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* Google drive sync has new software.Big Al
+* Re: Google drive sync has new software.Andy Burns
|`- Re: Google drive sync has new software.Big Al
`* Re: Google drive sync has new software.philo
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From: Bears@invalid.com (Big Al)
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Subject: Google drive sync has new software.
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 10:32:42 -0400
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 by: Big Al - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 14:32 UTC

If you use Googles backupandsync software they give out to sync a $HOME/Google Drive folder with your google drive on the cloud, well then
they are killing it and asking you to upgrade to the new software.

It's really a downgrade for me.
.. It create a "google drive (G)" drive on your system
.. It pins G: to you quick access list
.. You can't unpin G: from quick access (else it replicates)
.. If you customize folder icons they are not persistent.
reboot drops the custom icons
.. It creates a shortcut to google drive on the desktop,
this is really a batch file, and it's a two step click to get there.

I'm not in love with it. The custom Icons I can live with, don't want to but can. I don't use windows that much but....
It's that annoying G: in my quick access.

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 by: Andy Burns - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 14:42 UTC

Big Al wrote:

> If you use Googles backupandsync software
> I'm not in love with it.

It used to be called Google Drive, then they pulled it and released
Google Backup & Sync, now they're pulling that and releasing a new thing
called Google Drive for Desktop ... I've not changed-over yet.

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From: philo@news.novabbs.com (philo)
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 by: philo - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 14:53 UTC

Though I have no need to use sync. My guess is that Google Sync works better than MS Sync.

Only recently did I even look at my settings. I saw a lot of machines listed that I no longer have, so I cleared everything.

Then , just to experiment, I decided to see if I could sync two machines and there was zero option to sync them. They only listed things such as Xbox etc.

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From: Bears@invalid.com (Big Al)
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Subject: Re: Google drive sync has new software.
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 by: Big Al - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 15:44 UTC

On 9/4/21 10:42 AM, this is what Andy Burns wrote:
> Big Al wrote:
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>> If you use Googles backupandsync software I'm not in love with it.
>
> It used to be called Google Drive, then they pulled it and released Google Backup & Sync, now they're pulling that and releasing a new thing
> called Google Drive for Desktop ... I've not changed-over yet.
I'd do a zip of your google drive folder if I were you. I'm glad I did.
Took me forever to get it to look right, my Linux is the master (for me) and it kept moving and deleting files. I kept putting them back
etc for about 3 iterations. Got it finally.

It works, like other improvements it just has it caveats. Growing pains I hope.

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From: Bears@invalid.com (Big Al)
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Subject: Re: Google drive sync has new software.
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 by: Big Al - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 15:46 UTC

On 9/4/21 10:53 AM, this is what philo wrote:
> Though I have no need to use sync. My guess is that Google Sync works better than MS Sync.
>
> Only recently did I even look at my settings. I saw a lot of machines listed that I no longer have, so I cleared everything.
>
> Then , just to experiment, I decided to see if I could  sync two machines and there was zero option to sync them.  They only listed things
> such as Xbox etc.
They both work, I just can't get to One Drive from Linux, and since there is a 3rd party google sync for Linux, and android phone syncs too,
well it was a no brainer for me.

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