Originally Posted by Dodge DeBoulet

Installing the Google Drive Sync app on your PC/laptop makes the use of Drive quite painless. Drag a document to the drive folder and a few seconds later it's shared with your team. You can control who has access to the folders and files by right clicking and selecting Google Drive from the context menu. The files are still stored locally as well, so you can get at them even while offline; your changes will be synced the next time you connect.

The app occasionally has a hiccup where it causes high CPU utilization (mostly when there's been a network interruption of some sort). Quitting and restarting the app fixes it, though.