In this post, we’re going to look at moving folders from My Drive to a Shared Drive both for a Google Workspace account and a personal Gmail account How to move a folder to a Shared Drive with a Workspace account Here, I have a folder on My Drive in my Workspace account. I want… Continue reading How to move a folder to a Shared Drive
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The new Home in Google Drive
In this post, we’re going to look at the new Home page in Google Drive. This was introduced as a way to find files and folders quickly. New Home page The Home page is found above My Drive. It shows you files that Drive thinks you’ll want to use. This is based on various criteria… Continue reading The new Home in Google Drive
How to scan with the Drive app on your phone
In this post, we’re going to look at how to use the scanner in the Google Drive app. It’s quick and easy to use and available to both Android and iOS. How to scan using the Drive app scanner Click on the Drive app on your phone. Tap the document icon to open the scanner.… Continue reading How to scan with the Drive app on your phone
Summary of Google Workspace 2023 new features (Pt 1)
In a bustling year of developments, the Google Workspace team introduced numerous new features and improvements across their suite of apps. Here’s a concise summary of my top picks that affected Sheets, Docs, Drive, and the new AI Bard. Sheets New functions Another 11 brand-new functions were added to Sheets, including LET, TOROW, TOCOL, WRAPROWS,… Continue reading Summary of Google Workspace 2023 new features (Pt 1)
Learn useful Google URL tricks to make your online easier
In this post, we’re going to look at several useful Google URL tricks which allow us to quickly do a whole range of things, like quickly create documents, provide links to copy master templates, and from a link automatically download a PDF version of a document, and many more. We’re going to look at….. Useful… Continue reading Learn useful Google URL tricks to make your online easier
How to use Shared Drives
One of my favourites features of a Google Workspace account is Shared Drives. In this post, we’re going to look at what they are, how to use them and how they differ from My Drive. What is a Shared drive? A Shared Drive lives in your Google Drive and is an addition to your normal… Continue reading How to use Shared Drives
What’s the difference between a Google Workspace and a free Gmail account?
What’s different in Google Workspace to a free Gmail account? This post will show you some of the differences between a paid Google Workspace account and a free personal Gmail account and quite often Google Workspace users aren’t aware of some of the extra features Workspace offers, so let’s have a look some of them… Continue reading What’s the difference between a Google Workspace and a free Gmail account?
Multiple FOLDER maker
Making multiple copies of folders in Google Drive is a slow, boring task. You select the folder you want, make a copy, then have to rename it, then repeat this again and again. Here you’ll learn how to create multiple folders and name them individually, really fast using Apps Script. If you’ve already read my post “Multiple… Continue reading Multiple FOLDER maker
Multiple FILE Maker
Making multiple copies in Google Drive is a slow, boring task. You select the file you want, make a copy, then have to rename it, then repeat this again and again. Here you’ll learn how to make multiple copies of a file and name them individually, really fast using Apps Script. First, we have a… Continue reading Multiple FILE Maker
Google Drive – Quick access to your files
You may have hundreds of files on your Google Drive, but if you’re like me, you end up only using certain ones all the time. Drive has a couple of options to help you get to those files or folders quickly. 1) Starring them; 2) Using Quick Access which predicts what files you will need.… Continue reading Google Drive – Quick access to your files