Backup and Sync lets you, well, backup and sync photos and files from PC folders, USB keys and SD cards to the cloud, so they're available anywhere. The original Google Drive was not so convenient, as it required you to use two separate apps for files and photos. That could affect your storage space dramatically - if you upload images to Drive, it counts against your space, but if you upload them to Photos (using the 'high,' not 'original' setting), it doesn't. At the same time, PC backups are now a more automated process. Google also fully launched Drive File Stream, an app that performs roughly the same chores as Backup and Sync, but for enterprise and business users. It has more team-oriented features, like on-demand file streaming and access to Team Drives (for a comparison chart and other info, ). The loss of Drive on the desktop won't affect your life much, unless you really liked the old Drive logo, which has been changed to something that resembles Microsoft's OneDrive icon.
Mar 2, 2018 - Bad news, Google Drive fans – the app is going away. The replacement app will depend on whether you are a business or consumer user. Support has been added for the syncing of Team Drives. Google Backup and Sync is available for both Windows and Mac users. Google today announced plans to kill off Chrome apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux in early 2018.
Google also points out that you may soon see messages notifying you that 'Drive for Mac/PC is going away,' presumably to join and others in the great.
1:30 Google has touted its Chrome browser as all you need for desktop computing on any operating system. But the search giant said in a blog post Friday that it will gradually be phasing out the browser's apps for Windows, Mac and Linux machines. The apps range from photo-editing program to games like a now-discontinued version of.
You download them from the, launch them from the Chrome browser and they open in a separate window, as if they were a program installed on your hard drive. You're not alone.
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Google said in that few people who use Chrome on Mac, Windows and Linux machines also use the apps. The wind-down will be gradual, with apps published in late 2016 being available only to those using a Chrome OS machine. Existing apps will remain available for a bit on all platforms, and developers will be able to keep them updated.
The Chrome Web Store will stop showing Chrome apps for Windows, Mac and Linux machines in the second half of 2017, and the apps will stop loading entirely by early 2018. The timeline will hopefully let app developers come up with alternatives for their programs before the 2018 shutdown.