Google Drive for desktop on Mac and Windows has been updated with faster file sync thanks to differential uploads. With this update, “Drive for desktop will now upload only the parts of the file that ...

Google has released a native Google Drive for Desktop app for Windows on Arm computers. This is just the second Google app to get ported to Windows on Arm, following the Chrome web browser. Google has ...

A few months ago, reports began surfacing that some Google Drive desktop app users had apparently lost months worth of files. Google support forums received numerous posts from panicked users, and the ...

Google will no longer let users back up photos and videos to Google Photos via the Google Drive desktop app. The company recommends setting up backup folders via the Google Photos website or using the ...

Backup feature ending: Google will remove Google Photos backup support from the Drive desktop app on August 10, 2026, with new folder setups blocked from June 15. Alternative options: Users can switch ...

In November, a bug with Google Drive’s desktop app left many users with missing files, and Google is now detailing how to recover those files now that the issue has been fixed. In an update to a ...