How to make Google Disc: detailed instructions, video. What is the volume of the Google Disk repository? Get more space for Google Disk

Greetings, readers of my blog. Today I want to raise an important and interesting topic, telling how to make Google disk. This cloud storage is necessary for everyone who is not only working on the Internet, but also just wants to have access to personal files anywhere in his city or even the planet. In detail, I will tell you how to use Google Disk and how to save on Google disk files . This cloudy repository has its own unique featuresHe has several advantages over other similar services. But without flaws it did not cost. All about this and many other things - read below.

Immediately I want to note that this service Provides the ability to work with different office documents in sharing. I often use it in my own activity by commuting the decision different tasks. In particular, the tool from Google Docs is:

• Documentation;
• Tables;
• Presentation;
• Tests and more.

It is enough just to access a specific document, and all users, getting a link, will be able to work with it. Believe me, it is very and very convenient. Especially for those who work remotely. I have most employees - just as happening. Therefore, that I deliberately refused to create an office, providing specialists a certain freedom. But this is the topic of a separate article.

By the way! Google Disk or Google Drive supports not all file types. However, it is enough to establish special extensions, and they will also be able to be used in the service.

How much space is provided

Each user provides 15 gigabytes of disk space. And it is completely free! It would seem very good. But this amount is designed for:

• the files themselves stored on the disk;
• by mail from Gmail, including all the investments that will be in it;
• in the photo, downloaded on Google+.

It can be said that the company's employees made a successful move. Since psychologically evaluate that you have much more space for storing your files than is provided on other similar services. And only then the awareness comes that the place is distributed to several "services".

Note. The disk saves the history of the editing documents. You can always back to the version you need. But the story is stored only on the 30s!

How to make Google Disc: start from registration

Let's start using Google Disk on the computer. There is nothing difficult in this. It is enough just to make an account (if you have no) in Google. Creating your account and filling the profile of personal data, remember that according to user AgreementThe company has the right to use all your downloaded files (including photos) for personal purposes.

I will not talk about the features of registration in detail. There is nothing complicated, incomprehensible and extra extraordinary. Just step by step do all that system requires.

We enter google disk

Now about how to use google disk. To do this, click on the DRIVE.Google.com link and you will be transferred to the service interface. It is quite simple, intuitive, so you will not have any problems with his learning. They can be used online.

Note. That is, all that you transfer to the folder immediately boot into the disk. Or, if currently there is no connection to the Internet, boot there later.

How to use Google Disk on a computer: Install a special program

Now about how to install the program on your computer or laptop. You can do it on main page Drive.google.com or at the bottom of the left speaker service has a special link with the appropriate name.

After downloading the file, click on it. The program will be installed and you will need to enter your account data in Google. This will allow access to data warehouse and execute synchronization procedure.

There will be no difficulties with connecting the program. You do not have to create additional passwords, accounts. Just enter the main password. Probably, when you first log, you will need to enter the code that comes to the phone number specified when registering an account in Google.

Note that when installing the program, you will have the opportunity to choose a place in the computer where you want to "put it". There and there will be a folder all the time in which you will mix files for storage.

To gain access to such an opportunity - select the "Residence" folder selection - on the final step, click on the "Advanced Settings" button, and not by the usual key "Finish". Here just show attentiveness and exclude a hurry.

Note! I hope you do not need to say that the disk with not the best place For data storage? Well, at least for the simple reason that the system disk should not overload with extra files. Therefore, choose other discs for such a folder.

After you select a place in which the folder with files will be located, click on the synchronization inscription. Your will appear before you new folder. All files that fall into it will be immediately synchronized with Google Cloud Storage.

To do this, simply drag the folders or individual files into it. Or copy them there through the conductor.

In the tray of your computer - in the lower right corner of the monitor - a special icon of the Google Drive will appear. By clicking on it, you will receive information about the status of downloading your disk. That is, how much space is already used and how many other space remains.

How to save on Google Disk: Simple and understandable instructions

To "fill" to the disk files from a personal computer, no special skills need. Above, I wrote that it is enough just to drag the files to the folder. Or copy them through the conductor.

• pictures and photos;
• video rollers;
• audio rollers;
• documentation;
• references;
• screenshots, etc.

All this is easy and easy to do with a special extension for Chrome. It is called.

