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You’ve probably gone through this situation where you have multiple copies of the same file residing in your Google Drive and, while you would like everyone to use the latest version, they are either not aware that the file has been updated or it takes too much work to locate it in the Drive.
When you have multiple copies of the same file in Drive, it not only creates confusion but the files also take up precious storage space in your Drive. Wouldn’t it be easier if you could simply replace an existing file in Google Drive with the new version instead of uploading it as a separate file? Well, there’s a solution:
Replace Files in Google Drive
Go to your Google Drive and select any file that you would like to update. This is applicable for files that are not in that native Google Docs format like PDF, images, text files or even videos.Right-click the file, choose Manage Versions from the menu and then click the Upload new version button to upload the updated file to your Google Drive.That’s it. The file name and the file’s URL won’t change and thus all the old shared links will now automatically point to the new version of your file.
You can use the same method to replace a file in one format with another format. For instance, if you have a video file in Drive that you would like to replace with a GIF animation of smaller file size, the Manage Versions option will do the trick. And the shared link won’t change either.
Also see: Create Download Links for files in Google Drive
Things are a bit easier for Dropbox users. If you would like to update a shared file in Dropbox but without changing the link, simply upload the new version of the file in the same Dropbox folder.
When you upload a file in Dropbox and another file with a similar name already exists, Dropbox will simply replace the old file with the new one while the shared link will continue to work. In the case of Google Drive, you can can have multiple file with the same name in one folder and hence the confusion.
How to Update Files in Google Drive without Changing the Link
When you have multiple copies of the same file in Drive, it not only creates confusion but the files also take up precious storage space in your Drive. Wouldn’t it be easier if you could simply replace an existing file in Google Drive with the new version instead of uploading it as a separate file? Well, there’s a solution:
Replace Files in Google Drive
Go to your Google Drive and select any file that you would like to update. This is applicable for files that are not in that native Google Docs format like PDF, images, text files or even videos.Right-click the file, choose Manage Versions from the menu and then click the Upload new version button to upload the updated file to your Google Drive.That’s it. The file name and the file’s URL won’t change and thus all the old shared links will now automatically point to the new version of your file.
You can use the same method to replace a file in one format with another format. For instance, if you have a video file in Drive that you would like to replace with a GIF animation of smaller file size, the Manage Versions option will do the trick. And the shared link won’t change either.
Also see: Create Download Links for files in Google Drive
Things are a bit easier for Dropbox users. If you would like to update a shared file in Dropbox but without changing the link, simply upload the new version of the file in the same Dropbox folder.
When you upload a file in Dropbox and another file with a similar name already exists, Dropbox will simply replace the old file with the new one while the shared link will continue to work. In the case of Google Drive, you can can have multiple file with the same name in one folder and hence the confusion.
How to Update Files in Google Drive without Changing the Link
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Google Drive is a convenient tool many of us take full advantage of. Not only can we store all our files there, but we can also work on text files, spreadsheets and presentations, all from the browser or mobile apps. We know many of you are well invested in Microsoft’s Office software, though. If you prefer to use Office but would rather stick with Google Drive for your cloud services, the Search Giant has a solution that will make your workflow much more seamless.
Aside from being able to open your files with your application of choice (including Office apps) straight from Google Drive, users can now also save files to Google Drive directly from Office. You can now save any changes or even store new documents straight from Microsoft’s software.
The user will see an option to save to “My Drive” when storing any document from the official Microsoft apps. Simply click on the option and you should be ready to go! It’s a simple concept and the plug-in is rather minimal, but it will mean the world if you are a fan of both Google Drive and Microsoft Office apps. These two services operating together can completely change your workflow, and you no longer have to rely on OneDrive.
Interested? The only requirement is that you have Windows. Hopefully an option for Mac users also comes soon. If you qualify, simply head over to Google’s Drive for Office download page and install the plug-in. It takes but a few seconds.
http://www.androidauthority.com/plug-in-google-drive-support-microsoft-office-627315/
Aside from being able to open your files with your application of choice (including Office apps) straight from Google Drive, users can now also save files to Google Drive directly from Office. You can now save any changes or even store new documents straight from Microsoft’s software.
