UPDATED: Free and cheap personal and small business cloud storage is everywhere. Here's how to decide which one is right for you. Google has now deprecated the Drive app for Mac and PC both for consumers and the enterprise. It will shut down the app for good on March 12, 2018. In October, users in Drive that the client is 'going away' and Google will drop support for it in December. Google Drive on the web is staying, but consumers are being encouraged to install the replacement Drive app, called Backup and Sync, which Google launched in July as a client for backing up and syncing photos and files. It also replaced the Google Photos uploader app.
For the enterprise, there's Google Drive Stream, which streams files to a machine from the cloud rather than syncing them between the device and the cloud. Google has been trialing this with some users since and will roll it out to all G Suite customers this month. Drive File Stream is designed to save on local disk space and cuts out delays while files sync.
As of yesterday, admins will see a new setting for Drive File Stream, allowing them to setup the system for their users. Drive File Stream will become generally available to G Suite end-users on Sept. Enterprise users can still install Backup and Sync, but if they run it alongside Drive File Stream they'll be prompted to stop syncing My Drive with Backup and Sync. Google is predicting some confusion among end users.
Sep 21, 2017 - While its current desktop app for Windows and Mac is headed off into. Are destined for retirement, Google's online backup service is not going.
To help them understand the differences between Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream it has posted a comparison chart. It's even that admins can use to explain what Drive File Stream is and why they should use it. Google's table is designed to show the role of Backup and Sync versus Drive File Stream. (Image: Google) Previous and related coverage Google's new Backup and Sync app for Mac and PC can back up any files or photos on your desktop. It replaces the existing Google Photos desktop uploader and Drive app for Mac/PC. Google Docs gains new team editing features, extra add-on templates, and integrated enterprise search. More on cloud storage.
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Users who are still accessing the service via the desktop app will soon see it disappearing. Announced in a blog post that support for the Google Drive app for PC and Mac will end on December 11, with the app being shut down on March 12 2018. Next month Google Drive users will start seeing messages that the Google Drive app is “going away”. Google will steer customers towards one of two replacement services depending on whether they’re a consumer or business user. Google Drive the service isn’t going anywhere though, with it still accessible via smartphone apps and on web browsers.
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There will now be two other Google apps that can be used for backing up data or accessing files in the cloud. For consumers, there’s Backup and Sync which replaces the Google Drive and Google Photos Uploaders apps. This offers virtually the same functionality as the Google Drive apps and work in a similar way. For business users, Google has released the Drive File Stream. This provides access to “all of your Google Drive files on demand, directly from your computer”.
Describing the benefits the service provides, Google said: “Say goodbye to time-consuming file syncing and any concerns about disk space.” The two apps have some differences between them, which is outlined on. The news comes after Google Drive suffered a number of outages, with the service going down most recently yesterday. Independent website Down Detector registered some 2,905 reports of people experiencing issues with Google Drive. Users were having issues with accessing files online, the app not loading and file synching. The outage only lasted for a short while, but was the second time users reported in the past week.