Note! Ease of expansion use is that you do not even have to download such files to the computer. To find the above extension, simply go to Chrome Application Store. If you use this browser, of course.

After loading the extension on the upper right side of the browser, a special icon will appear. The click on it with the left mouse button allows you to make an instant screenshot of the screen, which is as instantly loaded to the disk.

The right mouse button opens the menu allows you to configure your extension. The configuration process itself is also quite simple and understandable at an intuitive level. In particular, such settings provide several conservation opportunities open in the pages browser:

• screenshot of the whole open page in PNG format;
• screenshot only visible on the PNG page of PNG format on the monitor;
• HTML. source Pages in the same format;
• web archive of pages in format.MHT;
• and also google document.

After that, to download the file to Google, right-click on the file you need and select the item appropriate to your action - in this case we are talking about the option: "Save the image in Google Disc."

Similarly, it should be done with all the links you need. You will also have the opportunity to make changes to the file name - call it as it is more convenient.

Note! I have already been on the online course for a long time, how to create a website for the 4th day. Initially, in my work, this options were very strongly helped in creating academic base. Since they significantly simplified the data collection process and screenshots for the course.

Regarding images, I will note that the cloud storage from Google allows you to save pictures in the following five formats:

• JPEG;
• TIFF;

That is, in the most common and popular formats.

After the files you need are saved in your repository, you can drag without problems to any folder created there. By the way, I strongly recommend creating thematic folders. So it will be easier for you to find the information you need. I love order, so I have everything catalog.

I note that now there are several innovations in working with pictures, pictures stored in Google Drive. For example, you can highlight such opportunities as:

• adding comments;
• view 100% size;
• and much more.

How to use Google Disc: Open sharing a document, file or folder

I continue to talk about how to use Google disk on a computer. And now let's talk about how to provide access to a separate file or the entire folder as a whole. The sequence of actions is as follows:

• the left mouse button, click on the disk icon in the tray of your computer or laptop;
• open the folder and drag the file you need;
• after that, click on it with the right mouse button and among the options, select the "Open Access" string.

No matter how difficult. But in fact, the beginners understand not so simple - to provide general access Files from the first time may not work if not familiar with the instructions.

This is especially true of providing access to documents. Since they are now also connected to Google Disk, you must first figure out to understand what and how to press.

Therefore, the creators of the service came up with certain divisions. In particular, the division on those who will be visible to the file:

• all users;
• only those you will celebrate
• everyone who has a link to the file.

Also provided for the division of users depending on their "access" level to the file or document:

• owner;
• readers;
• editors;
• commentators.

I hope you should not explain what is allowed to users from each access group? After all, everything is clear, right?

Note! Many are interested in how to use Google disk on android. For this you need in the app store download special program. This application. It is simple in the setup, with an intuitive interface.

It is clear that the provision of access to the files to the overwhelming majority of users is necessary in order for this very file (or folder with multiple files, for example, the same photos), transfer to other people. It is natural, it is about those files that are too "heavy" to ship by mail.

That is, loaded the file to the disk, installed access and sent the link - no tricks, everything is simple and understandable.

Although more and more people also prefer to work in this way with documents. Since it is very and very convenient. Just give the link to the employee / colleague and now you are working together on one document. Or you get joint access to the data necessary for work. In addition, you do not need to store these files on your computer.

Two basic access options

Okay, I continue to tell how to use Google Disk. In particular, the narration of the features of providing access to other users. So, opening the "Sharing" menu, check the box opposite the inscription "All on the Internet". After that, send the link to those who need a file / document. Now this person can use the file without the need to enter his profile in Google.

The next popular option is "everyone who has a link." That is, you also provide link to people who need files. However, they will be able to access it only after entering their account. Attractive this method It is that files, documents are hidden from prying eyes and even from search engines (unless, of course, types of downloaded files are indexed search robots). You can only find such files by chance - and then I frankly doubt that it is generally possible.

You can provide access as documents, separate filesAnd to folders containing several or even a lot of files. Everyone who gets a link to access from you will be able to not only view files, but even download them. What is very convenient.

To disable general access to files, do everything too, only now turn off access. You will go on this a few seconds. Just a couple of clicks with mouse and access will be closed.

What is online version of Google Drive

Above, I told you how to get a google disk through the application. However, he has an online version that is available on the DRIVE.Google.com link.

