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You Should Know These Features Of Google Drive For Android

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Google Drive which every Android phone user gets by default and we neglect that app and go in search of various other alternatives as we generally have a tendency to neglect the ones that are availed so easily.

But there are tons of amazing and useful features that it has in store for the users and here we present you some of the very useful features of the application that we think everyone must know

Backup:

Android devices still lack a complete backup system and Google drive has the ability to backup system and application settings and various other data of yours which you can restore it when you reset your current device or upgrade to a new device.

You can set this up by simply opening the drive settings and then select back up my data and set it on. You can also check what has been backed up by clicking on the Backup option in the app’s sidebar.

Scan:

Very few people know that the app actually features a document scanner that is pretty much useful to go paperless. By clicking the plus icon in the bottom right corner of the app screen and then selecting the scan option will allow you to scan your photographs and documents.  It will make the image square by cropping the unwanted space.

Make Files Public:

Google Drive is not a file sharing service but it allows users to share their files in public. You can do this by long pressing your file and then copying its link and sharing it with someone you want through various means. Or else you can also invite people to access that file by simply long pressing that particular file and then you will see an add people icon in which you can add the email addresses of people. Or else you can also go to the advanced settings and change the view option to the public and share the link anywhere you want.

Home screen shortcuts:

If you use Drive regularly, then you can actually add some of your important files to the home screen which make them easily accessible and you can do this simply opening the Drive and long pressing the file and then tap on the add to home screen option.

So, we think these simple hacks may be useful to you and make your life a bit simple.

Different Ways To Send Large Attachments In Gmail

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We are used to sending files as attachments in emails, and what if we have got some really large files to send, we cannot go with the large attachments through email. And at the same time, we cannot withdraw from sending large attachments as it is sometimes needed. Even though our email service providers don’t allow large-sized attachments to attach within the emails, we have got various other procedures to get this task done and here we present you

Sending Large Attachments

  • Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox are one such popular online storage services that you can make use of, and use these services for sending large- sized attachments through email to your dear and near ones. All you need to do is just upload the large attachments on any of these above online storage services like Google Drive and then share the link of the files using email.
  • File Dropper is another simple and hassle-free tool that allows you to send large sized files up to 5GB. Head to this website and upload your files here and it will give you links to the files which you can share with your near and dear ones so that they can just simply click and download the files using the link. And the files that you uploaded once needs to be downloaded within 30 days.
  • WeTransfer is another really useful tool that allows the users to transfer and send large sized files without any kind of hassles and issues. This allows you to send large attachments up to 2GB at a time. The WeTransfer is a brilliant tool where you can transfer to your friend’s mail id and you can also send a small message along with this attachment.
  • DropSend is another tool that comes to your rescue when you are stuck in a situation where you are unable to send large attachments to your friends. This thing doesn’t require any sign-up and you can send files instantly.

Thus use any of these services for sending large attachments.

How to synchronize Google Drive with your PC

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All the data you have on your PCs and laptops can be very much important to you and you cannot think of losing them. Many of us use backup services or the various cloud storage services for saving the data. The best-known cloud storage services include Google Drive, One Drive.

The one thing that is annoying about these cloud storage is the efforts that needed to upload the data. How about this upload happening automatically, sounds great right. Let us now learn how to automate the PC with the cloud storage.

As Google Drive is the most used cloud storage, we are using it here

  • To begin with, you must be having Backup and Sync tool downloaded and installed on your device. Make sure you download the version that is compatible with your device
  • After installing, just grant a few permissions that the application will ask for proceeding further
  • Then fill in a few login details to get inside your Drive
  • Now, under the various sections of the application, you have to select whether you wish to sync data between your PC devices and Drive or just between PC and your Drive
  • The Backup and Sync tool will go on to do backup and synchronize until you close it

You can now find all your content automatically backup up into the Google Photos or Drive whichever option you have selected. So, keep the app running and you don’t have to do anything else.

Now Google Drive shows backed up Android data

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Google Drive, popular cloud storage service from Google rolling out a new folder in the folder structure. Few Google Drive users around the world identified a new folder with the name  “Backup” in the listing of their folders. 

You already familiar with the fact that Android operating system offers us to backup applications and settings data on our Android smartphones. When we are going to set up new Android phone the earlier installed apps from our previous device, settings like home screen icons and other settings such as WiFi passwords will be restored from the backup. 

The new folder introduced in the Google Drive cloud storage is intended to preserve the Android backup data. If you have multiple Android smartphones with you you can find additional folders for each corresponding phone. 

Most of the people hesitant to turn on Android backup because of the lack of awareness and benefits it provides. It’s best practice to enable it on the new Android Smartphones and get back the old backuped data whenever possible.