And, if you make a file available when offline, you can access it even when your device isn't connected to WiFi or a network connection. The Google Drive App (for iPhone/iPad and Android) allows you to access (view, share, star, rename files also edit Google Documents) Google Drive files from your mobile device. Follow the directions below for setting up Mobile Devices and your Computer so you're prepared. Once you regain internet access, any offline edits will be synced. Keep in mind that if you make edits while offline, collaborators will not see your edits and any edits collaborators who are online make will supersede your changes. (Note that you get a free 15 gigabytes of storage from Google, but if you max it out, you need to buy more space if you want to keep storing all your files on the company’s servers.You can use many Google Apps features offline, but only if you first set them up while you have internet access. The program can be set to synchronize copies of locally stored photos and other files on the computer to Google’s cloud servers. The Backup and Sync app for Windows and Mac, introduced in July, is Google’s software for users of its free services. (You can also continue to just upload and download stored files through your Google Account in a web browser.)įor desktop users who backed up files to cloud servers with the Google Drive app, the company has two newer programs to do the job instead. You just get to it through different desktop programs. But while those handy desktop programs for managing your files in the cloud are destined for retirement, Google’s online backup service is not going anywhere soon. 11 and that the software will be shut down for good on March 12. Google announced this month that it will end support for the Google Drive desktop apps for Windows and Mac computers on Dec. Is it true that Google Drive is being discontinued?Ī.

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