Google drive
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
Yeah restart PC, then check the icon on the right of your desktop, it will show what Google Drive is doing or has done
It is syncing, just not to my google drive folder!!
I did notice something though
My laptop is syncing to Computers. When I click on that it shows the file path as computers>my lap top. Not my drive. But I don't know how to change the path to My Drive > Documents. Or whether I even need to. I just opened Google Drive on my phone, My Drive has still not been updated, but under computers, my laptop has been synced
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So the way to think of it is this
My Laptop (and you can rename that) is any folder on your device that you can add when you install the Google Drive app. It will sync between those added folders on your Laptop and the area in your online Google Drive that is under computers. You can have multiple computers with Google Drive app installed, they will all appear individually under computers in the online GD view. They only sync from that PC to that part of computers in GD online. The only way to access those folders on another PC is to do it through web browser and online
Google Drive does not require installation on any device, you can be totally online with the GD part. It is only if you install the GD app that those files are then on a device, if you don't install the GD app on anything they can only be accessed via web browser. However any, and all, PCs that you install the GD app on will sync (via mirror or stream) the the GD folder (which acts as a virtual G drive on your PC) -
As to your issue, I was mistaken. The little cloud being empty means it is not being backed up to One Drive, that is a one drive symbol, Google's is a green tick on the folder or file
If the stuff in your Google Drive folder on you PC show the cloud, One Drive still is in control and will stop Google Drive app from syncing properly
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
As to your issue, I was mistaken. The little cloud being empty means it is not being backed up to One Drive, that is a one drive symbol, Google's is a green tick on the folder or file
If the stuff in your Google Drive folder on you PC show the cloud, One Drive still is in control and will stop Google Drive app from syncing properly
When I go to GD online, or via and app from another device, the files in "laptop" have been updated. The others are not. So I guess as long as the files are being updated I guess that's okay
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
I think you have your Documents folder both in the actual Google Drive folder (G:\ drive)on your PC, as well as pointed for backup by the app?
I could do. But I have no idea how to resolve it. If that is the case, one set of subfolders is being updated, and one isn't
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This is the view when I access GD via chrome on my laptop. There are two sets of basically identical files, one set in My Drive and one set in Computers. I just downloaded a file from gmail, and once I moved it to the folder on my PC the GD pop up on the lower right of the task bar said it had been synced.
When I click on "recent", there it is
When I click on either Computers>My Laptop or My Drive, I follow the path to the right folder and the synced file is nowhere to be found. So I don't know where it is ending up Perhaps I need to wipe all cloud files and start from scratch -
Yeah I'm sure I could figure it if I was there, very hard from Screenshots. Either keep all your files in Google Drive, or nothing in Google Drive and point the add folder bit to all the folders you want to sync - then to work online with them you'll need to go to 'computers'
Just quickly could you expand the My Laptop and the My Drive and screen shot. I am pretty sure you will have the 'documents' folder in both. Which might be confusing google, dunno -
I'm getting confused now. I am becoming aware that there are two directories of files, and neither are synced. There is a set which changes when I edit online thru GD, and another that changes as I edit on laptop using the hard drive. I need to flush one I guess, just a bit scared not to flush everything if I choose the wrong data set. Fortunately I think I can delete one set with minimal damage now. But the longer I wait the worse it will get. And, as NTA already said, I have to get used to accessing the data online, or by laptop, but not both
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So I deleted Documents from my drive. There is one copy, under My Laptop. Just added a new file to my laptop hard drive as a test. The green arrow indicates it's been synced. I can find it in the recent activity tab of my browser version of GD. But it isn't found under "Laptop". What the actual fuck is going on
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
Yeah I'm sure I could figure it if I was there, very hard from Screenshots. Either keep all your files in Google Drive, or nothing in Google Drive and point the add folder bit to all the folders you want to sync - then to work online with them you'll need to go to 'computers'
Just quickly could you expand the My Laptop and the My Drive and screen shot. I am pretty sure you will have the 'documents' folder in both. Which might be confusing google, dunnoFuck me, I think I've cracked it. I unwittingly had a document folder hiding in plain sight amongst a bunch of duplicate files. And that was the one where the updates are going (checked the location on the newly synced file and there it was). Deleted all of the copies, and I'm left with one set of files, under Computers, that I assume can be used either online or on PC, and they will be synced. Thanks for the help mate, a box of virtual beers are on their way. Anytime you need advice on my specialist subject don't hesitate to ask