You can also sync to cloud drives, such as sync QNAP to Dropbox.

Google released a tool to backup and sync files between Google drive online and a folder on local desktop in late June, 2017.

AOMEI Backupper Standard Conclusion What Is Google Backup and Sync Google Backup and Sync is a tool published by Google in late June, 2017, aiming to synchronize files between online Google Drive and local desktop folder.

Upload and store files from any folder on your computer, camera, and SD cards in the cloud.

You can find your content on any phone, tablet, or computer using Google Drive, and your photos and videos in Google Photos.

On the other hand, it syncs Google Drive with your computer, so you can access Google Drive files even when you are offline.

How to Use Google Backup and Sync App to Sync Files In general, it is easy to setup Google backup and sync desktop.

Google Backup And Sync Install It On

First of all, download Google Backup and Sync tool and install it on your computer.

Then, it will give you the general introduction of this application.

Here, you have to specify which folder(s) you would like to sync to Google Drive.

Also, you can specify the quality of upload photos and videos (Google photos backup and sync).

See more detailed description about the photo and video quality After setting up sync from computer to Google Drive, the next step is to setup synchronization form Google Drive to My Computer.

Here, you should decide which folder(s) to be synced to local computer and where on the local area to save the synced items.

Finally, click START to start Google Backup and Sync service.

Then, in the future days, Google Drive auto sync will backup files between certain folder on local PC and Google Drive Computers tab.

Notes: If you want to stop this task, just disconnect your Google account.

Click this icon in the right side of taskbar click More (three dots) and select Preferences select Settings and choose Disconnect account.

You can also pause or resume Backup and Sync through the icon.

If you want to uninstall Google Backup and Sync tool, do it in Control Panel just like uninstalling any other software.

The above are the process of the first time use of Google Backup and Sync desktop.

If you have already started its service and want to reset it, just do it through its taskbar icon and follow this guide.

Google Backup And Sync Mac Operating Systems

Besides Windows systems, Google Backup and Sync tool also supports Mac operating systems.

Yet, it can only backup and sync files between local and Google Drive.

Google Backup and Sync Free Alternative - Apply to General Cloud Drives To backup and sync files between local storage and various cloud drives, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive, you need to rely on Google Backup and Sync alternative AOMEI Backupper Standard.

Following are its main features: Basic Sync: you are allowed to sync local folders to external storages, NAS devices and network share, and vice versa.

Google Backup And Sync For Mac