Backing up to Google Drive using Drive for Desktop.

Backing up to Google Drive using Drive for Desktop.

Please note, these are one time back-ups and are not synced. 

  1. Open Google Chrome.

  1. If you haven't already, make sure you are logged into your museumca.org account.

  1. Go to drive.google.com

  1. Click "My Drive" (It shouldn't matter, this is just to be safe)

  1. Click here

  1. Click here

  1. Name this folder.  Choose something sensible if you want future you to appreciate past you.  If you want to annoy future you, cute and clever names are a good technique.
  2. Past Jen has been frustrated often enough that I went with sensible. Click here to create the folder

  1. Double-click here

  1. Click "Launchpad"

  1. Find and click "Google Drive".  It may be one page over.

  1. Open a  Finder window.

  1. Select "Google Drive"

  1. Click "Date Modified". This will bring your new folder to the top.  You might have to wait a minute or three for it to appear.  You can use this time to meditate, do today's Wordl, or to go back to the web page several times to make sure the folder really is there and wonder why it is taking so long.

  1. Ah, here it is.  Finally.  (it wasn't all that long, my attention span is just really short)

  1. Open a New Finder Window. ( [[Cmd]] + [[n]] is the keyboard shortcut)

  1. In the new Finder window, go to Desktop

  1. Select all of the files. I do this by pressing [[Cmd]] + [[a]]  but you can also use the Edit Menu

  1. Copy the selection. I usually use [[Cmd]] + [[c]]

  1. Double-click this disclosure triangle

  1. In the other Finder window, double-click the folder you created to open it.

  1. In that open folder, paste the files you have copied. I do this by pressing [[Cmd]] + [[v]]

  1. You should see the Drive status icon doing a little shading rotation. (I don't know how to describe it! But it will be doing something while files are syncing)

  1. Repeat the folder creation, copy, and paste steps for other files you may want backed up.  (Most people just treat the Documents and Photos folders as decoration and keep all their stuff on the Desktop and in the Downloads folder.  If you are an organized person, you may also need to back up Documents, Pictures, etc. If you are an Adobe, Filemaker, or Microsoft Office user, please check to make sure they aren't saving your files to some special place.)


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