You can download files and documents here. To do this, on the page that opens, click on the inscription "My Disk" and in the menu that opens the item you are interested in.

Or you can simply drag files, folders on the open page.

And in the first, and in the second case, after the loading starts, the pop-up window will appear in the lower right corner of the screen, which displays the process itself. That is, it is shown how much already loaded.

Online version of Google Disk has its own specific features. In particular, it allows you to perform certain actions with loaded objects by means of a special menu. In particular, there are a number of functions and options that are not available in the appendix that told above.

Among those additional features You can mark the document version management - each change is stored 30 days. What gives you the opportunity at any time to open the version you need.

How it works? Very simple. Imagine that you wrote an article for your site, and its sketch (or draft - as you please), stored on the disk. The article is too big, and therefore it takes for several days. And now you accidentally deleted part of the text, and noticed it only a week later. And so, if it was an ordinary document, you would not have the ability to restore the text. And the disk allows you to do it.

To do this, go to version control, choose the version you need, put a tick and click on the inscription "Close". And now the version you need opened with the desired fragment of the text. Now you can copy it, after that return to the most latest version (Augmented and with new information) And insert a randomly remote text.

Google disk like mobile office

And I want to tell about how to use Google Disc as a mobile office. It is incredibly convenient and makes you mobile. He has good opportunities:

• creating and editing text documents;
• creating and editing tables;
• creation of presentations;
• creating forms for data collection;
• and even creating drawings in a graphic editor.

Expand the possibilities of your mobile office is quite simple. To do this, connect other applications. At the very bottom of the page is special buttonwhich is called "Connect other applications". You will open new insetIt presents applications with a short description of their functionality.

How to use google disk on android and other mobile platforms

Now a little more about how to use Google Disk on Android. Emphasis I will do exactly on this mobile platformBecause it is one of the most popular. In principle, all others work with Google Disk approximately as described below.

You need to be prepared for the fact that there are no special extended settings for working with a disc. There were difficulties with the search for the synchronization of the captured media content (photo, video) with a disc. Or I could not figure out the application, or there is really no such function.

Although it should be noted the fact that developers can add different functions even at the time of writing the article. Therefore, we assume to my critical comments with understanding. I write them not in order to somehow fly out the application.

But it should be noted such a convenient feature as the ability to view files in offline mode. Agree, it's cool! After all, so you can significantly save your traffic. You do not have to constantly download and download all the contents of the folder. Therefore, it is enough just to download files into the phone's memory.

To make it automatically, in mobile version Applications need to activate a tick in front of the "Offline-Access" string. For this you need:

• click on the beech "I";
• it is in the lower right corner of the preview of the file;
• and there choose the option you want.

In the menu that opens, you can perform other "settings" of your file. For example, open sharing, etc.

Summing up: a little more about how to make Google disk

Now you know not only how to do, but also how to use Google Disk. Despite the fact that this service, in general, intuitive design, after all, to finally understand it, it will take some time. But it is very comfortable in general. Especially if you have a personal site and you have to work with a lot of different files.

By the way, if your own site you do not have, I invite you to your. I will tell you in detail on it in detail how to make the site with your own hands. Classes - practical! You will only have to repeat after me and after the 4th day you will have our own website, with the first articles and first visitors!

Criteria for selecting the storage service and synchronization of files can be different, and today we will only dwell on one of the aspects, for many most important. Let's see where you can get the most free space as default and after committing some simple actions. The volumes of modern hard are measured in terabytes, and services for synchronizing files in some cases continue to offer users for free only a few gigabytes, which is far enough not in all cases. If you only choose a similar service or thought about shifting, you can find out the most optimal in this material from the point of view of the maximum amount option.

Before proceeding with the main part, we list the selection criteria for the considered software. It should be free, popular and with a desktop client, allowing you to store files in one or more folders directly on the hard disk.

Popularity criteria was added to film "one-day" services, which still have to change through time. Yes they can offer much more free space For storing files, but which is from them, if after a year they will be closed. In our opinion, this is exactly the case when the tit in the hands is better than the crane in the sky. As an example, you can recall Sugarsync, at the same time we served second place, immediately after Dropbox, and offering more free space and the ability to increase it without restrictions using referral links. In the winter of this year, Sugarsync closed free version Services and users had to look for alterniva. Given that the habit is a terrible force, not everyone switched to Dropbox, because it cannot accommodate those files that were placed in Sugarsync.

