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7 Google Drive Tips & Tricks You're Probably Not Using

Posted on August 18, 2019 by in Windows 8 // 35 Comments



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This video tutorial will show you 7 tips and tricks to get more out of Google Drive. For one tip I say the word “zed” that’s my Canadian for “z”:)

0:24 OCR in Google Drive
2:58 Searching images in Google Drive
4:28 Scan using the Google Drive App
5:38 Sending a PDF link – replace ending with export?format=pdf
7:36 Creating a new instance of a folder or file in Google Drive (shift + z)
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35 Comments on 7 Google Drive Tips & Tricks You're Probably Not Using

  1. Teacher's Tech // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    For one tip I say the word "zed" that's my Canadian for "z":)

  2. Kirstyn Vest // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    I like Google drive

  3. John Blackledge // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Brilliant tips! Thanks Jamie.

  4. izone ZA // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    This is crazy!!! Hahahaha!!

  8. Shandi Chau // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Awesome demonstration

  9. John Wellington // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    great video. not some simple basic tips but some great tips here
    thx!

  10. jose humberto treviño // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Very helpful! Somebody asked, but didn’t see an answer, how are you sharing screen, particularly the phone?

  12. KD7BWB // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    This video was in my Youtube recommended page…

    There is a huge number of things Google does, I want nothing whatever to do with. That includes all of their tools.

    Does anybody believe that a company like Google that saves out every search performed on their DNS servers (the original reasons for Google’s existence) is going to somehow create a situation where everything you do with their tools and servers, is somehow secure and safe…

    … from examination by Google? Anybody? I mean come on, anybody?

  13. nagasuri bala venkateswarlu // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Thank you. Very useful info. BTW, I need some advise. Will you please send me how did you prepare this youtube video to my email venkatritch@gmail.com I mean how screenshots are overlaid with your face. Which SW you have used? Thank you.

  14. Ross Kennedy // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    I really appreciated the Shift Z tip! Excellent for sharing files to team drives etc!

    Can you give me some advice for making sensitive files secure in your personal Drive. I work in a G Suite enterprise and people within my enterprise can search for and find files within the enterprise. Is there a way to place all sensitive files in the one location and restrict their ability to be found and seen?

  15. Paule Panther // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Google: "A safe place for all your files" hahaha. With direct access for spy's from NSA, CIA etc. Perfect to store all our sensitive data.

  16. tcritelli // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    so happy i took the time to watch the whole video. thanks for putting this together!!

  17. Janice Silverstein // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Very good video. I learned a lot. Thanks.

  18. Tom Franse // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Warning for everyone thinking about using team drives: Shift + Z does not yet work there.

  19. VideoNOLA // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    haha, right out of the chute, when I right-click a random text-containing .JPG image file in my Google Drive, and select Open With > Google Docs, it fails with a "This File is Too Large" error. There's a "Learn More" link which leads to a resource summarizing that type of files (and their size limits) you can store in Drive, none of which pertains to the problem.
    Seems you've landed on cutting-edge tech that even Google barely supports and (as is typical Google) forgot to document at all.

  20. First Last // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    I saved a jpeg file from camera roll into google drive, opened it with google docs – No ocr. What is wrong?

  22. Rami Emad // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    You have no idea how HUGE this is!!!! Deserved my sub

  23. Glorious N // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Thanks for your tips. What program do u use to record your screen? The recording Looks really great.

  25. Manny Silva // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Again thank you for those great tips. I have a link to a file that I share on the internet. And when the user clicks that link they can view the file on my Google Drive. Which is what I want the user to do. What I do not want the user to see is the folder name. is it possible to hide a folder name while making a file in that folder public to the Web?

  26. Manny Silva // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Thank you for those great tips.

  28. Marco Costa // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Timed expiration doesn't appear on my docs or folders, is this a G Suite extra?

  29. Richard Koh // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Excellent, thank you very much for your clear lessons. It'll be helpful if you can slow down a bit but I understand the time constraint. Not a problem anyway as I just pause and playback.

  31. Henry Li // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Nice tips and video..

  32. Abdullah E // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    Hi good day
    As a humble request please can you make a video or a series of videos on how to use Windows specifically Windows 10 I'm a new user and confused????.
    Thank you

  33. Cesar EP // August 18, 2019 at 12:23 am // Reply

    11:15 this option still working?

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