- #Backup and sync from google app how to#
- #Backup and sync from google app install#
- #Backup and sync from google app full#
In a couple of seconds, an entry for Googledrivesync (or whatever you called it) will show up in the AlwaysUp window. We are done configuring Backup and Sync so click the Save > button to record our settings. To ensure that only a single copy of Backup and Sync is active at any time. We also recommend checking both the Stop all copies of the application running on this computer and Also whenever the application is restarted boxes, This tells AlwaysUp that Backup and Sync needs the TCP/IP stack to operate. Switch to the Startup tab and check the Ensure that the Windows Networking components have started box. This is very important: The software will not work properly as a service if it runs in the default system account! We have stuck with the default of Googledrivesync for this tutorial but you can specify a friendlier name you like.Ĭlick over to the Logon tab, check the box at the top and enter the username and password of the Windows account where you installed Backup and Sync. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call the application in AlwaysUp.
Since we have installed the program in the default location, we will enter:Ĭ:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe
#Backup and sync from google app full#
In the Application field, enter the full path to the Backup and Sync executable, googledrivesync.exe. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window:
#Backup and sync from google app install#
If necessary, download and install Backup and Sync.īe sure to enter your Google Drive credentials and confirm that synchronization is working well!ĭownload and install AlwaysUp, if necessary. To setup Backup and Sync as a Windows Service:
#Backup and sync from google app how to#
This guide will show you how to run Backup and Sync as a Windows Service to ensure that it starts as soon as your computer boots. It's free, stable and easy to use but needs someone to sign on to kick it off.
I do have a problem with the name 'Backup & Sync' which Google used because it isn't what it does, or wasn't when I last used it.Backup and Sync from Google is a Windows utility that automatically synchronizes the files on your Google Drive with a folder on your PC. Sync mechanisms can be used to marshal files to go into a backup process, or rclone can be sort of set up to do non destructive syncs, but that is it.
No simple file sync mechanism is a backup because if a file is erroneously deleted or modified on the master, that is synced through and propagated to the other file storage. If you really want a local copy of all your Drive files, and can work out a workflow that needs sync in only one direction, rclone is your thing. If you need bi-directional sync, typically to create edge or offline repositories of your files where changes will be made, then you should use Backup & Sync, not rclone. In the case of native files there isn't a problem because Backup & Sync only keeps a hyperlink - there isn't really any synchronisation or backup in any case. Indeed, changes are lost even in simple cases if that happens because typically the Backup & Sync is run only intermittently and is not triggered by a file change. It depends upon some heroic assumptions and faith in timestamps to decide what to do if both the Drive and local file are changed. Google's Backup & Sync does attempt to do a bidirectional sync.
It synchronises the files in one direction, or the other. Obviously, if I add a file to one I want it synced to the other.
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