What is the difference between shared drive and shared folder?
What is the difference between my drive and shared drives?
Shared drives are shared spaces where teams can easily store, search, and access their files anywhere, from any device. Unlike files in My Drive, files in a shared drive belong to the team instead of an individual.
What is a shared folder in drive?
When you share a folder, the sharing settings for the files and subfolders inside are updated. Depending on how you shared the folder, the people you shared with will have access to the files inside: Can organize, add, & edit: People can open, edit, delete, or move any files within the folder.
How do I name a shared drive?
- Login to gdocs.uncc.edu and browse to the Google Shared Drive folder you want to rename by expanding Shared Drive.
- Right click on the folder and select Rename
- Enter the new name and click OK.
Is it called a share drive or shared drive?
Team Drive
Which is an example of shared drive?
Shared drives My Drive
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What types of files can you add? All file types except files from Google Maps All file types
When should I use drive vs shared drive?
- Most of your files are shared with the same group of people or stored for use by a team.
- Your files share a consistent theme or topic.
- The content you want to store isn't personal and is of interest to a specific team or agroup whose members may change over time.
What are shared drives used for?
You can use shared drives in Google Drive to store, search, and access files with a team. Shared drive files belong to the team instead of an individual. Even if members leave, the files stay in place so your team can keep sharing information and work anywhere, from any device.
What is the difference between my drive and shared with me?
My Drive includes items you own, such as Google Docs, Presentations, Drawings, etc., and folders that you have created, as well as files and folders that you have synced or uploaded. Shared with Me shows files and folders that you do not own, but that have been shared with you.
How do I share a folder from my drive to a shared drive?
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- Click the folder you want to share.
- Click Share .
- Under "People," type the email address or Google Group you want to share with.
- To choose how a person can use the folder, click the Down arrow .
- Click Send. An email is sent to people you shared with.
How do I add something to my Google Drive to a shared drive?
Go to drive.google.com and log in to your Google Drive account. Step 2. click a Google Drive shared drive folder, tap + New and File Upload to add files to Google Drive shared folder.
Why can't I share a folder in a shared drive?
Any folders in the shared drive can only be shared with the same or higher access level. You (and your users) can't make the access to folders more restrictive. For example, a user with Commenter access to a shared drive cannot have Viewer access to a folder in that shared drive.