How to Access Shared Google Drives

From Zero Collective Wiki

A lot of ZC resources and documents are stored in shared drives. The benefit of using a shared drive is you will not be limited on storage space, and it is much easier to share those documents and work collaboratively with others! Here is how you can access a shared drive.

How to access drive from the web

  1. Go to Drive.google.com
  2. Log in using your church email
  3. In the menu on the left, click on the option "Shared drives" underneath "My Drive"
  4. If you have multiple shared drives, select the drive you are looking for.

How to access drive from your local computer

  1. Search for "Google Drive for Desktop" or go here: Download - Google Drive
  2. Click on the download button to download the correct version of the app depending on your operating system.
  3. Once the download finishes, click on the installer and follow the steps.
  4. Once the install is complete, you will have a new icon in the top bar on mac, or bottom bar on windows.
  5. Click on the icon and log in with your church email account. Follow the prompts to finish setup. In most cases, the default settings will work.
  6. Now when you navigate to Finder on mac, or File Explorer on Windows, on the left bar you will see an option for google drive. You may open, add, or edit files in this directory and it will sync to Google Drive.
  7. If you see the icon animating, it is a sign that Google is still syncing your changes. You can safely turn off your computer during this process, it will continue syncing when next turned on.