In this video, we are going to discuss the most important
aspect of Google Drive, which is the ability to synchronize data
between your cloud storage and your devices. This is called
synchronization. So what it essentially means is that the
app will create a folder on your computer. And that folder will
be just like any other folder. But the difference would be that
whatever you save in that folder, will automatically be
saved on Google Drive, which is your cloud storage. And then
that data or those files will be available to you through
internet anywhere in the world, you can access those files on
your mobile phone, or on your tablet, or on your laptop. So
this is called synchronization. And for this, we have to
download and install an application. Sometimes it is, it
might be already installed on your computer. If not, I will
show you how to do that. So I am currently in my Google Drive,
and I want to synchronize my Google Drive with my computer.
And for that, I have to click on this gear icon. If I click on
Gear icon, you can see I have get backup and sync for Windows.
So I click on that. And now there are two apps. One app is
for personal accounts, which is called backup and sync. The
other app is for business accounts. And that is called
Drive File Stream. I only have personal accounts. So therefore
I will download this. And once I click on download, I will get a
fight. This is the file which will be downloaded. And as you
can see, this is an executable file. And no, you have to click
on this and install the app. Once you install the app,
everything is ready. And now you can synchronize your cloud
storage with your physical storage device, which could be
your computer or laptop. So to do that, on your Windows 10. On
the right hand bottom, you have this arrow shaped icon, click on
that. And this is the icon of backup and sync. So click on
that, then click outside. And now click on signing. You will
see this dialog box and now click on Get Started. And now
you can also sign in with your browser instead of signing in
again, using this interface. You can also sign in with your
browser. And no I will enter my email address here.
And next password
sign in.
No, I got this message. Choose folders from your computer to
continuously backup to Google Drive. So these are the folders
which will automatically be backed up with your Google
Drive. Whenever you put anything in this folder. For example, I
create courses. So one of my folders in which I put my
important course videos, that folder, I can select as one of
these folders, and then everything I put in that folder
will automatically be backed up. So you just say got it. And
currently these are the folders, which will continuously be
backed up a desktop folder, your documents folder and your
picture folder. You can also choose any other folder. No
here, Google will ask you about your photos and your file size.
There are two options available high quality and original
quality. And for high quality. Google is offering you free
unlimited storage, and for original quality you will
consume from your 15 GB free storage. So the better way is to
use the high quality. Because what happens is with original
quality, sometimes your files are extremely large. In
particular, if you are using DSLR cameras, so high quality is
enough for normal use. But if you need original, you can do
that. If you want to upload your photos to Google Photos, it's up
to you, you can check this. Otherwise, just next. And no we
have to do this once again. So got it. And no this is the
folder location, you can select any location for your Google
Drive folder. So now the app will create this folder Google
Drive which will be synchronized to my Google Drive. And now I
say start. Now I get this message merge with existing
Google Drive folder. If you already have any Google Drive
folder, it means that all your existing files will stay there.
So now you have the option to merge the existing folder or you
can create a new folder so I can select this merge option and say
continue. And now the application has created this
folder, and anything I save in this folder It will
automatically be saved on my Google Drive. So this is how you
synchronize your Google Drive with your devices. And know
whatever I save here will be saved to Google Drive and will
be accessible on all of my other devices such as Notepad or
mobile phone. So this is how you synchronize your Google Drive
with your computer.