The user will see an option to save to “My Drive” when storing any document from the official Microsoft apps. Simply click on the option and you should be ready to go! It’s a simple concept and the plug-in is rather minimal, but it will mean the world if you are a fan of both Google Drive and Microsoft Office apps. These two services operating together can completely change your workflow, and you no longer have to rely on OneDrive.
Interested? The only requirement is that you have Windows. Hopefully an option for Mac users also comes soon. If you qualify, simply head over to Google’s Drive for Office download page and install the plug-in. It takes but a few seconds.
http://www.androidauthority.com/plug-in-google-drive-support-microsoft-office-627315/
Rahulan Raj
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With nearly one billion monthly users, WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging services available on Android. And to make the service even more feature-rich than ever before, WhatsApp is teaming up with Google Drive to bring native cloud storage to the messaging platform. With Google Drive integration, WhatsApp for Android will let you create a private backup of your chat history, voice messages, photos and videos in Google Drive. Once your history is backed up, you can easily restore everything on a new device with just a few taps.
Once you enable this new backup feature, you’ll be able to tell WhatsApp to create daily, weekly or monthly backups of your messaging history. You’ll also be able to specify whether or not WhatsApp will backup your videos, too.
This new feature will be rolling out to WhatsApp users in the Play Store over the next few months, so keep an eye out for the update to make its way to your device. Are you a WhatsApp user? If so, will you use the new Google Drive backup feature? Let us know what you think in the comments.
http://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-announces-google-drive-integration-647609/
Once you enable this new backup feature, you’ll be able to tell WhatsApp to create daily, weekly or monthly backups of your messaging history. You’ll also be able to specify whether or not WhatsApp will backup your videos, too.
This new feature will be rolling out to WhatsApp users in the Play Store over the next few months, so keep an eye out for the update to make its way to your device. Are you a WhatsApp user? If so, will you use the new Google Drive backup feature? Let us know what you think in the comments.
http://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-announces-google-drive-integration-647609/
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In Google Play whatsapp not yet updated to new backup feature. You can download it from WhatsApp 2.12.304 APK Download - APKMirror
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Last year, Google started doing a “security check up” with users. Having their users make sure that their account is secure, and then awarding them with 2GB of Google Drive space – which seemingly does not have an expiration date. It’s pretty simple, you just need to make sure that you have updated recovery information, look over your recent activity (mostly to be sure that is your activity), check the account permissions, app passwords and set up 2-step verification. Do all of that and you get 2GB of storage on Google Drive for free. Now these are all things you should be doing anyways, to protect your account. As everything you do goes back to your Google account, that’s definitely something you’ll want to keep safe.
This is a part of Safer Internet day 2016. Google is doing their part in making sure that users are keeping themselves safe on the internet here. 2GB of storage in Google Drive may not seem like a lot, but Google has been giving out small amounts of storage with all sorts of things lately, and it does add up. Google was giving out storage for leaving reviews about businesses on Google Maps last year. While that was a terabyte of storage – for around 100 reviews – that’s still free storage. Google’s security check up is another great way to add storage for free. Which can be used for your email through Gmail or Inbox, your Google Drive documents and files, or Google Photos. And with Google Photos being able to store full resolution images, the storage is definitely important for those that take a lot of pictures.
The security check up here from Google should only take you a few minutes, but it is definitely worth the extra time. Not only for the free storage that they are giving out but to be sure that you are safe. Whether you lose your password, or your account gets hacked. It’s a great idea. Two-Step Verification is also important for those that use multiple devices, as it’s easy to forget to log out and having two-step verification makes it just that much safer for you.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/02/google-offering-2gb-of-drive-space-to-secure-your-account.html
This is a part of Safer Internet day 2016. Google is doing their part in making sure that users are keeping themselves safe on the internet here. 2GB of storage in Google Drive may not seem like a lot, but Google has been giving out small amounts of storage with all sorts of things lately, and it does add up. Google was giving out storage for leaving reviews about businesses on Google Maps last year. While that was a terabyte of storage – for around 100 reviews – that’s still free storage. Google’s security check up is another great way to add storage for free. Which can be used for your email through Gmail or Inbox, your Google Drive documents and files, or Google Photos. And with Google Photos being able to store full resolution images, the storage is definitely important for those that take a lot of pictures.
