Tap Google Drive tab on the left side, then tick Sync My Drive to this computer option. Tap the Backup and Sync icon at the system tray, and tap the three dots icon (More icon), select Preferences.Ģ. Then at the Google Drive tab, choose the shared files to sync from My Drive to the computer.
At the My Computer tab, you need to set up sync local files to Google Drive.ģ. Then log in to your Google Drive account.Ģ. Please install Google Drive Backup and Sync on your computer.
Sync the shared files from My Drive to the computer with the following steps: Never set up Google Drive Backup and Sync everġ. Sync Shared Files to Computer via Backup and Sync Therefore, just follow the above steps to add to My Drive. However, you might find the Google Drive Shift + Z not working. It’s useful while meeting Google Drive add to my drive missing problem. Then select the My Drive root directory, and click MOVE HERE button to transfer shared files from Shared with me to My Drive.īesides, you could select the shared files in Shared with me, then press Shift + Z key to add the selected files to My Drive. ( Open the root shared folder) and select all the shared files and folders in Shared with me, right-click and select Move to at the dropdown menu.ģ. Log in to your Google Drive account, then click Shared with me on the left side.Ģ. To make Google Drive Backup and Sync access Shared with me files, please move the shared files from Shared with me to My drive:ġ. Add Shared Files to My Drive (Not Shortcut) Access Files from Shared with Me via Backup and SyncĪlthough you cannot use the shared drives via Backup and Sync, you have ways to access files from Shared with me using Backup and Sync. Read on to learn how to back up and sync Shared with me through Google Drive's three desktop apps: Backup and Sync, Drive File Stream and Drive for desktop. It's worth noting that this new app has been upgraded to allow computers to access shared folders. If you want to access Shared Drives, you have to download and deploy Drive File Stream (now named Drive for desktop).īut Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream have now been replaced by Drive for desktop, and from October 2021, Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream users will be migrated to the program. That’s why you cannot access Shared Drives with Google Drive Backup and Sync. And the Google Drive Backup and Sync is for individual personal users.
The files always stay in Shared Drives on Google Drive server even if the members leave. Why cannot access Shared Drives with Backup and sync? Because Shared Drives stores file only belong to the team or organization, not a personal user. And you can only access the Google Drive Folder (owns all or part of the content in My Drive at ). Question from How Backup and Sync access Shared Drives?Īs a matter of fact, the Backup and Sync (now is Drive for desktop) desktop app cannot access the Shared Drives on your computer. For example, Google Docs appears as just a list of documents, instead of being contained in the folders in which the file owner created." Accessing it through a browser is inconvenient and confusing. "Hi, I'm using Backup & Sync on Windows, and would like to be able to access the "Shared with me" folder in the Windows Explorer file manager. Can Backup and Sync access to Share with Me Folder?
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