
This technology is still in its early stages, and we expect it to get better over time.

We also use image recognition so that if you drag and drop photos from your Grand Canyon trip into Drive, you can later search for and photos of its gorges should pop up. You can search for a word from the text of the actual article. Let's say you upload a scanned image of an old newspaper clipping. Drive can even recognize text in scanned documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Search by keyword and filter by file type, owner and more. And regardless of platform, blind users can access Drive with a screen reader. We're also working hard on a Drive app for your iOS devices.
#Install backup and sync from google mac install
You can install Drive on your Mac or PC and can download the Drive app to your Android phone or tablet. You can access your stuff from anywhere-on the Web, in your home, at the office, while running errands, and from all of your devices.

Learn more about streaming behavior with macOS. Important: Recent versions of macOS may have a slightly different streaming behavior. You can access files through a mounted drive on your computer. All files, including those available offline, can be accessed only when the app is running.
#Install backup and sync from google mac Offline
Files that are not available offline can only be accessed when you’re connected to the internet. Hard drive space is only used when you open files or make them available offline. With streaming, your files are stored in the cloud. You can access files through a folder on your computer. You can access your files at any time, even when you don’t have an internet connection or the Drive for desktop app running. With mirroring, your files are stored in the cloud and on your computer, which takes up hard drive space.

In both cases, any changes you make to your files on one device will be reflected everywhere.

Open a browser and go to Follow the steps to install from a disk image download. If you found it, click Google Backup & Sync and skip to 3 below. Mirroring and streaming are two ways to sync your files. Click Launchpad (rocket icon) and look for Google Backup & Sync.