As a result, Dropbox, Google Drive, Onedrive, Yandex.Disk and Bittorrent Sync were left for comparison (for reasons, we will dwell on the relevant section of the article).

Dropbox.

Dropbox by default offers the smallest amount of free space among all participants. Total 2 GB. And thus occupies the last place for the indicator.

Increase this volume in several ways:

1. Connecting social accounts - 500 MB (easy)

Users having accounts on Facebook and Twitter can get 2x125 MB for connecting these services to Dropbox. A subscription to the Dropbox acunt on Twitter gives another 125 MB, and tweets about why you like this service will add the last 125 MB.

2. Training - 250 MB (easy)

New Dropbox users offer to pass a little training, almost like in computer GamesFor which the amount of the account will increase by 250 MB. Actions are quite simple, although they take a little time. Among them: Adding files to Dropbox, creating shared folder For use with friends, friends invitation in Dropbox.

The Carousel application automatically retains photos and videos taken on the phone in Dropbox. Using this feature increases the volume of Dropbox for as much as 3 GB, but it does not occur immediately, but gradually. After loading the first shot from the phone, 500 MB will appear in the account, and the rest of the space will be added as this possibility is used. However, this process can be accelerated by filming a long video in high qualityOr just throwing into the folder with photos on the phone volume album with photos.

Initially, this method added 5 GB to users, but the bonus was almost immediately cut up to 3 GB.

4. Using Mailbox - 1 GB (easy)

Mailbox email client for Android and IOS can closely integrate with Dropbox, for which users are added free of charge 1 GB. To do this, you need to install Mailbox on your smartphone and tie it to your dropbox in the settings. It is not necessary to use the application after that and, if you wish, you can even remove it from the phone.

5. Invitation of users - up to 16 GB (difficult)

Initially, the invitation of other users in Dropbox was the main way to increase the account, however the popularity of the service is now unlikely to find among friends who are not registered there yet, but to calculate that on the referral link left somewhere on social networks or forums, register Random visitor is almost useless.

There is a truth method to get these 16 GB deceiving the registration system, however, this method requires time spent, specific computer literacy, and is rather a rapidness of the Dropbox check system, and not a legitimate method of pumping, so that we will not stop on it. On some forums or sites (http://dropbox18gb.com/)this service is provided for a fee. For $ 5-10, users add all 16 GB to the account.

6. Coupons

Dropbox has a coupon system that differs from paid accounts by the fact that the coupon increases the volume of the account forever and does not require monthly payment. Coupons can be found on sale in some forums, and more profitable, pay $ 25 for eternal 5 GB or $ 10 per 100 GB per month, users must decide for themselves.

7. Other ways (difficult)

From time to time, Dropbox offers other options for increasing the account, operating in some cases only for a limited period of time. These include quests, as well as shares conducted by smartphones and other companies. For example, if you activate the Dropbox acout on some models of phones, then the account will get a significant increase to the free space, up to 50 GB, one-bed effect will be temporary, and after a year or two the user will lose this bonus.

If Dropbox in the future will hold similar shares, then they will be mentioned on the pages

Onedrive.

Specify the exact amount of free space for ONEDRIVE is as difficult as for Dropbox, however, for other reasons. If the Dropbox is relative a large number of ways to increase the amount of the account, then for ONEDRIVE (in the past SkyDrive) they are much smaller, and users start with different starting positions.

Early Jouzers Onedrive have a peculiar bonus in the form of 25 GB, but those who have registered relatively recently at the beginning of the summer was available only 7 GB. Most recently, this limit raised to 15 GB, but the changes take into force only gradually and some users still may not see the increase. If you once used Microsoft mailboxes, such as @ live.com, then there is probability that you have increased 25 GB Akout. Over time, the difference between new and old users will most likely be leveled and equalized by each other.

There are only two ways to increase the Akount ONEDRIVE:

Use the download of photos from the smartphone - 3 GB (easy)

To do this, you need to install Onedrive on iOS, Android or Windows Phone and enable automatic photo synchronization feature.

Invitation of users - up to 5 GB (difficult)

As in Dropbox, ONEDRIVE allows you to invite other users for which 0.5 GB is added, but the number of invites is limited to only 10 pieces.

