However, whereas Backup and Sync will happily copy files from whatever folders you designate, Drive File Stream only synchronizes the files explicitly placed in its “My Drive” folder. Drive File Stream uses less disk space than Backup and Sync, is less taxing of your network bandwidth and also boasts offline access. This new application - which will be publicly available on Septemlists your files in Google Drive as a special folder on your PC and allows you to grab those files on demand. Just uninstall the old program, install and configure the new application and you will be good to go!īut if your goal is quickly and easily access your files in Drive from your PC, then you should also consider Drive File Stream. Their new Backup and Sync application is an excellent (and free) replacement for Google Drive. Google Drive will no longer be supported starting on December 11th, 2017, and it will shut down completely on March 12th, 2018. The folks in Mountain View broke the news in a recent G Suite update, stating: If you are running Google Drive as a windows service with AlwaysUp, beware: Google Drive is going away.
