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Google Drive app on your MacBook
Google Drive app on your MacBook
By installing the Google Drive app on your MacBook, you can access files from your Drive directly in Finder, which makes it easy to attach documents from Drive to Schoology and other web services, for example. It works very much the same way as OneDrive used to. NOTE: We are discontinuing OneDrive at AISJ at the end of this school year, so it is high time for you to move any files you might still have there to your Google Drive. Installing the Google Drive app makes this very easy for you.
Start by downloading the Google Drive app installer from here:
Once downloaded, go to your Downloads folder, and right click (two-finger tap) on the GoogleDrive.dmg file, and choose Open:
A new folder will open, with a file called GoogleDrive.pkg in it. Once again, right click (two-finger tap) on the file and choose Open:
The installation process will start, and will ask for your password in the beginning. Be patient and wait until the installation is complete:
Once the intallation is complete, go to your Applications folder in Finder, and double-click on the Google Drive.app:
Sign in to your AISJ Google Account with your full AISJ email address and password:
Once you have signed in, there will be a new icon in the menu bar indicating Google Drive. Clicking on the Google Drive icon shows you the status of files on your Google Drive:
You now have full access to your Google Drive - both My Drive and Shared drives - right from your Finder. Under Locations, you now have an item for Google Drive. Click on it to access My Drive and Shared drives:
Transfer Files From OneDrive to Google Drive
Transfer Files From OneDrive to Google Drive
As we are moving away from OneDrive and into Google Drive, you need to transfer your files from one platform to the other. This is quite easy to do once you have installed the Google Drive app for your MacBook (see above). Once that is done, follow the very simple instructions below to transfer your files from OneDrive to Google Drive:
Launch Finder and go to OneDrive in the side panel:
2. Select all files and folders in your OneDrive. The easiest way to do this is to press command-a (⌘ and a at the same time):
3. Drag and drop all the files into Google Drive in the side panel:
If you want to, you can first create a folder in your Google Drive called 'OneDrive files', for example, and then drag all the files in that folder, to help you organise the files more easily.
Hide Unnecessary Shared Drives
Hide Unnecessary Shared Drives
You may have access to some Google Shared Drives that are not used, but you can easily hide - and unhide - them, if you wish. Watch below:
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