Google Drive question
Dec 2, 2015 | 3:18 am
#16
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Yes, but it's only slightly less inconvenient -- you can download them all in bulk (you can make the photos all appear as a folder in your drive to sync it down via the Drive app, or download them in folders via photos.google.com, or download them all via Takeout) to your desktop PC, then ldelete them off Google, and then re-upload them using the Photos Backup tool ("Desktop Uploader" here).
Thanks though
Aug 21, 2020 | 10:50 am
#17
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Google drive seems like it hasn't been updated since this thread was active. A lot of stuff simply doesn't work. Many times you cannot click on a folder to open it. Double-click and nothing happens.
Or when you type in the search bar a title of a document, somehow it is missing stuff. Really? I guess google hasn't fixed any bugs in the past 5 years.
Or when you type in the search bar a title of a document, somehow it is missing stuff. Really? I guess google hasn't fixed any bugs in the past 5 years.
Aug 23, 2020 | 9:56 am
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Found the solution... Even if you delete stuff off of your Drive folder on your computer, they are stored in a Trash folder online. Check https://drive.google.com/drive/trash and clean up your clutter there. That's what took up about 9GB of my Drive space.
Aug 24, 2020 | 1:09 pm
#20
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Google drive seems like it hasn't been updated since this thread was active. A lot of stuff simply doesn't work. Many times you cannot click on a folder to open it. Double-click and nothing happens.
Or when you type in the search bar a title of a document, somehow it is missing stuff. Really? I guess google hasn't fixed any bugs in the past 5 years.
Or when you type in the search bar a title of a document, somehow it is missing stuff. Really? I guess google hasn't fixed any bugs in the past 5 years.
Aug 25, 2020 | 12:22 pm
#21
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There's no organization. Google wants you to search. Yet sometimes you search for a document in your drive and it doesn't pop up in the search bar.
Try using it daily, multiple times a day. Though to be fair Google's other stuff (Android) is pretty buggy too, like the Photos app not uploading photos in the background (unless you open it, and have to set to upload over cellular even if you are using wifi).
Jan 5, 2023 | 2:08 am
#23
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Google Drive is horrible for organizing anything. I think they are trying to go without a file system, but yet they obviously have a file system, which they don't allow you to sort through (sort by most recently modified. Which misses all the files I recently modified).
Jan 6, 2023 | 2:50 pm
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Sorting by last updated works fine for me.
Jan 11, 2023 | 12:59 pm
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Click on Name (with the up arrow next to it) and a pop-up appears that allows you to sort them. My assumption is you are just looking at the Drive default view on a phone.