Google Drive.

Immediately after launching Google Drive, provided users with only 5 GB, but later this limit increased to 15 GB.

Ways to enlarge Google Drive free. In principle, Google Apps Owners for Business or Education receive 30 GB instead of 15 GB, but if some users have got such accutes to some users, they are still not free in the full sense of the word.

Yandex.Disk

Yandex, after launch, provided 3 GB to its users, but now you can store 10 GB for free.

The company periodically suits stocks increasing disk size. For example, for installing Yandex.Bauser. However, these and other methods are temporary and after a couple of months, bonuses disappear. On a permanent basis, the space can be increased only for the invitation of friends. Thus, it is possible to obtain up to 10 GB (0.5 GB for each person).

Bittorrent Sync.

If on computers it is necessary to synchronize a really large number of files for free, and none of the above-handed services offers sufficient space for this space, you can solve the problem with BitTorrent Sync.

This application is different from the other the fact that the files with it are synchronized directly between computers without an intermediate server. This method has both its advantages and cons. List the most obvious.

Pros:

- the size of the synchronized data is limited only to the size hard disk And the account can go to terabytes.

- Data is synchronized faster, due to the lack of an additional intermediate in the form of a server.

- All data is stored exclusively on the user computers.

Minuses:

- In order for the files to be updated both computers must be online

- There are no backup copies of files on the server, and the ability to restore old or remote file versions.

Given the advantages and disadvantages of Bittorrent Sync, it can be found to an ideal supplement for use in conjunction with one of the above-mentioned services. A small directory with important files can be synchronized with Dropbox, and large folders using BitTorrent Sync.

RESULTS

As can be seen from the final table, specify the unambiguous favorite of this small review quite difficult. From traditional services, even in the minimum configuration wins ondrive, offering 15 GB at once. Plus, another 3 GB can be obtained literally in a matter of minutes, and if you have an old Microsoft Account, and relying for this 25 GB, then it is already more than any free account on other services even after pumping. On the other hand, ONEDRIVE has the most strict limit on file size (no more than 2 GB). And although Microsoft consider the possibility of changing this limit for quite a long time, so far he will not go anywhere.

Google Drive at the first stage goes closer with oneDrive, however, due to the inability to pump an account for free, at the end closes the table.

Yandex.Disk and Dropbox are middling of this comparison and even if you succeed, add to the account both light and complex bonuses, these services will not break out from the middle of the table.

As mentioned above, the ideal option will be a bunch of any of four services with BitTorrent Sync, allowing you to synchronize any files for free.

Google disk - cloud that allows you to save information on servers and transfer it to other users online. Not only documents, but also photographs, music, videos and other materials are stored here, only 30 species. All rationally and template for goome-service users. Cloud resource is available for PC with the main operating systemsAt the same time, Linux users have the opportunity to operate in the Internet version of the resource using a browser. The resource is open to the owners of gadgets with iOS and Android (version for Mac can be read).

Service features

This product has integration with google services: Gmail, search, chromebox, photos and social. google Network+. The account is united for all without exception to Google clients. An important property of the service appears the ability to recognize objects on photographs and scanned text.

Staying anywhere and having any device with established by the client Disc, users can manage files of various types (read input to the storage).

For users, Google displays such opportunities:

For Google Apps executives gives such opportunities:

• trace information about the use and statistics. The journal of the audit of the disc in the admin console makes it possible to ensure that the company's employees use the Google documents software, find out how many files are the users of this organization, which types of files are used;
• regulation of access options. Settings available in the admin console allow you to assign an access level by default applied to files, and allow or prohibit workers to provide access to materials for users in the organization's walls;
• storage location control. The arbitrary user acquires 30 GB of disk space. This is a lot, however, you can acquire additional rights to increase the size on the disk of single employees. In the head console, options are available to allow users to personally acquire an additive disk place;
• delegating the right to belong to files. If the employee is dismissed from the company or changes the position, then in the Admin Console, it is allowed to provide the right to belong to online materials to another employee.

Vault volume

An arbitrary yowser is provided free place In Google disk in the amount of 15 GB. At an arbitrary moment you can switch to a more expensive or cheap rate, or return to free 15 GB. By default, any user with google account Apps for work is available to save 30 GB information.

Google CD Tariffs are shown below in the figure.

