How to change Google drive backup time

Well google drive is good idea but,to use this you need a google Id.There is much better option available,Cloudberry, which is more user friendly and can be used with any email account.

not real sure about google drive an how to use it to the best of my knoledge

What would happen if your computer was hit with ransomware and you are syncing. I would think that all of your files on Google Drive would be infected as well upon synchronization, rendering them useless. Unless there is some way to restore from a different date, this seems a problem.

Im probably using Google Drive in an inappropriate way, that is, as an external virtual hard disk. My need arose from needing more disk space on my PC, keeping my files safe and being able to access them from any device. I then moved all my photos, organized into folders, and a series of additional folders to Drive. What puzzles me is that so I do not find on the hard disck of the PC all the free space that I expect, but only a part. And also, while I can access files copied or moved from Drive to my PC, to access other devices, I need to start syncing. In short, I do not understand how everything works.
Can I change something using Drive to get the minimum result I had set myself?

I would like to ask for a clarification before subscribing to a cloud, I am contemplating on which cloud server to use. My usb ports on my macbook are broken and needs fixing but I think I would prefer to purchase a cloud storage for my datas and photos at the time being.

If I would like to transfer my files (photos,videos etc) to OneDrive and then delete them off of my mac. will the files in OneDrive be deleted as well? or it will remained in the drive?

thanks

Great review, thanks. Can you let me know if Backup & Sync changes the file size on the computer (mac) when in HQ mode. I understand the files change size in google drive but is does the original remain the original file size on the hard drive? I see the word sync and am curious?

Im utterly confused! I have purchased extra storage and yet I cannot EVER get to screen that looks like any of the ones in this article! Its 12/20/2018, and Im using Win 10, Chrome, and everything Google there is! BUT, when I click on the 3 dots, I NEVER see a preferences, and Ive never been given an option of my laptop what gives? I am using Drive, but its not letting me use it as a network backup. HOW do use I use this stuff??

Is Google Drive safe for backing up private documents? (Im talking about hackers)

Hi I am android developer , how can I synch my custom app with my own google drive synch data option, just like whatsapp? Thanks in advance.

Hello, great post. Ive synced from my laptop but the folders dont show in my drive (and therefore dont show on explorer). I can only download them from google drive on the web! How do I get them into the my drive folder?

After reading all this I think Ill stick with drop box. If it works for me why confuse myself with drive again. I thought it might be better in 2019 Ill just use drive to dump stuff in but for every day business on multiple devices I just want simple folders in windows explorer and thats how I use drop box.

I bought 2 TB on Google drive however I am not sure it serves my need. I am looking for an extra space where I can copy some folders and keep them in syncy with my PC. I also would like to be able to acess them from any other device

I am also looking for a synch tool that can automatically identify any photo and video, and copy is to the cloud. while removing duplicates.

any idea what can work for me?

I accidentally deleted a long SMS thread from my messaging app message+ version
6.8.5 from my Samsung Galaxy S8 plus running Android 9. I have my whole phone backup to Google Drive. I have a backup that contains the SMS messages that were deleted that has that thread in those SMS messages and Id like to be able to restore them to my phone. Thats backup is not the current backup on the Google drive but it is the backup before that one so it is the last backup possible . But I cant find any instructions anywhere on how to restore anything from a backup from Google drive on Google Cloud. All I can find is how to use it to set up a new phone if youre going from an old phone to a new phone. I dont want to restore anything else just the SMS messages I dont care about any of the other threads they can be written over, they can be deleted, they can be saved as they are, it doesnt matter all I really want is the thread I accidentally deleted and one more thread if its possible. But that one that I deleted is the most important one to me. The other one I currently have, if theres a way to export it without going to each and every message in it I would be happy to do that, it would be great. But Im at a loss of what to do because I cant find any instructions or help anywhere with this. I can find on Google forums people asking the same thing and then that question being marked as closed and locked so that you cant get any information from it. So I submitted this same information to that Google forum. Anybody have any idea how I can do this? Ive not been allowing my phone to use Wi-Fi or data because I dont want a new backup over writing this backup that has the SMS messages in it. If I turn off Backup it says its going to delete all backups that are existing. And then it says that if you havent used your phone in X number of days its going to tell you you have X number of days before your backups going to expire and be deleted. I made this mistake Ive deleting. SMS message thread on the 4th of July. Can anyone help me please please please

I cant see three dots at top right giving me options to choose what I sync?

Google Backup & Sync is a great program, but it doesnt dance nicely with QuickBooks all the time I use QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2019, and saving my active QuickBooks files in a folder monitored by GB&S results in error -6189 -816 when I try to open my files. Pausing GB&S before I open them solves the problem, but the more elegant solution is to save your active QuickBooks files in a folder that is NOT MONITORED by GB&S and then configure QB to automatically save a backup to a MONITORED folder at exit.

If i sync my folders to google drive and a hacker breaks into Google and deletes my files on google, will it delete my files on my laptop?

Google Drive should not in any way be considered as a backup. It is a file syncing and sharing environment. Yes you have versioning, but this will not restore current files. Files encrypted with Ransomware will sync back to google drive unless syncing is turned off. But if you do that, whats the point of Google Drive. Always invest time in a proper backup solution to another cloud provider or external device that way you can recover your files quickly and easily.

Today my Backup & Sync app has been replaced by the new Google Drive for desktop app and it seems that the new app has not the backup feature anymore. I can only find the sync option but not the backup. Anyone has noticed this? Have you found any viable solution?

Ive been doing personal backups online for 5-8 years. Not a long time. Yes in this time I had to switch from one I dont recall the name of, because it went bankrupt, to Crashplan, then to Spideroak in 2017 because Crashplan ditched their consumer business. Now, Spideroaks web interface has remained the same for many years now, is very slow, and also my local folder structure does not match the one online, leaving me to wonder whether it has really backed up all my files All this time I never relied on Google because it was too expensive. Now with the 5TB storage of Google Drive, I am inclined to rely on Google because I am very tired of the new kid on the block approach for Backup. Backups are sensitive. They are meant to be with a company that is there and hopefully will stick around for some time.

Today my Backup & Sync app has been replaced by the new Google Drive for desktop app. I have the same experience and I can not sync my files. How do I do this with Google Dr