Posts

Showing posts with the label how to

Google Drive Folder Syncing

Image
Whew! What a giant pain in the ass! A few months ago, for a contract I was working, I had to download Google Drive onto my PC and set it up for syncing with the project manager so they could push out updates easily. At the time I thought it was convenient. That was until the project was over and I wanted to switch the desktop sync-folder from one Gmail account to another. That, it seems, was easy, but not very well explained. First, I found this explanation on Google's Drive Support Pages . Alright, I followed steps one through five on the Google Drive for your PC/Mac section, but couldn't for the life of me figure out what they meant with steps six through nine: 6. To sign in to another account, go to the Google Drive menu, and select Sign in. 7. Rename your Google Drive folder (example: Google Drive Archive). 8. Create a new folder titled Google Drive and don’t add any files in the folder. 9. Your files will begin automatically syncing.  Was this telling me to sig...