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.
The backup feature will come out later this month, on June 28th, in the form of a new app called Backup and Sync.
It sounds like the Backup and Sync app will replace both the standard
Google Drive app and the Google Photos Backup app, at least in some
cases. Google is recommending that regular consumers download the new
app once it’s out, but it says that business users should stick with the
existing Drive app for now.
It’s not clear exactly how much you’ll be able to do with
the expanded backup feature. You’ll presumably be able to open and edit
some common file types within Drive, as you’ve already been able to.
But it’s not clear if you’ll be able to sync those files back down to
multiple other computers, using Drive as an intermediary.
All of those files will very likely count toward your
Google Drive storage limit, too. This will be a very quick way of
hitting that 15GB cap on free accounts.
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