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4 Ways to Use Google Drive - Wikihow 8/19/13 12:05 AM 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM How to Use Google Drive Google Drive is Google's challenge to Dropbox--a file storage system linked to your Google account and accessible via the Internet, so you can access your files from almost any device on-the- go. Drive is currently available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android. Users are given 5 gigabytes (5GB) of free cloud storage to start; additional storage can be purchased for a small fee. Read this article to learn how to get started using Google Drive. Steps Setting Up Google Drive 1 Sign into Google Drive with your Google account at http ://drive.google.com . If you're a Gmail user, you can use your Gmail account to sign in. There's a red sign-up button on the top right-hand corner of the login page if you don't have a Google account. 2 Once you've launched Google Drive in your web browser, you will be taken to a page that shows all of the Google Documents you currently have associated with your Google account. A tab will pop up asking if you would like to download Google Drive for PC or http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 1 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM Mac--whichever system you are currently on. Do so if you'd like to access your documents from more than your web browser. However, you don't have to use this option. Using Google Drive from a Web Browser 1 Create a new file by clicking on Create on the left-hand-side of your screen. This is an extension of Google Docs. Create a new folder by clicking on the gray folder icon above your list of Google Drive files. (It's diagonal from the "Create" button.) http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 2 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM 2 Upload files from your computer by clicking on the Upload icon (located to the right of the "Create" button). This will upload file(s) and/or folder(s) to Google's servers and will enable you to share them with anyone you choose. Alternatively, you can choose to keep some or all files private; to use this option, you don't need to do anything other than create the document, since sharing is something you must activate for each file. 3 Using the navigation bar on the left, you can view the files that people have shared with you, the files that have been starred by you, recent files and more options. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 3 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM The files that you have already uploaded to Google servers can be viewed in the center of the screen. The screen will show you many details, including its owner, its last modification, whether it has been shared with others, and file titles. When you check the box next to files, a menu will pop up allowing you to share, organize, delete, mark as (un)viewed, download, etc., for the selected files. This is where you can add a file to a folder, by clicking on the square box next to the relevant file, then clicking on the folder icon in the menu. A drop-down menu will appear of all your folders, and you can check the relevant folder. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 4 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM Clicking on the star next to a file will quickly allow you to star it––it will turn from clear to yellow. The benefit of stars is that the starred folders can all be viewed at once by clicking on the "Starred" heading in the navigation bar of Google Drive, hiding all unstarred files. This can be very useful if you have a single project holding various documents that you'd like to find quickly and all together. The navigation bar also allows you to see your files by "Activity", which brings the most recently edited files to the top of the list, whether worked on by you or by people you're sharing with. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 5 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM To see all of your files and folders, click on "My Drive". This can be fairly daunting to search through if you have lots though! It's a good idea to place related files into folders as you go, to make searching easier. 4 On the right side, there's a horizontal menu bar at the top that will allow you to adjust your Google Drive settings. Many of them are accessible via the button with the wrench icon. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 6 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM You can click "Sort" to change how your files are sorted (by title, last modified, last edited by me, last opened by me, etc.). You can switch between "List" mode--where files are listed by name and information -- and "Grid" mode--where files are organized by thumbnail screenshots. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 7 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM 5 You've now walked through the basics of how to use Google Drive. For help and/or more information, you can check out the Google Drive help page at https://support.google.com/drive/ . Using Google Drive from a PC 1 Open Google Drive on your web browser at http ://drive.google.com . On the left-hand menu, click on the last link, "Download Google Drive." http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 8 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM 2 Once you have installed Google Drive for PC, you will be presented with a short walkthrough of Google Drive's features. 3 On the second screen, you have the option to alter your sync settings by clicking on "Advanced Setup." http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 9 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM Pay attention to the location of your Google Drive folder. Everything placed in that folder will be synced to your Google account on the cloud, so that they can be accessible on other Drive-supported devices. If you'd like to change the location of this folder, press "Change...". If you only want to sync certain folders to your Google account, select those in the "Sync options" box. You will be able to change these later as you create new folders. Note that files not in a folder will always sync. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 10 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM 4 Open your Google Drive folder. You can do this by going to Start >> All Programs >> Google Drive, or finding the location of your Google Drive folder and double-clicking it. 5 To upload any file to Google Drive, just copy the file and paste it into the Google Drive folder. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 11 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM Google Drive will automatically sync the file to Google's servers, so you can access that file from any Internet-enabled device logged into your Google account. If there is a tick mark in the icon of the folder or the file that you are uploading, it means that the file has been successfully uploaded. If not, either the file is still getting uploaded or the upload failed. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 12 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM Using Google Drive on Android Google Drive for Android Operating System (OS) was officially launched on April 24th, 2012. Google Drive for Android replaces Google Docs. 1 Download the Drive by going to Google Play Store on your Android device. Alternatively, you can go to https://play.google.com and download the same. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 13 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM Google Drive runs on devices which have Android 2.1 or higher. 2 The main screen of Google Drive provides options for navigating within the service. You will have access to files in your Drive, documents that have been shared with you, files or folders you have starred, recently opened, or edited, as well as files you have downloaded for offline access. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 14 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM 3 Tap on the account name (on the top of the screen) to switch between Google Accounts and respective Drive accounts. 4 Create a new item or file by tapping on Menu icon and clicking on 'New'. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive Page 15 of 22 4 Ways to Use Google Drive - wikiHow 8/19/13 12:05 AM The first three options in the menu are similar to the ones that were available in Google Docs.
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