7 Google Drive Tips & Tricks You're Probably Not Using

[@TeachersTech]

For one tip I say the word "zed" that's my Canadian for "z":)

[@petersmit7650]

That's the proper pronunciation.

[@jo-annel.wright2975]

@ Teacher's Tech, Thanks for the Google Drive tips and I have a question but a little history first. I am preparing us for transition to retirement [is that tautology???] and have read many decluttering books and blogs, including, just recently, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning in which the author states starting to downsize, I prefer to say rightsize, in our sixties. I have uncluttered many of our possessions and papers and now I am onto digital, photos and sentimental. I have decided to transfer what I choose to keep to Google drive so I can access it when we travel. I currently have pre-internet physical photo albums, pre-Mac photos on Picassa and with a crashed external hard drive backup for my photos...it's a mess in there and I hope 'they' can recover my photos at least but I will just call it an involuntary declutter, grieve and move on if they can't...I now have Mac iPhotos/Photos for my most recent photos, and iTunes for my music. My question...I am currently using 2 of my free 15GB. I know I know how long is a piece of string but I still ask, will 15 GB be enough online storage for an aspirational minimalist wishing to live a simple life. *I am Australian and I say 'zed' too... *And peanut paste not peanut butter even though the manufacturers have changed/keep changing our labels...biscuits = cookies...nappies = diapers...ute = truck or 4X4...thongs = flip flops...entree = starters or appetisers...mains = entree...and so on and so forth... Keep up the good work...and thanks again.

[@iisensei07]

US$20 per year will get you 100 GB of storage space. That should be more than enough to store your photographs. (or US$100/year for 1 TB of space) But I wouldn't do the upgrade until you are close to your limit.

[@karendelsignore6591]

Teacher's Tech.. I to am Canadian ..weirdly though, being not tech Savvy knew what you ment ..lol

[@similaritiesoftheworld557]

Trinidadians also say "zed".

[@2sridhark]

I was trying hard to figure out how to copy text from a long image file and this solved my problem. NO other app comes anywhere near this in terms of accuracy and works for a really long file too! Thanks again.

[@jelmermulder7276]

Google lens is much easier

[@Gina_._._]

First tip and I had to pause video to try it! It worked! I spent the next hour editing a pdf file I had wished that I could edit.

[@TeachersTech]

That's awesome Gina!

[@djac13]

I like how the video started with the super tips, and ends with some of the more-known tips. Thank you!

[@KarinaStavenes]

Thank you! These were excellent tips. Very useful to learn about features I didn't even know Google Drive had.

[@barbbinns970]

I'm an ESL teacher in Canada and thanks for the reference to "zed". But, I also want to thank you for these tips. At the beginning, I also paused the video to check out the PDF conversion tips. It worked. I have had Google Drive for a while, I just haven't utilized it to its potential. Thanks for your help.

[@TeachersTech]

You're welcome! I'm glad the PDF tip could help you out.

[@harrypehkonen]

Must be using Tesseract OCR. Thanks for pointing out this feature! I had no idea. Already used it since watching this video!

[@PMAUSMedia]

Thank you soooo much. I'm learning to endure my successful journey by the generousity of unselfish persons such as you. Great info.

[@amyash5755]

Thank you! I now know how to scan a pic into a pdf and that will help me while teaching from home during COVID.

[@bvinoo]

Some of those tips were new to me, so thanks! Regarding the tip on export to PDF, if I haven't misunderstood, it can also be done by opening the document and from File > Download As, you can select PDF.

[@TeachersTech]

That's correct!

[@VideoNOLA]

The "link" PDF method he shows allows the recipient to continually see the latest revision of your file, without having to Download > Send > Receive > Download > Save it manually. Turns a laborious process into a simple "Refresh"!

[@hamsk35skali27]

Thanks a lot teacher , these tricks helped me a lot in my work i’m looking froward to learn more and every thing is simple with your way of teaching . Fan from Morocco

[@bigturnips]

Thanks this is brilliant. I have picked up loads of stuff I didn’t know about... some of it scary! Effiel Tower!

[@SueKearney]

Scary? It’s google.

[@AstroRamiEmad]

You have no idea how HUGE this is!!!! Deserved my sub

[@MrSeinfeldFan2]

I love your tutorials. You have a gift to make them simple and clear. I would love to see what you can do to explain the basics of a Facebook account. Especially how to make it as PRIVATE as possible. How to have full control of your content, notifications etc. THANK YOU.

[@TeachersTech]

Thank you, I will add that idea to my list of videos.

[@tcritelli]

so happy i took the time to watch the whole video. thanks for putting this together!!

[@LaserJet58]

Thank you for sharing with us these tips, they became very useful for me.

