Not everyone knows about the google drive sync. If we begin by talking about the google drive sync, we may not understand everything we would be talking about. So in this article, you would learn basically how google drive works, how the backup works, the space you can use, and would also know of it is free. We would also be looking into the sync system.
Google Drive Sync
Google Drive sync comes free. This means you do not have to pay to sync your files to google drive. Google Drive is one of the biggest online cloud storage companies you can find around nowadays. Google Drive gives users access to fifteen gigabytes free storage space. After exhausting the free fifteen gigabytes storage, you would need an enterprise plan to continue using google drive. The enterprise plan gives you more storage space to sync your files. There are large categories of files that can be synced to google drive.
This file includes your phone contacts, your app data, your app preference, your browsing history, your photos, videos, drawings and so much more. With the google drive sync, you no longer have to lose a file again. I have been using google drive for the past ten years and I can boldly recommend it to you. Google drive also stores your passwords on their servers in case you ever lose or forget your password.
Google Drive Log in
Recently, a lot of people have been asking me how to use the google drive login. The google drive log in can easily be done but first, you would need a google account. A google account is free to create and can be created by anyone who has a mobile number. The mobile number is then attached to that account for verification purposes. Later on, I would be giving you a detailed step on how to create a google account. First, let’s talk about login. To log in to google drive follows the steps below;
- Open the google drive app on your device.
- If you want to use a mobile browser, launch your preferred browser and navigate to drive.google.com.s
- When the site or the mobile all loads, you would be prompted to log in. To log in, enter your email address and password to log in.
Wait a few seconds and you would be logged in to google drive on the app or website.
Google Drive Back up
Do you know how to back up your files to google drive? If you don’t then you are on the right page. You can easily back up your files to google drive if you sync your google drive account to your device. After syncing, all your files including your photos, videos, contacts, app data and many other would be automatically backed up. To sync your account to your device on Android, follow the steps below;
- Go to the settings page on your device.
- Find the “Accounts” tab and hit it.
- Hit “add account”.
- On the new page, choose Google.
- Enter the details of the account you wish to sync.
Wait a few seconds and you would be provided with a list of the information you want to be backed up to google drive. Check the boxes of the data you want to be backed up and that’s it. For photos, you have to Download the google photos mobile application.
Google Photos Backup and Sync
The Google photos back up and sync can only be done if you’ve downloaded and installed the google photos application on your device. After downloading, all the photos on your device would be backed up automatically. If there is a new folder, you would be asked if you want Google to automatically back up photos in that folder. To begin the backup process, all you have to do is sign in to the google drive photos on your device. The photos backed up can be accessed on the web at photos.google.com.
Google Drive Sync Folder
The google drive sync folder can be used on PC. When you install the google drive application on your device, a new folder would be added to your storage. Whatever you put into this folder would be automatically backed up to your google drive account. After installing, you would also need to log in with your Google account.
