Questions tagged [google-backup-and-sync]
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How to sync only specific folders from Google Drive with “Backup and Sync?”
I have a folder for my web development projects on Google Drive (currently empty, not in use yet) and I want to install the Backup and Sync to my Windows computer so that I don't have to drag and drop all the time the files to upload.
I've read that…
K4R1
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Why do google backup and sync add the underscore at the end of the name of some folders?
Why do google backup and sync add the underscore at the end of the name of some folders?
that folder doesn't have that underscore in the drive
Luk Aron
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How to start multiple instances of GoogleDriveFS
GoogleDriveSync can start up to 3 times concurrently and thus sync 3 different Google User Accounts to different paths on a Windows system. I want to use GoogleDriveFS instead and do the same: start three instances at the same time and configure…
jamacoe
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How can I fix Backup and sync from Google from causing a delay when opening Quick Access folders?
As seen here, Backup and sync from Google is causing a large delay in opening my Quick Access folders even when nothing is being synced. How can I fix this? I don't think my system is being bottlenecked considering I have a Samsung 960 EVO, 16 gb of…
blahahaaahahaa
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google drive fails to sync one file
I am using Google backup and sync between a few computers and now and again it starts failing to sync one file among only one of these computers.
Right now, it's stuck retrying to download that file (~6Mbs).
Of course I can uninstall/re-install…
Eric Mamet
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What does the “Upload photos and videos to Google Photos” checkbox mean on the Google Backup & Sync desktop app?
Does this option only upload photos and videos in the folders selected under "choose folders", or does it also upload what are in different folders? Also, does it prevent said photos and videos from being uploaded to the normal Google…
LWC
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My Drive (Google) is not synced to my new computer
I have a new Windows 10 computer and I have installed Backup and Sync from Google but the 55 GB of data I have in My Drive is not downloaded to the new computer.
Expected Result
That all the files in the My Drive cloud are downloaded and synced to…
MatiasK
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