There's not much you can do about the process itself, but you can avoid the website entirely and transfer files in a simpler, faster, and more reliable manner. It's a frequently frustrating experience and the last thing you want to deal with when you're just trying to save some stuff and move on. When you select multiple files on the Drive website and then try to download 'em all simultaneously, the site begins to package the files into a compressed zip archive - and then, all too often, takes an eternity to finish that process and start your actual download. Unfortunately, though, Drive is somewhat notorious for making downloads a massive pain in the patootie - at least, when more than one file is involved. 1: Difficult downloadsįor something that's primarily a storage service, you'd think the basic act of, y'know, transferring files with Drive would be effortless. Read through these fixes, hang onto any that seem relevant for future reference, and get ready to watch your cloud-related worries float away. I've heard it all over the years - and now, I've put together a collection of some of the most common Drive challenges I've encountered along with some fast 'n' simple solutions to overcome 'em. With Google Drive, specifically, whether you're storing and managing multimedia assets or dealing with documents and spreadsheets, there's a decent chance you'll run into some manner of murkiness along the way.ĭrive does lots of things well, but it certainly has its share of, shall we say, quirks. Here in the real world, though, cloud services aren't always so simple. It sounds so light, so fluffy, so worry-free - doesn't it? More info about Google Sheets and Google Workspace can be found here on our pages.Ah, the cloud. sharing Google Drive content with non-Google accounts) is currently not possible at the “Member of a Shared Drive” level (for similar reasons as above).
In the case of shared drives, the situation is further complicated by the fact that only Google accounts can be entered at the top level of the shared drive. Therefore, you can only authorize a non-Google account with “Contributor”. If you do the same with one of the other addresses, you will get an error message that the account could not be found.īasically, in Google Drive, the permission to move and delete files can only be given to people with Google accounts, because it has to be reliably logged who did it and when. You can see this by navigating to in an incognito window and entering this email address. The difference is that behind his email address is a Google account. The first new user for whom it worked, confused you there.
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