Once you’re done with setting Google Drive up, the Google Drive folder will appear in My PC.

Keep in mind that mirroring files will download everything you chose to sync to your computer, which may take some time. Choose whether you want to just Stream files from Google Drive to your computer, or you want to Mirror them.Click the icon > Settings (gear icon) > Preferences. As soon as Google Drive finishes installing, it’ll create a taskbar icon.Run the installer and finish installing Google Drive.Download Google Drive’s Desktop client.I’ll point out some of the advantages of using Google Photos, just in case you’re not completely familiar with the service. It’ll be more appropriate to compare Google Photos to iCloud Photos, but that’s a story for another time. So, it’s unfair to compare the two, because they serve a different purpose. Why should you use Google Photos to store photos?Īs I said in the introduction, Google Photos is the clear winner of this comparison! That comes as no surprise, as Google Photos is a photo/video-storing service, while Google Drive is not. These advantages might not be as big or obvious to make you completely ditch Google Photos in favor of Drive, but it’ll at least make you consider using both. But before you say this whole article is pointless, keep in mind that Google Drive has its advantages, as well. However, even before we go into details, I’ll say that Google Photos is clearly a better option for storing your photos. Because the two services don’t work together anymore, we’re going to run a quick comparison to see which option is better in which case.

Add photos to shared google drive