

To set up syncing via Wi-Fi, you must first connect your device with a cable, select your device in the sidebar, and turn on the syncing over Wi-Fi option.

Specific details may differ a bit with older versions Mac OS. If you have an iPhone (with iOS 5 or later) or iPad, you can sync when your Mac and device are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. This is how things work on the latest version of Monterey using the latest version of *Google Drive for desktop".

Yes, I understand that I can do something like make a symlink on both "My Desktop Mac" and "My Macbook" that links to Drive'/'My Folder', but for various reasons, I'd prefer not to have to do it that way.
#SYNCHRONIZE FOLDERS BETWEEN COMPUTERS SOFTWARE#
There seems to be no way to tell Google Drive that I'd like, for instance, ~/'My Folder' on "My Desktop Mac" to be considered to be the same folder as ~/'My Folder' under "My MacBook".Īm I missing something? I really would like to make this work, and it seems as if it would be easy for Google to implement. This is a list of file synchronization software for which there are Wikipedia articles. And there is one folder under "Computers" for each computer that you use with Google Drive for desktop. The files that are synced using this feature end up in Google Drive (as seen via the web interface), not under "My Drive", but rather under "Computers". Except that I can find no way to make this feature sync the same folder across two or more computers. To accomplish this efficiently, by default, it will check the modification times of files.
#SYNCHRONIZE FOLDERS BETWEEN COMPUTERS OFFLINE#
In the next window, click Enable offline files and OK. In the pop-up window, click Manage offline files on the left pane. In Windows 7, click Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Sync Center. (2) "Folders from your computer:" With this option, you can select an arbitrary number of specific folders located anywhere on your computer that you'd like synced to Google Drive. Also, rsync provides the ability to synchronize a directory structure (or even a single file) with another destination, local or remote. In Windows 11/10/8, type mobsync in the search box on taskbar and press Enter. Neither of these are the feature that I want to ask about, however. One mode is called "Stream files" and one mode is called "Mirror files". (1) "Folders from Drive": This isn't actually an option, since you have no option to turn it off. "Google Drive for desktop" has two different sync options:
