Backup And Sync

Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud Storage system. Most of the people around the globe use Google’s services and Google Drive is one of them. Google Drive offers 15 GB of free cloud storage for its registered users which can be used to store various types of data like media files, images, pdf, different other data formats.

Google Drive’s 15 GB storage is shared between different google services such as Gmail, Google Photos and Drive.

However in Photos if you upload photos under ‘High quality (unlimited storage)’ your uploaded photos will not be counted against 15 GB storage.

Benefit of storing your files in cloud are your files are safe even if you lose your local storage media and also you can access your files almost everywhere after login  to your Google account anywhere in the world with world class security provided by Google.

Sync Drive with your Computer 

If you are using Goggle’s drive as your cloud storage you must be thinking to have a local offline copy of your Drive’s folders or files on your computer for extra security and easy availability of files between different devices. 

In order to do this, first of all you have to download Google’s ‘Backup and Sync’ application.

https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB_ALL/drive/download/backup-and-sync/

After successfully downloading and installing application.

Step 1

Log in to your google account in which you are using Drive.

Step 2

Now in this step you will setup how your computer’s folders will be backup to drive. Here you can select the folders you want to upload to drive. I will suggest you not to select any folder for uploading to drive as this will consume your free 15 GB drive storage, however if you have purchased any paid storage plan you an select from the default selection or choose a different folder.

In photos and videos upload size

Select high quality (Unlimited Storage) this upload type will not be counted against your free space.

You can also select Original quality if you are willing to pay for additional space required to store your files as this type of upload will be counted against your free space.

Step 3

In this step you will setup your Google drive sync type here you can select to sync everything or a specific folder of your drive.

After successfully setting up your preferences press ok and enjoy seemless sync between your computer and drive. 

Later on if you want to change your settings you can search for ‘Backup and Sync’ on your computer open the app and change your backup and sync settings.

Paid Google Drive Plans

If you want to upgrade your Drive’s storage space you can visit

https://one.google.com/about

and upgrade as per available plans.