Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer
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Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any folder you point it to. That can include your desktop, your entire documents folder, or other more specific locations.
You will be able to get advertisements based on the contents of your hard drive, not just a few documents and emails!
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Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any folder you point it to. That can include your desktop, your entire documents folder, or other more specific locations.
You will be able to get advertisements based on the contents of your hard drive, not just a few documents and emails!
If free, I would never trust my backups on the cloud, nor by Google, nor that the service would last for more than a few years. If costs $$$, I would never trust my backups on the cloud, nor by Google, nor that the service would last for more than a few years. I guess I have trust issues. ;) Marc
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Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any folder you point it to. That can include your desktop, your entire documents folder, or other more specific locations.
You will be able to get advertisements based on the contents of your hard drive, not just a few documents and emails!
I wonder how many TBs they will allow for free. Although Comcast has a monthly transfer limit.
John
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Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any folder you point it to. That can include your desktop, your entire documents folder, or other more specific locations.
You will be able to get advertisements based on the contents of your hard drive, not just a few documents and emails!
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If free, I would never trust my backups on the cloud, nor by Google, nor that the service would last for more than a few years. If costs $$$, I would never trust my backups on the cloud, nor by Google, nor that the service would last for more than a few years. I guess I have trust issues. ;) Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I guess I have trust issues.
I would rather call it common sense
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any folder you point it to. That can include your desktop, your entire documents folder, or other more specific locations.
You will be able to get advertisements based on the contents of your hard drive, not just a few documents and emails!
Ok...just need to download my files...right...five "download" buttons, but which is the real one... *click* "Installing Norton...." NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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If free, I would never trust my backups on the cloud, nor by Google, nor that the service would last for more than a few years. If costs $$$, I would never trust my backups on the cloud, nor by Google, nor that the service would last for more than a few years. I guess I have trust issues. ;) Marc
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I find these cloud backups very convenient. However, I use them mostly as a convenience, e.g., for tech stuff that I can save and access for new contracts. Recently, I've started backing up (not to Google) files that I first encrypt.
Kevin
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Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able to monitor and backup files inside of any folder you point it to. That can include your desktop, your entire documents folder, or other more specific locations.
You will be able to get advertisements based on the contents of your hard drive, not just a few documents and emails!
Is this opt-in, or will it just happen by default? (Like Marc, I think I may have trust issues)
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I guess I have trust issues.
I would rather call it common sense
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.