Google Announces 'Backup and Sync' Tool Coming to macOS June 28

Google has announced a new 'Backup and Sync' tool that is coming to macOS on June 28th. The tool is the latest version of Google Drive for Mac which is now integrated with the Google Photos desktop uploader, letting users back up files and photos from their computers.

Backup and Sync is primarily intended for consumer users. We recommend that our G Suite customers continue to use Drive for Mac/PC until our new enterprise-focused solution, Drive File Stream (currently in EAP), is made generally available to all G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, Education, and Nonprofit domains later this year. Drive File Stream will allow users to access huge corporate data sets without taking up the equivalent space on their hard drives.

Google says that at this time it will not automatically upgrade G Suite users from Drive for Mac to Backup and Sync.


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