The Technology Department highly recommends using Google Drive to back up your computer's most important local files. This will ensure your data is safe and secured in the event your computer is lost, stolen or damaged.
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For personal devices, you may download it from Google Drive's website
For Brearley-owned devices, if not already preinstalled, go to Self Service+ and look for Google Drive
Setting up Google Drive for Desktop: Preferences
Once Google Drive for desktop is installed you will need to sign in with your Brearley account and set up your preferences.
1. At this prompt click on Open Preferences or if it disappears look for the Google Drive icon in your Menu bar click on the gear > Preferences.
2. Select Add Folder to add the folder you will like to back up to your Brearley account.
3. Select as many folders as you wish to back up. The most common folders are Desktop and Documents.
Note: We do not recommend backing up your Downloads folder since contents in this folder already come from a source.
4. To check your folders/files that are being backed up, go to your Google Drive and on the left side select Computers to view your local files
Please note
If you delete files from your synced folders on Google Driver, will also be removed from your computer, and vice versa. You will see the following notification letting you know