google_drive
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionLast revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
google_drive [2014/02/20 07:49] – [Automatically Backing Up Your Documents with Google Drive] abrashear | google_drive [2021/08/09 19:43] – Update setup instructions for 2021 app release. abrashear | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
====== Google Drive ====== | ====== Google Drive ====== | ||
- | Google Drive is Google' | + | Google Drive is Google' |
- | ====== | + | ====== |
- | - 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. | ||
- | ====== Automatically Backing Up Your Documents with Google | + | {{ : |
- | **Faculty | + | |
- | In this guide you will redirect your data folders to your Google Drive. Doing so will keep your data automatically synchronized with Google Drive so that if you ever lose your laptop you always have the most recent versions of your files available. In order to restore your files, simply follow these steps again and merge the folders when asked. | + | |
- | Note that these steps can also be followed for [[https:// | + | ====== Restore Your Files with the Backup and Sync Application ====== |
- | - Open the Start Menu and search for " | + | To restore your files from another computer, set up the Backup |
- | - Open Google Drive from the Start Menu. | + | |
- | - Sign-in with your @lasallehs.net email address and network password. | + | |
- | - At the welcome screen, click " | + | |
- | - When you are shown your Google Drive, create a folder named " | + | |
- | - Move the Google Drive window to the right side of your screen. | + | |
- | - Open the Start Menu and click your name to open your personal folder. | + | |
- | - Once you are viewing your personal folder, move that window to the left side of your screen. | + | |
- | - Hold down the CTRL key and select the following folders by clicking on them: | + | |
- | * Desktop | + | |
- | * My Documents | + | |
- | * My Music | + | |
- | * My Pictures | + | |
- | * My Videos | + | |
- | - Click and drag the folders over into the " | + | |
- | - You should see Google Drive sync icons appear | + | |
- | - Your documents are now being backed up automatically on Google Drive! | + | |
+ | - Set up your computer with the Backup and Sync application following the instructions above. Go to [[https:// | ||
+ | - 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 // | ||
+ | - 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. | ||
+ | {{ : |
google_drive.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/05 14:59 by abrashear