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How to Have Google Drive Appear as a Folder on a MacOS System?

August 6, 2021 / Dave Taylor / Google, Chrome & Gmail Help / 2 Comments
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I use Google Drive quite a bit with colleagues and it’s inconvenient to have to use the Web interface for uploading, downloading, and generally managing our shared files. Is there some way to have Google Drive show up as just another folder or drive on my MacBook Air running MacOS 11?

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The Cloud Lets You Avoid Worrying About Data Longevity

July 10, 2019 / Dave Taylor / Articles, Tutorials, and Reviews / No Comments
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Ever had a hard drive crash on you? Or maybe lost a smartphone with hundreds of photos you neglected to back up? These sort of things happen every day, and whether you have backups or not, these problems are anxiety-provoking. Worse, it turns out that those external devices you own might not last as long as you think. Which is why The Cloud is your friend.

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CloudMounter: Mount Cloud Drives On Your Mac The Easy Way

November 24, 2018 / Dave Taylor / Articles, Tutorials, and Reviews, Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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There are a lot of cloud services that let you mirror your content on remote storage devices. Great for backup, but if you use services like Dropbox, OneDrive, Box or even WebDAV to share content, every mount eats up your own disk space too. CloudMounter offers a smarter solution, a combination of super easy mount options and zero local disk drive footprint accessibility.

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How Can I Automatically Share Screenshots via Dropbox?

September 20, 2018 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / No Comments
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I’m in QA testing and take zillions of screen captures on test machines. Then I have to copy them over to my main computer for reports. Tedious. I understand that there’s a way in Dropbox to have screenshots automatically export? How do I set that up!

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How can I permanently delete Microsoft OneDrive?

September 5, 2018 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / No Comments
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I really hate OneDrive and find the whole concept of cloud storage dangerous and stupid. And yet, every time I start up my Windows 10 computer, it prompts me to log in to my OneDrive account. How can I get rid of the prompt and OneDrive itself?

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How Can I Fix Android Phone Stuck on App Download?

September 3, 2018 / Dave Taylor / Android Help / No Comments
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Trying to download and install an app on my new Android phone, but it’s stalled out and fails. What can I do to reset things or force a download? My Internet connection is fine…

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Save a Photo from Dropbox to my iPhone Camera Roll?

July 20, 2018 / Dave Taylor / iPhone & iOS Help / 1 Comment
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Is it possible to save a photo from my Dropbox files directly into the Camera Roll (in Photos) on my iPhone 8? If so, what are the steps involved? Thanks!

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Dropbox Document Prompts Me to Log In To Rackspace?

November 30, 2017 / Dave Taylor / Computer & Internet Basics / 2 Comments
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I’m confused. I got an email saying I had some pending documents to review on Dropbox, but when I click on the link, I am prompted for a Rackspace login, not taken to Dropbox. What’s going on?

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How to have DropBox auto-upload photos on my phone?

January 4, 2017 / Dave Taylor / iPhone & iOS Help / No Comments
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Now that I have a new Android smartphone I want to have all my photos automatically uploaded to my Dropbox account so that I never lose any. How do I set that up?

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How do I get a file off Dropbox onto my Mac?

February 25, 2016 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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My boss just shared a folder with me in DropBox and I need to grab a copy of it for my computer. I already have DropBox on my MacBook Air, but how do I get the specific file I need, not the entire folder?

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