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Giveaway of the day — GDocsDrive 3.1

Directly modify Google Drive files with desktop applications!

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GDocsDrive 3.1 was available as a giveaway on June 21, 2019!

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GDocsDrive is a third-party Google Drive client, which allows you to manage Google Drive files with your desktop apps instead of working through a browser. With GDocsDrive, you can edit/view Google Drive files with your local software.

Unlike Google's Backup and Sync, which cost lots of your local storage, GDocsDrive is disk-free.

System Requirements:

Windows 7/ 8/ 10/

Publisher:

GDocsDrive

Homepage:

http://www.gdocsdrive.com/

File Size:

7.78 MB

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$29.99

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It's not letting me download via the push link, and it's not sending me an email link.

Reply | Comment by Rick – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Having read all comments, it seems worth a try. One Question: how long is the license good for? A year? Or is it 'lifetime' with no upgrades?
RARH

Reply | Comment by R Hartley – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

This program requires access to your Google account and all information associated. So it can see your gmail, google docs (etc), google photos. That is a lot of information. For the convenience of making Google Drive accessible from your computer. If you use Windows you already have given Microsoft access to a lot of information. If you are using the Google ecosystem, and some are, this is a handy program. (If you can access it, there was an illuminating article about the Google Ad system in the June 17 2019 Wall Street Journal.)
I think the possible convenience of this for "ordinary" users comes at a high price in terms of privacy.

Reply | Comment by OldGuy – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+15)

TK, One has a choice. Choosing to use Google products is one level. Choosing to give a third party, pretty much unknown, access to all your Google data is another level. I simply pointed out the choice and the cost. The third party may be more easily breached (because they have fewer protective resources) than Google. Weigh the benefits.

Reply | Comment by OldGuy – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

If anyone reading this has a Microsoft OneDrive account, they will recognize that this gives Google Drive a SIMILAR capability. In OneDrive, for each file or folder, you have the capability of having each file or folder on your local drive or only having a link to that file or folder. So, if initially the file or folder is on your local drive, you right-click on it and choose "Free up space" and it then becomes a link to that item in the Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage. Then, for example, using Irfanview or any other software, you may view the linked file or folder by opening the linked file from that software without opening a browser.

Reply | Comment by Stuart Berg – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+17)

Stuart Berg, Not sure I follow; wish you had offered a more detailed explanation (i.e., I opened FILE EXPLORER, right-clicked on a file but did not see a FREE UP SPACE option). But I'll think about it, so thanks!

Reply | Comment by dan – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Hi Dan,
These websites should be of help to you:
https://winaero.com/blog/free-space-onedrive-files/
https://winaero.com/blog/enable-onedrive-files-demand/
Stu

Reply | Comment by Stuart Berg – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Stuart Berg, Thanks for your follow-up!
Dan

Reply | Comment by dan – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

One of its "features" is that it saves potential gigabytes of hard drive space, by storing all the documents in Google's cloud.
Nice, but I feel safer having those documents on my hard drive, as well as in the cloud. That is, I use the cloud as backup, not as my primary storage.

Reply | Comment by Bruce Fraser – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

TK,
Re: "no one is forcing you to delete your local copy of the files you used this to upload."
That's true, for existing files. However, on the software's FAQ page, it says, "The files are all stored in Google’s cloud. They do not require any local disk space." So it sounds like updates and new files are not stored locally.

Reply | Comment by Bruce Fraser – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

TK,
Thanks for your patience with me, and your detailed explanation. Much appreciated! I'll give it a try and see how it goes.

Reply | Comment by Bruce Fraser – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Where do you get the license key?

Reply | Comment by JD – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)

What is the point of this software?
Why would a person need it if he is using a desktop PC?
What is the problem with going through a browser to Google drive?
Why would a person need to avoid using a browser?
What great advantage would it give against a situation where it is not being used; and the normal process of going through a browser is done?
If the need for it is so great, then why are there not 20 different software companies writing such genre of software? Like for example word processor software or spreadsheet software.
Or would Google itself not thought of it in the first place?

Reply | Comment by ricohflex – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

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[ ricohflex ],

Your remote cloud Google Drive becomes just another "local" folder, so you can browse right along with other local folders ( and other remote cloud folders brought to appear local ) in one Windows File Explorer window, and then open and edit and drag and drop and copy and manage files right along with your other local files, back and forth, all at the same time, all in one window.

For instance, I can point to a JPG, open it with IrfanView, save an edited copy it to another folder, local or on Google Drive, open the next file local or on Google Drive, and continue working with IrfanView's own open and save commands without having to leave and do separate file management tasks in a browser in the middle of a series of file tasks in a particular application ( like IrfanView in my example ).

There are other programs that make Google Drive and other remote cloud storage appear as a local folder.

Google WANTS folks to use the cloud because then Google can charge RENT, so Google has no incentive to develop file management programs for computers themselves, in fact, Google has been eliminating programs that only work local, like discontinuing support for Google Picasa image management.

You have great questions, so why not install the program and tell us how it contributes to your productivity, or not -- we all use our computers differently, and oddly the same, overlapping.

Tell us more.
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Reply | Comment by Peter Blaise – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+27)

ricohflex, Chill out, man...

It is very useful. Point.

...

Reply | Comment by Mac – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Peter Blaise, been a user of various leading cloud drives. Found MSFT easiest to handle. Google second, main nit there is the file mgt. Was finding it slowish & hardish to do some basic things like renaming, moving among folders, link creation.
So giving this a try to see if helps.
Questioning as to the upcoming split by Google of its two cloud platforms (Photo & Drive). Do I assume this program while continue working as is with Drive but not have access to the then separate Photo one? Thanks GOTD.

Reply | Comment by beergas – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Hi,

I must congratulate GOTD for this offer. It is a must have for everyone.

A nice app to have as a shortcut in our desktop in order to keep all our essential files and folders safe in our GDrive account, only with the drag of the mouse.

Thank you very much.
Regards.

Mac

Reply | Comment by Mac – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Mac, I don't use Google products or services of any kind or online storage for that matter.

Reply | Comment by Thomas Black – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

TK, You missed his point which I agree with him on.
All types of storage in cloud should be avoided, all use of streaming should be avoided.

We need to get back to we store our self on our own pc's or small server easy to build even for no computer knowledge people you buy a NAS server.

We need to stop the trend of Steam, Netflix and so forth.

Reply | Comment by Nimras186 – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

TK, I do not matter to me where they are hosted as I do not have a Google Account of any kind.

Reply | Comment by Thomas Black – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Very useful for transferring files between systems. Allows long file lists to be displayed on a large computer screen rather than a tiny smartphone screen. Very small computer footprint.

Files appear to be Read Only. Google would not grant permission to Modify or Delete. However, that may be a matter of settings.

Possible security problem: Application does not seem to provide a Google Logout capability.

Reply | Comment by ssTal – 4 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)

Very easy installation and adding key on Win10 64bit home.

Just what I have been looking for. A file manager without having files on my local computer.