The regular Google Drive app will be shut down by next March, so the faster you move to Drive File Stream, the better for yourself and your business. Google in a blog post that starting Thursday, Drive users will see settings for the Drive File Stream app appear in the Admin console. The settings won’t go into effect until September 26th when the app becomes available, and links will be shown in the Drive interface only if you see them in Backup and Sync or Google Drive for Mac and PC. If you’re a G Suite admin managing Google products for a company, then you’d better get acquainted with the new Drive File Stream and use it instead of Google Drive and Backup and Sync. Regular Google users will be better off getting the consumer sync client announced a few weeks ago, the that’s already available to download.
Backup & Sync Replaces Google Drive and Google Photos Uploader. RELATED: How to Search Google Drive Directly from Chrome’s Address Bar Before we get into it, let’s first talk a little bit about what Backup and Sync actually is. If you use Google Drive and/or Photos on PC and Mac, beware that both of those apps are being eliminated starting December 11th, 2017 and shut off completely in March of next year.
Businesses can also use Backup and Sync, though they should pick just one solution to manage their files — the Drive File Stream app is optimized for enterprise use, and may be the better choice. You should pick one or the other soon, as Google Drive is going away for good, and there’s nothing you can do about it.