[@karendelsignore6591]

Thanks for this teaching video. I honestly never knew about all that you have shown . I am new to all the drive tech.. or computers all together.. I have been using android phones...I will now be using a micro soft windows 10 Lap Top Computer along with my phone..I will, in the future, be Starting a Non-Profit, this will come in handy.. your explanation is in a way my mind could understand .. two thumbs up :

[@richardkoh2423]

Excellent, thank you very much for your clear lessons. It'll be helpful if you can slow down a bit but I understand the time constraint. Not a problem anyway as I just pause and playback.

[@arielletricarico3950]

Wow. Only through the first tip and my mind is already blown!

[@DianneCarrington]

I had no idea these functions were available. Thanks for the lesson teach!

[@terrymadeley]

I'm a little reluctant to move from SharePoint to Google Drive, but this video is very persuasive - I didn't realise you could do half this stuff.

[@roxanneastra1994]

This is totally not the Google drive organisation video I was looking for but I'm so glad I watched it anyway!

[@andreaandretta1952]

There is no music in the background to distract. He may speak fast, but I can go back and replay. He is articulate and well spoken.

[@Hey19834]

Drive has OCR? My mind is blown! Thanks 🙏🏻

[@biayo79]

google docs has, not drive

[@iam_zbanks]

Tell me about it!!!!! I had no idea!

[@bklynmarinegirl]

Wow - really helpful

[@mathdojo8069]

I was super excited about the OCR, but when I tried to click on “open with” it only had one option (which was google drive) and it opened as a PDF again! Do u have any tips to help with that?

[@dr.rutvishah3100]

Very useful tips, will definitely ease my work now. Thank you.

[@pabali2009]

This video is excellent. Will help me a lot since I am not tech savvy

[@Isa0Sand0Mu]

Just wonderful, it seems google drive has endless possibilities. Thanks so much for sharing these tips.

[@TeachersTech]

You're welcome!

[@LaserJet58]

Thank you for taking the time to share with us this value information...

[@arcelibella8262]

Thank you for sharing these useful tips. It's so amazing that you can do a lot in GD itself.

[@ginahutchens8954]

Thanks so much for sharing this GREAT tips. I will definitely follow you and try to find past posts. As a GAFE school, I am always looking for things to share with my teachers.

[@TeachersTech]

You're welcome, Gina! I'm glad you found them helpful.

[@maddyebanks9863]

Very useful and informative. Thanks! BTW, I figured "Zed" stood for the letter "Z," but thanks for the clarification.

[@jktamag]

Thanks for the tips. I found it very useful in many ways.

[@TeachersTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ComputerHelpHawaii]

For scanning for pdf make sure you keep the borders in the photo. I will look for them. I usually use a contrasting background.

[@ComputerHelpHawaii]

I love g drive and had no idea it had ocr. Pretty powerful for an online suite.

[@Vaycee16]

I love your tech tips. You are always clear in what you do (though the pause is useful sometimes). I'm from a 'zed' country too - Australia! I on the other hand would have known what you were talking about if you had said 'zee'.

[@TeachersTech]

Thanks and I knew there would be more "zed" people out there!😀

[@meharabbas4154]

very informative, thank you

[@AmosFolarin]

Another way: You can also add documents to multiple folder by Drag icon (first) while draging press Ctrl. A plus sign will appear and you can drop it in the folder, the doc/folder will now be in two places

[@janicesilverstein5294]

Very good video. I learned a lot. Thanks.

[@ashumanhas316]

Very useful tutorial with tips to use docs, pdf, OCR

[@adaaa2032]

Simply, it’s mind blowing

[@shandichau4376]

Awesome demonstration

[@gpmmusicjunkie]

Great tips and very clearly explained. Thank you.

[@vheisshu]

Super useful. Thanks!

[@jhtrevino26]

Very helpful! Somebody asked, but didn’t see an answer, how are you sharing screen, particularly the phone?

[@renataadrienn]

Super useful. Thank you for taking the time!

[@DeyvsonMoutinhoCaliman]

The OCR I didn't know, I normally use a paid third party program, I'm very happy to know that. The same thing with the Scan.

[@2sridhark]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

[@nikmuzzhafarshah3792]

thanks

[@EMidMSO]

Might be worth adding that if you want to undo a Shift-Z folder link, you do this by selecting the folder, looking in the Details column on the Right & clicking the X of the link you want to remove

[@s.roberts8769]

Just great! I can not wait to try these out. Thank you.

[@TeachersTech]

You're welcome!

[@gauravbhadauriya007]

amazing tips, thanks for sharing with us. Love and respect

[@maryfuentes5110]

Teacher you are just the best!

[@abdullahe3674]

Hi good day As a humble request please can you make a video or a series of videos on how to use Windows specifically Windows 10 I'm a new user and confused🙄. Thank you

[@mariach46]

That was very useful, thank you.