Important! Rates are submitted without taking into account taxes and fees functioning in a particular country, so the final price may be a bit different.

Increase volume

Available Google discs can be increased by 3 methods:

• when applying Google Apps For Work, you can get access to non-limited volume (or 1 TB for one user, if they are 4);
• managing Google Apps for Work can get right to google disk for an additional volume and register them with selected users;
• users can buy an additional volume personally, if a personal disk is not turned off in the company.

The user can have only one license for personal repository. To modify the volume of the disk, you need to withdraw the current license and select a new one. In Google Apps Unlimited and Apps for Education, the volume of volume is not limited and licensed.

The full size of the zone available to the user is a set of licensed disc and personal repository allocated to it. Via simple operationsdescribed in the rules of use, you can check the volume of the disk. And about the use of Google disc on the Android platform, read.

Hello again, dear friends! Passed literally a few days and the sensational Google Drive. (Google's disc) begins its work, following. Let's consider the new cloud service for reliable data storage from Google.

Register on Google Drive, Access to Disk Access

At the moment (while writing this post), the service is available for invitations (invites). Get it enough simple - having an account in Google go link And leave a request by clicking on the "Notify me" button:

And here we receive a message about what is already on the way. Reaffirm your desire to receive a notice electronic address And invitation to Google Drive:

So, what will open to us, what opportunities we appear when using a Google disk:

• instant creating new documents and joint work in them with other users;
• integration with Gmail mail and the social network, attach documents and download photos even easier;
• effective search for disk files and text recognition in scanned pages;
• convenient viewing of files in the browser window (video files, graphic formats including Photoshop files without installing the corresponding software);
• collaboration with other web applications;
• file access control (resolution of viewing, commenting and even editing);
• track the changes made in files and storage in the archive of previous copies in the last 30 days.

Sounds quite attractive and promising. I am very pleased with the integration and sharing With other services of Google and third-party web applications.

The initial volume of the Google disk and its increase

Compared to Yandex, the Google disk is developed commercial component. The initial volume of data storage is limited by 5 gigabytes of free use. To increase the available space for storing data, you can use the paid tariffs - 25, 100 and 1000 GB for the amount of from 2.49 to $ 49.99 per month.

Is the minus the fact that free space is limited only by five GB, but it is possible to increase the opportunity? A controversial question ... for me and 5 would have enough, and if you judge the comments to the similar Yandex service - then someone and 10 few ... The main thing is to have the opportunity to expand, there would be funds 🙂

Working with Google Drive

You can work with the disk using the application developed under the most common platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Linux is not present in the list, very sorry.

Upload the application will be able only after receiving invitations to Google Disk. Naturally, after a public launch, no invitations will need, and now it will have to wait a bit. Yesterday I started writing my review, but I continue this morning, i.e. Literally during the day, I was opened with access to the service.

Google Drive web interface and disk working in browser

In the meantime, I will describe the web interface. Appearance And the design is withstanding in a single style with the rest of Google. For the first time, going to the page, it does not seem complicated - everything is simple and understandable at first glance:

Immediately noticed that the disk already contains files that are available on my account in Google Docs, now they will be available on the disk, but it does not use its volume, i.e. There was an integration of these two services, and not a complete association.

Also stay on the button Create Left on the screen. Among the available documents are a text document, presentation, table, shape, drawing, folder. But this is not limited.

There is plenty ready templates and of course other applications with their formats that are hidden under reference Yet. What are these applications? Those that are installed in the browser Google Chrome.. If they are not - it does not matter, after reference Other applications You can download them from the gallery.

On this I stop and turn to the review of the work with Google Drive through the application, it was just installed and I can continue the review.

Working with a Google disk using the PC application

Run the installation program, follow the instructions and at the end to complete the process enter your data account in :

We enter and there are a small introductory guide to the top of the use of the disk storage File Online. These are two steps, as can be seen on the screen, the application does not have a Russian language, but this is not a hindrance:

Next, if necessary, choose additional settings Installations (Advanced Setup), where you can select the location of the disk folder, assign folders to synchronize (if you do not choose, then all content is synchronized), put on automatic loading When starting the system, allow synchronize google files Docs:

On this installation and initial setup completed, a new Google disk icon appears in the tray:

You can access the folder from the conductor. True, no system folder was created and the icon in the main window of the conductor is similar, so you remember which installation path indicated and look for this folder there. On this note, I finish 🙂 and finally, I propose to view the official, representing the Google disk:

PS: If after installation google Apps The disk does not start and an error window appears:

Google Drive Cannot Connect to the Internet. Please Check Your Internet Connection.

that is not despair, most likely it is lacking a beta version or glitch. I have such an error in the process of installation, but I did not write about it, but it turned out that I was not alone ...

