How to sync Google Drive and Dropbox (single user)

Here are short instructions for how to sync a Google Drive folder to Dropbox. Start the synchronization wizard to sync two cloud accounts. Click the Google Drive icon: Select an already-configured Google Drive account or click “Add Google Drive” to add a new Google Drive account: If you click “Add Google Drive,” you will be forwarded […]

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How to sync Basecamp and Google Drive

Here are short instructions for how to set up synchronization between Basecamp and Google Drive. Start the synchronization wizard to sync two cloud accounts. Click the Basecamp icon: Select an already-configured Basecamp account or click “Add Basecamp” to add a new Basecamp account: If you click “Add Basecamp,” you will be forwarded to authorize cloudHQ to […]

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How to sync shared files in Google Drive

Here is how to sync shared files or files with sharing permissions in Google Drive (instead of actually making copies of the files). In modify options, select or enable “migrate sharing meta-data to new domain” Note: In order to transfer files by transferring the ownership, the accounts that own these files must be authorized by […]

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Why is storage usage different between Google Drive and OneDrive?

Google Drive and OneDrive have different storage sizes because they calculate storage usage quite differently. Here are some differences: Google Drive counts files in the trash against your storage quota. Google Drive counts versions of files against your storage quota (i.e., if a file is changed twice then it will use double of quota than a file that was changed just once). Google Drive does not count files which are in Google Docs format […]

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