[@awesomeipgkba_6643]

Thanks so much for sharing... Learnt a lot

[@dr.priyankasharma1498]

Keep sharing such useful tips

[@johnwellington269]

great video. not some simple basic tips but some great tips here thx!

[@susanhaggertyvo]

Great information! Thank you! I am just now learning my google drive and have a few things I can't seem to figure out. 1. Is there an easy way to copy files from the desktop? 2. When working in my email (gmail), how do I send a live link that would be view only as attachment? or 3. Do I need to send that email through google drive? (Using the tips in this tutorial)

[@jonalynricafranca6625]

Thank you! This is very helpful.

[@abdazizbinmustari2402]

Good video, thank you for sharing.

[@carmenmccullough3489]

The scan feature within drive does not work on an iphone unfortunately, but you can use notes to scan and move the file into your google drive.

[@sheldonrhodes9766]

Great stuff. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

[@rosskennedy5601]

I really appreciated the Shift Z tip! Excellent for sharing files to team drives etc! Can you give me some advice for making sensitive files secure in your personal Drive. I work in a G Suite enterprise and people within my enterprise can search for and find files within the enterprise. Is there a way to place all sensitive files in the one location and restrict their ability to be found and seen?

[@virtuaalteam5570]

could you please suggest any free documents storage way?? and how can we organise our files

[@michaelverola9987]

Very Helpful. Thank you!!

[@LowellAnnFuglsang]

Useful info as usual Jamie. Thanks

[@TeachersTech]

You're welcome!

[@drsubhashchanderarora5970]

Thanks for informative session

[@henrifritsmaarseveen6260]

you can mount you google drive under colab .. and access it as a normal unix drive also with colab you have extra temp storage with colab you can use python also to access the drive So look at google colab if you want to use the drive for programming also handy if you want to scrap some webpages or pull big data from the internet The colab machine are very fast and have a good internet connection so ideal for pulling data and then transfor it in smaller data base size ..

[@PepitoGrilloCanarias]

Hi there! Thanks for your video, I came across it by chance but it was just fantastic. Well done, I am going to check the rest of our videos, your channel sounds great. I was thinking about using, google sheets, google forms and google sites, .. let’s see if you have videos on that. Thanks

[@huntersrow64]

Thx for the vid! Can you cover google "file streaming." Syncing Google Drive files online and offline. Thx

[@Fordnan]

Useful tips, thank you very much.

[@simategeoffrey.s8923]

Good work. Perfect!

[@AmarSingh-gf2qw]

Thanks for nice presentation

[@Sol_Larrea]

Thank you!! you are the best! i love this tips

[@maritvansplunter6924]

Very nice tips! Thanks! 😁

[@TrishTruitt]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you

[@HIDlarissaTERRY]

What a great idea to teach! Thank you.

[@johnkazilionis7211]

Very useful changes.

[@rd1abrar924]

I rarely used the OCR thing even though it seemed a much needed thing. Thanks a lot!

[@ThomasHybki]

Oh holy crap this is awesome. So helpful. Thank you!!

[@dr.hemanginipatel1590]

Thanks a lot for information.

[@sdt1sdt]

Hi Jamie - great series. Wondering what video capture and video editing software you use to produce your videos? LMK, Scott

[@TeachersTech]

Thanks, I use Camtasia, sometimes I use ScreenFlow on my mac too.

[@professormessi9555]

Thank you 😍

[@johnblackledge4009]

Brilliant tips! Thanks Jamie.

[@solidwire]

Question... Does Zed = Z? Nice video thank you.

[@TeachersTech]

It does:)

[@itzikperez]

Thank you so much. You just made my life easier.

[@jodipeterson3362]

Thank you for this video! I would be very interested in a video about using photos within docs. In my line of work, I upload photos, but would like to either draw on the pic or leave comments on them.

[@rafaelsaviolomoreira4426]

thank you very much for the tips!!!

[@ctoumi2]

Excellent tips Thank you :)

[@krishansharma428]

Thank you sir, Dr. Krishan Kumar, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, S.K.Govt.College, Kanwali (Rewari)-Haryana

[@swfswf50]

Thank you handy stuff to know.

[@dr.alkeshswami3624]

Ohho very nice information covered in lecture

[@zsigmondilka1594]

Hi, Jamie! Great video, thanks! I love your tutorials. (How do you put your cut-out figure on the tutorial? I'd love to learn.)

[@melqgomes7104]

Thanks! very helpful.

[@Abohafsah]

very well explained, the only thing i did not understand was that how you secure your file from not being edited. i could not find it in my mac.

[@GeoffreyGonzales]

google drive is my life this is gold

[@MarkIsero]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@subhayanist]

Thank you.

[@shabirrather9635]

Very helpful

[@geeksofit7894]

Great effort