To select which folders are available for syncing, click the Google Drive icon and open Preferences and then go to Sync Options. This change makes sense given it would be impossible for the vast majority of computers to sync everything from Google's 30TB Drive plan. Even if you're using a chunk of Google's lower-tier 1TB storage, syncing everything isn't ideal for many computers.Īn update for Google Drive for Mac and Windows changes that situation by allowing users to pick and choose which folders and subfolders are to be synced and the ones that shouldn't be. Until now, syncing on Google Drive meant duplicating everything in the cloud on your computer, taxing precious local storage. Google has rolled out a new syncing feature in Google Drive that can help free up space on a computer. You can now select which folders you want to sync to a computer with Google Drive.
