3. Drive app for Computer & Phone

There are 2 ways to access your files offline. First is by installing offline plugin into Google Chrome & Second by installing Google Drive on your computer or mobile device.

1. Access your files offline with Chrome

* Chrome browser only

Internet outages and long plane rides shouldn’t prevent you from working in Drive.

Set up offline access so that the next time you don’t have Internet access, you can view Google documents, shuffle folders around, and edit files stored in your Drive folder.

1. In Drive, click gear icon and select Settings.
2. In the Offline section, check the box.
3. Click Done.

Note: To make sure other people can’t see your files, set up offline access on computers that only belong to you.

2. Google Drive on your mobile device

If you’re on the go, you can still access all of your files. Just download Google Drive on your phone or tablet and you’re all set.

With Google Drive on your mobile device, you can:

- View, share, and organize your files.
- Upload and store new files directly from your phone or tablet.
- Print files from your mobile device.
- Scan important documents using the camera on your mobile device.
- Access your files even when you’re not connected to the Internet.

Google Drive on your computer

Download Google Drive on your Mac/PC to keep files on your desktop synced with your files stored on the web. This means that anything you share, move, modify, or put in the trash will be reflected in Google Drive on the web the next time your computer syncs.

Go to : https://www.google.com/drive/download/

With Google Drive on your Mac/PC, you can:

- Drag files into and out of the folder.
- Rename files.
- Move files and folders around.
- Edit and save files.
- Move files to trash.
- Access your files even when you’re not connected to the Internet.

Store files using a desktop sync client

If you like to open and work on files from your desktop and also store them in Drive, install Google Drive for Mac/PC. This desktop sync client is convenient for storing a large collection of files that would otherwise take a long time to upload.

(If you decide later to uninstall the client, your Drive files won’t be affected and can still be accessed from Drive on the web.)

Google Drive for Mac/PC is only available if your administrator has turned it on for your organization or team.

To use the client, you install Drive on your computer, which creates a desktop folder named Google Drive. This folder works like any other folder on your computer, except that anything you put in it automatically syncs to the web and to any other devices with Drive installed.

Install Drive on your computer:

1. Go to the Drive download page.
2. Click Download Drive and select Mac and PC.
3. Click Accept and Install.
4. Follow the instructions to install Drive.

Move files to the Drive desktop folder:

Now that you’ve installed Drive on your computer, you can store files right from your desktop.

1. Decide which files you want to store in Drive.
2. Organize the files in folders the way you want them to appear in Drive.
3. Move the files and folders into the Drive folder on your computer. From now on, these files exist in the Drive folder and are synced with other devices that also have Drive installed.

If your Internet connection breaks or you need to go offline in the middle of a sync,Google Drive for Mac/PC picks up where it left off when you’re back online.

Upload files from your phone or tablet

You can also use the Drive app to store files on your Android or iOS device. (If you decide later to uninstall the app, your Drive files won’t be affected and can still be accessed from Drive on the web.)

1. Depending on your device, choose one of these options:

- - - Android phone or tablet: Touch .
    - iOS devices: Touch .

1. Find and install the Google Drive app.
2. Open the app containing the file you want to upload, touch Share, and then touch Drive.

Sync and access

Before Drive, if you wanted to access files from different computers or devices, you typically had to make separate copies. Updating one copy meant you had to manually update all the other versions, too. Drive simplifies your work by automatically synchronizing the latest version of your file across the web and all your devices.

After you store your files in Drive, you can reach them on any computer, smartphone, or tablet. When you change or delete a file stored in one location, Drive makes the same change everywhere else, so you don’t have to.

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