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google_drive [2013/09/25 11:21] – Added guide on copying OneNote notebooks to Google Drive. abrashear | google_drive [2021/08/09 19:43] – Update setup instructions for 2021 app release. abrashear | ||
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====== Google Drive ====== | ====== Google Drive ====== | ||
- | Google Drive is Google' | + | Google Drive is Google' |
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- | - Go to the Start Menu and type in Google Drive, open it. | + | |
- | - At the sign-in screen, put in your La Salle high School email, and select Sign In. | + | |
- | - When you are at the Moodle sign-in page, login with your Moodle username and password. | + | |
- | - Once the " | + | |
- | Google Drive will automatically create a " | + | To back up the files on your current computer, sign in to the Backup |
- | ===== Google Drive Sync Video Guide ===== | + | - From your start menu, open the **Google Drive** application. |
- | < | + | - Click Sign in with browser. You will be directed to login to your Google account via your web browser. Log in. |
- | < | + | - At the "Make sure that you downloaded this app from Google" |
- | <source src=" | + | - At the success screen, you can close the browser. |
- | Hmm, your browser doesn' | + | - Click the Open Preferences prompt that appears near the bottom right of the screen. |
- | </ | + | - If you miss it, you can click the triangle in the bottom-right of the screen, click the Drive icon (colored triangle), then choose the gear in the top-right. From there click preferences. |
+ | - At the "Get started with Drive for Desktop" | ||
+ | - At the Safely back up your files screen, choose "Add folder". | ||
+ | - From the left pane, click Documents, and then Select Folder. | ||
+ | - Click Done. | ||
+ | - Repeat these steps for the folders: Pictures, Music, Videos. | ||
+ | - Click Save. | ||
+ | - Your folders will now be backed up to Google Drive. You can close the Google Drive Preferences window. | ||
- | ====== Copying OneNote Notebooks to Google Drive ====== | + | {{ : |
- | Copying your OneNote notebooks to Google Drive will keep them sync online so that they are always backed up. | + | |
- | - With your list of notebooks open, right-click the notebook you want to copy to Google | + | |
- | - On the right of the " | + | |
- | - On the left, browse to your Google Drive folder and open it. | + | |
- | - If you don't already have a " | + | |
- | - Go into your " | + | |
- | - It should now show a window saying "Your notebook is now syncing to the new location." | + | |
- | - To verify the location, right-click the notebook from your list of notebooks and hit properties. | + | |
- | - The location should say something like C > Users > (your username) > Google Drive > OneNote Notebooks. | + | |
- | ===== Video Guide: Copying OneNote Notebooks to Google Drive ===== | + | ====== |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | To restore your files from another computer, set up the Backup and Sync application. Once set up, sign into Google Drive on the web and copy the files from the old PC to the new PC. |
- | < | + | |
- | Hmm, your browser doesn' | + | - Set up your computer with the Backup and Sync application following the instructions above. Go to [[https://drive.google.com/ |
- | </ | + | - In the left pane, click **Computers**. |
+ | - You will see a listing of computers you've backed up. You need to figure out which is your current PC and which is your old PC. | ||
+ | - Usually, you want //My PC// and //My PC (1)//, or //My PC (1)// and //My PC (2)//. | ||
+ | - You can also single-click a PC and click the ⓘ icon to see the dates and times files were last uploaded. | ||
+ | - Expand the //Computers// pane on the left side of the window by hitting the triangle next to it. | ||
+ | - For each of your folders on your old PC (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, etc.): | ||
+ | - Go into the folder. | ||
+ | - Use the triangle icons to expand the corresponding folder on your new PC. | ||
+ | - Select all of the items in the folder by hitting CTRL + A. Wait for all of them to be highlighted. | ||
+ | - Hold the CTRL key, then click and drag the files into the folder for the new PC in the left pane. | ||
+ | - Once you are done copying the files, they will start downloading to your new computer. You can check the progress by left-clicking your Backup and Sync icon in the system tray. | ||
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+ | {{ :video_guides: |
google_drive.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/05 14:59 by abrashear