How to resolve Google Drive file sync issues - red cross mark?

Google Drive is a cloud storage available to all Google Users. If you have a Gmail address, you have Google Drive access too. Every user gets a basic 15GB storage, which is quite sufficient to store your personal files. If you are already using Google Drive, you may already know that it is accessible at https://drive.google.com. Google Drive also has a "Backup and Sync from Google" which can be installed on computers to store and sync files to and from Google Drive. It is recommended to install the "Backup and Sync from Google" if you need to frequently manage files from the computer. Google Drive is also available for Android and other platforms too.

In this post, we shall discuss ways to resolve Google Drive sync issues.

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How to shorten long Google Drive file share links?

Saving files to Google Drive and sharing links to others? 

You must have noticed that the link from Google drive file sharing is a bit long. Links can be shared via messaging or emails which they can open directly. But if in case, people need to type the links to open documents, it could be tedious and people could make mistakes too. Why not shorten the links so that it is easy to read or type?

Here is how.

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How to disconnect Google Drive Backup and Sync from computer correctly?

If you are using Google Drive on your computer to access files on Google Drive from your computer, let us discuss how to disconnect Google Drive Backup and Sync from computer the right way.

How to disconnect Google Drive from your compute correctly?

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How to transfer files and switch from iOS to Android?

If you have been an iOS user and would like to switch comletely to Android with your files transferred or if you have an Android phone, you can do so in the following three simple steps. In this post, we shall see how to transfer files from iOS to Android and switch with the help of Google Drive, which is probably the easiest way to move your files.

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Google Drive for Mac / PC is going away. Alternative - Google Backup and Sync

For those of us using Google Drive software on our Windows or Mac to save files from our computers and sync to Google Drive, "Google Drive for Mac / PC is going away soon". If you are still using Google Drive, you might have seen the notice when starting Google Drive desktop app. As a user, we might be wondering if Google Drive is going away completely? What happens to all the files saved on Google Drive?

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Free OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software for Windows

Optical Character Reader (OCR) is a software program that uses Optical Character Recognition to read specific characters on sheets and convert them to digital characters. Optical Character Reader (OCR) software can be used to convert printed data to digital data without typing, such as from scanned document. Optical Character Reader (OCR) is very useful when there is a need to digitize text from books, scanned documents etc. Once Optical Character Reader (OCR) extracts the text, the text can be copied to or saved to other text editors such as Notepad or even Microsoft Word for further editing.

Here are some Free Optical Character Reader (OCR) software for Windows Operating system

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How to publish - link or embed Google Docs to websites and blogs?

Google Docs is a good online tool to create and share documents online and also access our documents from anywhere. From Google Docs, we can manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, and more all in one place. Not only is Google Docs good for editing documents online, we can also easily share, collaborate and also publish documents to our websites and blogs at ease. In this post, we will check out "How to publish - link or embed Google Docs to websites and blogs?".

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