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Choose a new Google Drive folder and sync your files. It will take some time for your files to sync. Disconnect and reconnect your account. After you disconnect and reconnect Backup and Sync, it will take some time to complete. On your computer, click Backup and Sync.

  • Select a folder where you want sync your Google Drive files. By default, your files will be synced to 'C: Users Your User Google Drive'. To change this default location, click the Change button. By default, Google Drive client will sync all of your Google Drive files and folders.
  • Go to accounts and tap 'Google' 3. Tap the Google Account you would like to Sync drive. If you have disabled auto sync option, you need to tap Sync Drive to start syncing manually. If syncing option is already enabled, you just have to make sure that Sync Drive is marked too.
© tommaso79/Getty Images To sync files automatically, add the Google Drive app to your desktop. tommaso79/Getty Images
  • You can add Google Drive to your desktop on a PC in addition to using it on a web browser.
  • Adding the Google Drive app to your desktop will enable you to sync your documents and files from your computer to Google Drive.

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You can download Google Drive to your PC desktop as well, enabling your computer to sync your files with Google Drive automatically.

Here's how to add Google Drive to your desktop using a PC.

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How to add Google Drive to your PC desktop

1. If you are logged in to your Google account on an internet browser, you must log out temporarily to install Google on your desktop.

2. Once you have logged out, go to drive.google.com and scroll down to the bottom of the webpage. Under the 'Downloads' column, click on 'Drive for Mac/PC.'

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider In 'Downloads,' select 'Drive for Mac/PC.' Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

3. A new tab will open. Next to the 'For Individuals' banner, click on 'Download.'

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider In 'For Individuals,' select 'Download.' Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

4. A pop-up window will appear. Click the 'Agree and Download' button.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider Select 'Agree and Download.' Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

5. What is google browser called. A program called 'installbackupandsync.exe' will begin downloading in your internet browser.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider 'Backup and Sync' will download. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

6. Click on the program, and it should begin installing once it has finished downloading.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider It will then install. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

7. Once the installation is complete, click 'Close' to exit the pop-up window.

8. Google Drive should now appear on your desktop. Look for a window called 'Welcome to Backup and Sync' and click on the 'Get Started' button.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider Click 'Get Started.' Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

Adobe premiere cs6 mac yosemite. 9. Type in your Gmail address, click 'Next,' and then type in your Gmail password. Click 'Next' when you are finished.

10. Set your laptop's preferences for upload quality and file size. When you are finished, click 'Next.'

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider To sync files automatically, add the Google Drive app to your desktop. tommaso79/Getty Images

11. Set your Google Drive syncing preferences. You can sync the entirety of your computer to Google Drive, or select specific folders to sync. Once you are finished, click 'Start.'

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider Choose which folders you'd like to sync. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

After Google Drive is downloaded to your desktop, you will also see shortcuts to Drive programs such as Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides.

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As you may already know, 'Backup and Sync' is a desktop app provided by Google, that helps you to easily backup your local files to the Google Drive from a Windows PC or MAC computer.

Google Backup and Sync is an excellent backup application to automate the backup process and to synchronize your local files with the Cloud, or vice versa, but it does not offer the option to schedule the backup operation in non working hours. As a result of that, you may face slow performance issues on the computer where the backup application is installed, or slow speed issues on your network.

  • Related Article:How to Use Google Backup and Sync to Backup your Files in Google Drive.

In this tutorial you 'll learn how to schedule Google Backup and Sync to run in specific time, using Windows Task Scheduler.

How to Schedule Google Backup and Sync.

Step 1. Prevent Google Backup and Sync to Start with Windows.

1. Click at 'Google Backup and Sync' icon on the taskbar and click Preferences from the menu.

2. At Settings section, uncheck the Open Backup and Sync on system startup checkbox and click OK.

Step 2. Start Google Backup Sync using Task Scheduler.

Open task scheduler and create a new task that starts Backup and Sync app in a specific time. To do that:

1. At the search box, type: task scheduler
2.
Open Task scheduler

3. From Action menu select Create Task.

4. At General tab type a name for the task. e.g. 'Start Google Backup'

5. Then choose the Triggers tab and click New.

1. Specify when you want to start the 'Google Backup and Sync' process and click OK. *

* e.g. At this example we setup to start the Google backup Daily at 1.00AM

6. Then choose the Actions tab and click New.

1. At Program/Script field, type the following command, according your Windows architecture (32 or 64bit) and click OK.

  • For Windows 32-bit type: 'C:Program FilesGoogleDrivegoogledrivesync.exe'
  • For Windows 64-bit type: 'C:Program Files (x86)GoogleDrivegoogledrivesync.exe'

7. Click OK again to close the Create Task window and continue to the next step.

Step 3. STOP/END the Google Backup Sync Process using Task Scheduler.

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At this step, we 're going to create a new task, that stops the Google Backup at a specific time.

1. From Task Scheduler's main menu choose Action and select Create Task.
2. At General tab type a name for the task. e.g. 'Stop Google Backup'

3. At Triggers tab, click New.

1. Specify when you want to stop the 'Google Backup and Sync' process and click OK. *

* e.g. At this example we setup to stop the Google backup process Daily at 7.00AM

4. At Actions tab, click New.

1. At Program/Script field, type the following command:

  • taskkill.exe

2. At Add arguments (optional) filed type:

3. Click OK.


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5. Click OK again to close the Create Task window.

You 're done. If you want to modify the scheduled settings of Google Backup/Sync process in the future, then open Task Scheduler and select the Task Scheduler Library to view and modify the scheduled tasks.

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