Google Drive For Mac/pc Is Going Away Soon 2018

Google accounts get 15 GB of storage free, shared across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos. For additional storage, you can upgrade to a premium subscription plan. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US, and can vary by region.

Google Drive is up there with the most influential pieces of software in the last decade, single-handedly transferring the workspace for the average user from the hard drive up into the cloud. But it does have its problems, one of the most notable being upload issues, and not being able to transfer the files you want to the cloud. Google also informs that those still using Drive for Mac or PC will start seeing messages notifying that the service is going away and will urge them to adopt any of the two other tools currently. Google said it will stop supporting the Drive app for Macs and PCs on December 11, and the Drive app will simply stop working on March 12, 2018. Google has just announced that it is shutting down its Google Drive app for Mac and Windows. Google will stop supporting the app from December 11th of this year and the app will shut down completely on 12th March, 2018. The Google Photos tab in drive is more like Drive access to your Google+ Photos. We know deleting happens across the space, but keep in mind edits made in Google+ stay there — you won’t see. The aging Google Drive app for desktop is officially deprecated as of today, Google announced in a blog post.Support will be cut off on December 11th and the app will shut down completely on March.

Google has officially turned on Drive File Stream for all users, the company announced in a Wednesday blog post, which also marked the eventual death of Drive for Mac and Drive for PC clients.

'With this launch, Google Drive for Mac/PC is officially deprecated,' the post said. 'It will no longer be supported starting on December 11th, 2017, and it will shut down completely on March 12th, 2018.'

Admins will begin to see settings for Drive File Stream under Apps > G Suite > Drive and Docs > Data Access as well. However, the settings will not go into effect until September 26—the day that Drive File Stream becomes generally available.

SEE: Cloud Data Storage Policy template (Tech Pro Research)

Google debuted the Drive File Stream on March 9, 2017. The service allows users to stream Drive files directly to their computer, to be accessed from the desktop without being stored locally.So, in lieu of using Drive for Mac/PC, Google is encouraging users to utilize Drive File Stream instead, the post said. However, users can also work with Backup and Sync instead, which the Google post described as the 'new version of Drive for Mac/PC.'

Google Drive For Mac/pc Is Going Away

If a user is already running both Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync on their computer, Google will prompt them to cancel the sync between their Drive and Backup and Sync. The news also has some impact on Team Drives as well.

'Team Drive editors won't be able to edit their Team Drive files when they're opened in Drive File Stream; they'll only be able to view them,' the post said. 'To edit these files, they'll need to open them in Drive on the web.'

Going

If you want to wait it out, Google will remind you of the end of life dates sometime in October, the post said.

The 3 big takeaways for TechRepublic readers

Google drive for mac/pc is going away soon 2018 tax
  1. Google is turning on Drive File Stream for all users as a replacement for Drive for Mac/PC.
  2. Support for Drive for Mac/PC will end on December 11, 2017 and the service will shut down completely on March 12th, 2018.
  3. Team Drive editors won't be able to edit Team Drives in Drive File Stream, they'll need to use the Drive web client.

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