Solving the problem is a multiple setting from the very beginning to the victorious end. During the installation process, a window is not always displayed for entering the account (screen above via text), as a result, it is not possible to establish a connection to the server. Soon, in the idea, it should be corrected.

Greetings, friends! Cloud storage Now very popular. The main purpose of their purpose is to store and access information from any device at any time, as well as the ability to share with other people with this information (documents, photographs, etc. files). In addition, popular cloud services provide more useful features For users - creating and working with online documents, joint access and so on.

I have already laid out instructions for two large cloud services on my blog - and. And today I dedicate another one - Google Disk (Google Drive). Until recently I used not so actively - basically made a bet on Yandex.Disk. But, in connection with the recent, thought about the spare options.

I propose to figure out the interface and the main functions of Google Disk. Let's talk about how to use them - upload and provide access to files and folders, perform other actions on files, work with documents and applications online.

If you need a video format more by way, then you can view my detailed lesson below:

How to enter Google Disk?

The disk is tied to your account in Google, and to get inside the clouds, you need to log in in your account - enter login (Gmail mail) and password from it.

You can go to the disc from this page www.google.com/intl/en/en/drive/

Or go from the mail by clicking on the Google application icon at the top on the right.

How much space on the disk?

Free is provided with 15 GB. This place is divided under the files on the disk, files and letters in mail Gmail., as well as Google photo. By the way, the images that you download to posts are automatically falling into social network Google Plus. You can remove them from Google photo so that they do not occupy the place, while in the posts they remain.

If you need more space, it can be purchased for money. There are some tariff plans With monthly or annual payment up to 30 TB of memory.

You can also have several google accounts and each will have your own disc with free space.

Cloud Storage Interface

Let's run on the main partitions, buttons and google settings Disk.

Through the "Create" button in Levom upper corner You can download files and folders from your computer to your disk. And also create folders and documents directly in the cloud. You can create text documents, tables, presentations with slides, google forms (for surveys, questionnaires, records on Skype consultation), drawings, maps and sites.

Under this button is located panel with basic disk partitions.

In the "My Disc" section There are all files and folders loaded in the cloud, as well as documents and folders that you created in the cloud.

Highlighting a particular file / folder with the mouse, you can produce above them various actions, I will tell about it further. To highlight several files at once, hold ctrl key On the keyboard and click on the desired files.

Displaying files on the disk can be sorted by name, by date of change, by date of view.

In the section "Available to me" Displays files from Google disks from other users to which you have access - for example, you switched to this file, or you sent an invitation with access. To open the file - do a double click on it.

In the "Recent" section - Displays the files with which you recently worked (opened, downloaded, edited, etc.).

Section "Google FTO" - Here are the images that you downloaded in the Google FTF application. Also here are automatically saved pictures loaded to posts in Google Plus. You can enter the application itself by clicking on the Google application icon from the disk, mail, start page Browser Google Chrome.

In the application settings, you can put a useful check mark so that the photos and videos do not take an excess place in the repository.

To do this, go to Google photos, click on three vertical bands at the top of the left, go to the settings.

And mark the corresponding item:

Section "marked" - Files and folders that you mark are coming here as important for yourself. Mark very simple - highlight the file, click right-click, in the list that opens, select "Add a note". To remove the file from "marked" - again, press the right button again and choose "Remove the mark".

Basket - The files you delete from your Google disk fall into it. The basket can be cleaned, then the files are deleted finally. You can also restore any file from the basket, highlighting it with the mouse and clicking "Restore from the basket".

There are some more useful icons in the upper right corner of Google disk.

You can configure file display in the cloud as a list or grid. By clicking on the letter "I" in the circle, you can view the history of your actions on the disk, as well as the properties of any file, highlighting it with the mouse. Click on the gear will open an additional list of tabs.

