
If your internet connection is fast, this should be your standard use case. Google Drive automatically synchronizes to your computer any files that you double-click on in the Finder or Windows Explorer. We'd like to stress that you don't need to make files available offline in order to use them.



If you choose to make more files available offline than your hard drive has space for, your computer will become slow and unresponsive, and Google Drive may crash.Īction to take: Periodically, you want to move files and folders back to "Online Only" mode so they don't take up space on your computer. Doing so offers plenty of flexibility when you are working from an area with a weak or non-existent internet connection, although it consumes hard drive space. The Issue: Google Drive offers the ability to access files when you do not have an internet connection.
