For some reason when I open an. Xls document through drive and I can edit the document but when it comes to saving the document it won't let me save to drive only to a local location... Is there a work around? Really would like to overwrite the original document on google drive
Thank you
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arty93 said:
For some reason when I open an. Xls document through drive and I can edit the document but when it comes to saving the document it won't let me save to drive only to a local location... Is there a work around? Really would like to overwrite the original document on google drive
Thank you
Get a message saying "no write access"
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I use "Drive Autosync" to keep a local folder synced with my Google Drive cloud. You can set it up to sync all or parts/folders of your Gdrive.
Then, I can save changes with Hcell and Autosync will update the Gdrive version automatically.
One other note, Hcell cannot save to the external SD card so you will have to set your Gdrive sync location to the internal SD.
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This post is primarily pertaining to Gmail and Google Drive. Currently when I open a document (pdf, docx, xlsx, etc) from Gmail or Google Drive the files open in Quickoffice as expected. If I choose to make a file available offline in Google Drive it is available in ./sdcard/Android/<something docs>. I do enable encryption, so the contents of the file are scrambled. With Gmail if I save locally it creates the file in ./Downloads/.
All of this is fine and expected. My concern is for the first situation, when the Gmail attachment or Google Drive document opens in Quickoffice. I cannot find where this is cached locally. I am hoping it is /data/.
The reason I am asking is for security purposes. The inherent design of Android is open due to the /sdcard/ directory. Obviously any app on my phone can see any file there. Sometimes I have sensitive attachments I don't want exposed in these public directories. Are Gmail attachments and Google Drive documents cached securely in /data/ where other apps cannot access them when all I do is "preview" and not explicitly download a local copy?
Google Drive for PC has a fantastic feature that allows you to keep a folder on your desktop that automatically syncs whether you're saving files directly to that folder from your PC or downloading files that have been uploaded to google drive from another device. So even if I have no internet connection I can access the files I have on google drive.
Is there no ability to do this from android? I have a note 3 and I would very much like to have a similar folder on my phone that would automatically download/upload the latest version of any file I have on my google drive. But alas, I have to download anything I wish to edit locally on my phone and then manually navigate back to the folder to save it there when I am done. And if I have no internet connection, I'm screwed. I'm adding dozens of files every week so making each of them "available offline" is not something that is feasible for me.
If there is no way to do this with google drive, does anybody know of any alternatives?
Thanks!
Do you know a way or an app to:
1. View the document (for example docx) I opened from my OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) app.
2. Edit the document on the device
3. When I click on save it will save it again to OneDrive (sync)
Thanks in advance!
Alternative it could be an app that gets access to my skydrive and can edit and write the documents.
OneDrive AutoSync
There are several "auto-sync" applications on Play Store.
One of the newest one, with easy to user interface is AutoSync for OneDrive.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=free.onedriveautosync.andev.com.onedriveautosync
gruev said:
Do you know a way or an app to:
1. View the document (for example docx) I opened from my OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) app.
2. Edit the document on the device
3. When I click on save it will save it again to OneDrive (sync)
Thanks in advance!
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I can't get my head around the new google photo.
I have always used quickpic so I have always organized pic locally by folder.
In google photo I can choose which folder to sync but in the app pics are organized by date, no way to organise them by folder.
If I delete a pic from the google photo app, it is also deleted from the synced local folder (I check with solid explorer), but if I delete a pic from the synced local folder (with solid explorer) it is not delete from the google photo app. I understand this pic (the one I deleted from local folder) is still stored only online, so if I am not online (on the plane, for example) can I view this photo? I'd say no, since it is online only.
If it is so, when I open the google photo app, how do I know which pics are also phisically present on which synced local folders?
If instead of deleting the pic from the synced local folder I move them to a non synced local folder, does it mean I will have a copy online and a copy offline not in sync?
Thanks
thegios said:
I can't get my head around the new google photo.
I have always used quickpic so I have always organized pic locally by folder.
In google photo I can choose which folder to sync but in the app pics are organized by date, no way to organise them by folder.
If you organize by "album", it pretty much puts in in standard view like the gallery where they are grouped by location (DCIM, Download, etc)
If I delete a pic from the google photo app, it is also deleted from the synced local folder (I check with solid explorer), but if I delete a pic from the synced local folder (with solid explorer) it is not delete from the google photo app. I understand this pic (the one I deleted from local folder) is still stored only online, so if I am not online (on the plane, for example) can I view this photo? I'd say no, since it is online only.
You may be able to if it is cached on the device. That one I'm not to sure about that one.
If it is so, when I open the google photo app, how do I know which pics are also phisically present on which synced local folders?
Try testing by viewing a photo and seeing if you can download it. If you can, then it probably isn't on the phone, or at least not in the original backup location
If instead of deleting the pic from the synced local folder I move them to a non synced local folder, does it mean I will have a copy online and a copy offline not in sync?
Good Question! If you get a result from experimentation, please post it. I'm curuios to know.
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Also, does anyone know how the 'unlimited storage" thing will work with photos already backed up? It still shows my library as taking up 10 GB on drive when they were backed up to G+. They are definitely all 16 MP or less, so do I have to do anything to change this over to the "new" setting? Or will it automatically apply after Google works the kinks out?
Hello, everyone.
My girlfriend is a teacher and she is trying to use her Galaxy Tab S6 to check students homework. They send her docx, pdf and jpg files. She is mainly concerned about docx and jpg files, but having some issues with it.
If she uses Google Drive to sync the files between her notebook and Google's cloud, she can open the jpg files using Google Photos and she has the option to edit it, using the pen. But when she opens docx files on Office for Android she does not have the option to save and and have it synced automatically. She has to save locally and then sync with Google Drive. I know she can use Google Docs to edit it, but she prefers Word.
So I sugested using OneDrive, cause she would probably not have that issue. And indeed she doesn't. She can edit the docx files and it automatically saves to OneDrive storage. But she can't open the jpg files with Google Photos like before. When opening the jpg files from OneDrive, using Google Photos, she does not have the option to edit it using the pen.
We are trying to find a way to have the best of both worlds. Any ideas?
Thanx.