Google Drive syncing on Ubuntu

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How to sync your Google Drive on Ubuntu

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Sign in Google Drive

Sign in Google Drive on your Ubuntu machine

Once you sign in, go through the onboarding process and set the location of your Base Folder. This is where all synced files will be located in your local machine running Ubuntu.

Note: you can change the location of your Base Folder at any time.

Select the Google Drive files you want to sync

After onboarding, you'll see the contents of your Google Drive. To select files and folders for syncing, click the Cloud Selective Sync icon on the upper right.

You'll now be able to select specific files and folders for syncing! When you're done, click Sync.

Access synced Google Drive files on your Ubuntu machine

Insync will sync your files in a jiffy! Once the job's done, your synced Google Drive files will now be easily accessible on your Ubuntu machine.

Insync's got more features!

Here's what else it can do for you

Cross-platform

Syncing files across multiple platforms is Insync's bread and butter. Compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Multiple accounts

Sync files from multiple Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox accounts with each one having its own local folder.

Shared Drives syncing

Give your team members offline access to Google's Shared Drives for flexible and productive workflows.

Sync peripherals

Sync your external drive to Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox!

Syncing superpowers

Do more with 2-way sync, 1-way sync, selective sync, & merge!

Docs conversion

Automatically convert synced Google Docs to Microsoft Office and OpenDocument.

Multiple computers

Install Insync in as many computers as you'd like to have 24/7 access to your Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox.

Ignore rules

Set rules so that Insync will ignore certain file types or names when syncing. Works like .gitignore.

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