The security check up here from Google should only take you a few minutes, but it is definitely worth the extra time. Not only for the free storage that they are giving out but to be sure that you are safe. Whether you lose your password, or your account gets hacked. It’s a great idea. Two-Step Verification is also important for those that use multiple devices, as it’s easy to forget to log out and having two-step verification makes it just that much safer for you.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/02/google-offering-2gb-of-drive-space-to-secure-your-account.html
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Gmail was practically founded on the principle of never having to delete an email again. But the service has been kicking around since 2004, and all of those old newsletters, chain emails, and special deals aren't doing much except counting against your Google account's 15 GB storage capacity . Fortunately, a quick search is all it takes to identify messages worth deleting.
Enter before:2014/21/31 (or any other date you like in the yyyy/mm/dd format) in the search box to see emails that arrived before 2015, for example. To get rid of them all, tick the select all box (top left), choose Select all conversations and then click the Delete button-all your forgotten Facebook alerts, work missives, and birthday invites are gone for good.
Not only can you free up some space in your Gmail account, but future searches should also run faster and contain results that are much more recent and relevant. The search operator older_than: works as well-just add 1y, 2m, 3d or whatever value you want to get the relevant number of years, months or days.
Adapting your search
Some of you might get a little nervous at such a permanent course of action-and maybe there are genuinely useful emails from the past you want to hang on to. By modifying the search you can filter out the messages that really are serving no useful purpose, particularly if you've carefully labelled incoming emails since you first logged into Gmail.
Add label:xxx to the search to identify emails matching a particular label, for example, or category:social to bring up messages Gmail itself has highlighted as from social networks. (You don't want to keep all those Twitter newsletters do you?) Switch social to updates and you get a list of the less-important automated emails identified by Google's bots.
A full list of advanced operators can also be found here . Admittedly not everyone is going to want to trash older messages in bulk, but for those that do-particularly people who don't use Gmail as their primary email account-keeping your inbox trimmed down to messages from the last year, month, or week isn't difficult.
Safely Delete Old Gmail Messages in Bulk to Free Up Google Drive Space | Gizmodo India
Enter before:2014/21/31 (or any other date you like in the yyyy/mm/dd format) in the search box to see emails that arrived before 2015, for example. To get rid of them all, tick the select all box (top left), choose Select all conversations and then click the Delete button-all your forgotten Facebook alerts, work missives, and birthday invites are gone for good.
Not only can you free up some space in your Gmail account, but future searches should also run faster and contain results that are much more recent and relevant. The search operator older_than: works as well-just add 1y, 2m, 3d or whatever value you want to get the relevant number of years, months or days.
Adapting your search
Some of you might get a little nervous at such a permanent course of action-and maybe there are genuinely useful emails from the past you want to hang on to. By modifying the search you can filter out the messages that really are serving no useful purpose, particularly if you've carefully labelled incoming emails since you first logged into Gmail.
Add label:xxx to the search to identify emails matching a particular label, for example, or category:social to bring up messages Gmail itself has highlighted as from social networks. (You don't want to keep all those Twitter newsletters do you?) Switch social to updates and you get a list of the less-important automated emails identified by Google's bots.
A full list of advanced operators can also be found here . Admittedly not everyone is going to want to trash older messages in bulk, but for those that do-particularly people who don't use Gmail as their primary email account-keeping your inbox trimmed down to messages from the last year, month, or week isn't difficult.
Safely Delete Old Gmail Messages in Bulk to Free Up Google Drive Space | Gizmodo India
