Install and setup Google Drive (Mac)

Installation

1. Open the Self Service application

2. Click the Google category on the left side of the window

3. On the right side of the window, find and install the policy labeled Google Drive

4. Once the installation has finished, click the Open button

Setup

1. Once the application has opened, click Get Started

2. Click Sign In

3. Enter your Duluth Trading email address and click Next

4. You will be prompted by the Duluth Sign-In page

   1. Enter your Duluth Email address and click Next

   2. Enter your Duluth Password and click Sign In

   3. Stay Signed In? Click Yes

5. At the next screen click Sign in

6. You may close the browser window

7. Once signed in, you will be prompted with a Walkthrough of Google Drive

   1. When prompted, click Ok to start syncing 

8. Next you will be asked what folders you’d like to sync with Google Drive

   1. Click Next then Next again

Folder Selection

Note: Your Google Drive is limited to 250GB, please ensure that the folders you select do not go over that limit

1. When prompted to choose folders, select Desktop and Documents then click Next

   1. You will be prompted to allow access to each folder, click Allow for each folder

2. You will be prompted by an information window, click Got it

3. When prompted by the Back up photos and videos page, click Skip

4. At the final screen click Open Drive

5. The files in the selected folders will start to synchronize in the background

Additional Folders

If you use the following applications, you may want to add some additional folders to your Drive synchronization: Apple Notes, Apple Stickies, FontAgent

1. Open the Self Service application

2. Click the First-Aid category on the left side of the window

3. On the right side of the window, find and install the policy labeled macOS - Finder - Folders

4. Once that policy has finished installing, open Google Drive from the system tray in the top right corner of your screen and click Preferences

   1. You may be prompted by the “Take a tour” window, feel free to take the tour if you have not used Google Drive before.

5. Click the Add folder button

6. In the Finder window that opens, navigate to your user directory (e.g. /Users/userID/)

7. Select the folder of one of the additional folders, then click Open (repeat this process for any additional folders you’d like to backup)

   1. Apple Notes =  group.com.apple.notes

   2. Apple Stickies = com.apple.Stickes

   3. FontAgent = FontAgent

8. You will be prompted allow access to this folder, click Allow then click Done in the next window

9. Once finished adding additional folders, click Save in the bottom right corner of the window

10. You may now close the Google Drive window, the synchronization will start immediately