version of the application you’re running on the system. In this situation uninstall Google drive. But for that first quickly Quit backup and sync right from the Windows 10 Action center.
Here is how you can uninstall Google Drive:
Uninstall Google drive from Windows 10
1. Launch Settings app by pressing WIN + I keys.
2. Click on the Apps -> Apps & features.
3. On the right side from the list of the installed apps look for Backup and Sync fromGoogle.
4. Once you find it, click on it, then click on the Uninstall button.
Now here is the workaround, you need to rename Google Drive folder with something like Google Drive Old or related. Once done use the following steps to reinstall Google Drive.
Reinstall Latest version of Google drive in Windows 10
1. Visit official page of Google Drive app and download the setup file from there.
2. Run the installer and follow the instruction suggested by it. Once done the installation is done launch the Google Drive application and follow these steps back to back
Enter your Gmail credentials
Select what to Sync
Manage Sync Settings
After performing this workaround, I guarantee the chosen files and folder will now sync to your local PC folder.
Note: In case, you have stored lots of data in the Google Drive, then it will take few minutes to synchronize and consume lots of your bandwidth.