{"id":1560,"date":"2021-07-25T20:24:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T03:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2021-07-25T20:41:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T03:41:07","slug":"what-is-google-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/what-is-google-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Google Drive for Desktop?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google made an announcement the first week of February about revamping their ways to sync Google Drive files to desktops.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/workspaceupdates.googleblog.com\/2021\/02\/google-drive-for-desktop-sync-solutions-update.html\">Google Workspace<\/a>&nbsp;blog, they state:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cCurrently, we have&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/7491633\" target=\"_blank\">two sync solutions available<\/a>\u2014Drive File Stream, which was built for business users, and Backup and Sync, which was built for consumer users.&nbsp;<br>Some of our Google Workspace customers have deployed both sync solutions, which can be confusing for end users and challenging for IT departments to manage. To address this, we\u2019re planning to unify these sync clients later in 2021, bringing the most used features from both Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync to all of our users.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The name change for Drive File Stream is now&nbsp;<strong>Google Drive for desktop<\/strong>. Thankfully, there\u2019s no actions required by the admins, and at this time is in beta preview mode. The name change isn\u2019t the only thing coming out of this. You will be able to use your Google Drive to sync any of your available local folders. This change is for Windows 10 and macOS, version 45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computerrepairchandleraz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Google-Drive-App-Update-2892481.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152\" \/><figcaption>Image Source: Google<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>Some macOS users report when upgrading from version 44 to 45 of Drive for desktop a \u201cKeychain Not Found\u201d error stating \u201cA keychain cannot be found to store &lt;key number&gt;.\u201d DO NOT click Reset to Defaults. Instead, click Cancel, quit Google Drive for desktop, and restart the application to resolve this issue.<\/p><p><strong>Update:<\/strong>&nbsp;Some macOS 10.11 users reported compatibility issues when upgrading to 45.0.12.0. This issue has been resolved in 45.0.13.0 which was&nbsp;released to users on&nbsp;February 9, 2021.<\/p><cite>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/7577057\">Google Support<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>For inquiries with computer issues, call us at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:1-800-620-5285\">1-800-620-5285<\/a>. \u00a0Karls Technology is a nationwide computer service company with offices in many major cities. This blog post was brought to you from our staff at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.friscocomputerrepairservice.com\/\">Frisco Computer Repair Service<\/a>. If you need computer repair in Frisco, TX please call or text the local office at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:469-299-9005\">(469) 299-9005<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google made an announcement the first week of February about revamping their ways to sync Google Drive files to desktops.&nbsp; According to their&nbsp;Google Workspace&nbsp;blog, they state: \u201cCurrently, we have&nbsp;two sync solutions available\u2014Drive File Stream, which was built for business users, and Backup and Sync, which was built for consumer users.&nbsp;Some of our Google Workspace customers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22392,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computerrepair","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Google Drive for Desktop? 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