How to Make Files Available Offline on Google Drive on PC or Mac

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This wikiHow teaches you how to make files and folders in your Google Drive available even when you're not connected to the internet. Before you begin, make sure you have Google Backup & Sync installed on your computer.

Steps

Right-click the Backup & Sync icon. It's the small cloud icon found in the menu bar on a Mac (near the upper-right corner of the screen) or on the taskbar in Windows.

Click ⁝. It's at the top of the Backup & Sync window.

Click Preferences….

Click Google Drive. It's in the left column of the Preferences window. A list of folders and files on your Drive will appear.

Select folders to sync. To make your entire Google Drive available offline, select Sync everything in My Drive. Otherwise, select Sync only these folders, then check the box next to each folder to sync.

Click OK. The selected folders will sync to your computer. Depending on the amount of data, this may take a while. Once the sync is complete, you can access the files in those folders without connecting to the internet.