
These cached files sync back to the cloud when you're online, so the latest version is available on all your devices. You can make you non-Google formatted files available for offline access when you lack connection to the Internet. If this does not come up, or you already closed out of it, you can also look in the Start menu at the bottom left and find Google Drive as one of the. Set up offline access for PDFs, Microsoft Office files, and more on your desktop The icon is an indication of the total number of items that are queued for upload. Switch to the Google Drive page, choose Stream files or Mirror files as the sync. Choose Options to Let Google Drive Sync Shared Drive to Desktop. Choose Preference in Google Drive for Desktop. Items with are queued for upload, currently listed in the pending-to-upload queue.įiles with Done have uploaded successfully and can be accessed from Drive in any browser or from any device with Drive installed. Click the Google Drive icon in the top menu bar and sign into Google Drive with your email address and password. Click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the pop-up window and choose Preferences in the dropdown menu. Once completed a shortcut icon will appear on your desktop that will sync to the. Files also appear with this icon if sync is paused. To add the desktop shortcut to Google Drive please do the following. When you see Upload complete, your files have uploaded successfully and can be accessed in any browser or device that has Drive installed.įiles with Sync haven’t been uploaded to Drive yet and are currently being processed. Dragging files to a folder in Drive for desktop automatically uploads them to Drive on the web (though it might take a moment for files to sync).
