Backup solution for files and pictures macOS (MacBook, Mac) via Google Sync

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Right now, until it's released in the final version High Sierra, the safest backup solution for macOS remains time Machine - allows full backup to remote external hard drives - and iCloud Drive, which automatically synchronizes system folders: desktop si Documents. Both are solutions offered by Apple, which promises that with the launch of the new operating system, the Time Machine backup system will also be improved.

There are few fans of the devices Apple but who use it Google services. For them, o backup solution of files on Mac the new service can provide it Google Backup & SyncWhich enables timing folders and files between Google Drive and Mac. Practically, Google Backup & Sync is a redesign and rethinking of Google Drive. All files and pictures on Mac will be taken in Google Drive si Google Photos.

How to sync files and pictures on Mac in Google Drive and Google Photos

1. Download the new one Google Drive for Mac. Here. Download Backup & Sync

2. We install and configure the application.

We have the possibility to choose the folders we want to synchronize, both from Google Drive and from the Mac, and for pictures and videos the possibility to upload them directly to Google Photos. The great quality cu unlimited storage space or original sizein the limit of available space in Google Drive.

3. After selecting what to sync from Mac and from Google Drive, you still have a few options where you can establish a proxy connection or choose the download and upload speed limits for synchronization.

Once the configuration process has been completed, synchronization will start automatically.

The service is free and can be installed on both Mac and the Windows.

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