In the "Settings" tab:

You can change the language of the interface.
Include offline access (save google documents to a computer to work with them without connecting to the Internet). On this issue you can get acquainted with a separate instruction.
Disable automatic download of photos from Google photos to a folder on the disk.
Select an interface option - spacious, usual or compact.

There are also setting alerts.

And the ability to connect different applications Google to your disc.

By clicking on the tab "Install disk on a computer"You can download the PC application, as well as for smartphones on Android or iPhone. Here, consider that the PC application is synchronized with the cloud online and all files are on your computer, occupying a place. Since it does not fit me, I prefer to use only web interfays. Plus from synchronization Unless to send the file to quickly big size In the cloud or at once, save all files from the cloud to the computer, after which the synchronization is disabled.

Actions on files and folders in Google Disk

To download files and folders from the computer to the cloud Used "Create" button. You click on it and choose the corresponding menu item - the file selection window will open on the computer. To select multiple files at once, hold the Ctrl key.

When the file is selected, click on the "Open" button, it will start loading to the disk. In the bottom corner, information about the process will appear on the right.

Alternative Download option - Collapse the Google Disk tab to a reduced window and drag files from a computer to the "My Disk" section.

A number of actions can be performed with files, folders and documents on the disk. To do this, highlight the mouse the desired file. (or more) and click right-click. A list of available actions will appear. The same actions are duplicated on the panel from above.

The contents of the file can be viewedby clicking " Preview" If you want to edit the document, then select "Open with". The disk will offer you an application through which you can open the file.

To open the contents of the folder - Click on it 2 times. Over the files and documents in the folder you can produce all the same actions.

You can give access to another person to any file, folder or document on the disk. To configure joint access, click on the corresponding menu item.

In the window that opens, you need to enter the Gmail Mail of the person you want to open access. Click on the pencil icon to specify the type of access. It can be commenting, viewing and editing.

If you have given access to commenting or viewing, you can prohibit the user to download, copy and print the file. Just mark the desired points checkbox. Do not forget to save changes.

Then click "Send". The user will receive a letter that you gave it access to files. On the disk in the section "Available to me" he will see this file.

To close accessYou need to click on the right mouse button on this file, select "Sharing". In the window that opens, click on the username.

Access is closed, the user will see this message:

You can also configure access parameters. By default, this is a view. Also, by the link, the user will be able to download the file or save it to his disk. In addition, you can allow commenting or editing.

If you press "more", we will see other settings. For example, you can enable access for an absolutely any user on the Internet, that is, the file will be available through the search. Or disable access by reference and send an invitation to share a specific user by email (we are disassembled above).

The next file action point - "Move". With it, the files can be moved to the folder. It is convenient if you have a lot of files, and you want to streamline them. Also moving files can be dragging them with the mouse.

Create folders on the disk simply. Click on the "Create" button - "New Folder".

By the way, the folders can be changed color.

Paragraph "Add a note" It will be useful if you want to add Favorite files to the "marked" section for quick access to them.

Paragraph "Rename" Let you change the name of the file or folder.

Paragraph "Show properties" - To view the properties of the file and the history of action on it.

Paragraph "Versions" - He is from those files that you download to the disk.

Suppose you downloaded an archive from the computer with the materials and shared a link to it with subscribers. Then you needed to make edits in this archive, you again downloaded it to the computer and edited. Next, re-loaded to the disk with the same name so that the link to the archive does not change. By the way, when you re-boot, you can choose how to save this file - separately (the link to it changes), or as new versionwhich will replace the former.

At the same time, the previous version will not be deleted immediately (by default it is saved on the disk for another 30 days). But, you can delete it manually or mark the check mark to former versions Not deleted. This is done, just through this item "Version".

The remaining actions on the files: Create a copy, download to your computer and delete to the basket. By the way, to remove to the basket, the file can be dragging into this section on Google disk.

So, in the main points of the Google disk web interface, we figured out. Now a few words how to download on a computer or save the file to the disk to which you shared on the link from another Google disk.

If you have switched on the link and authorized in your Google account, then the Google Drive icon will appear on top by clicking on which you can save this file to your disk. Nearby is an arrow to download a file to a computer.

Well, I hope my google instruction will help you navigate in the settings and the functionality of this cloud service. Well, if you have any questions, I will gladly answer them in the comments.

I wish you success!

Respect, Victoria Karpova