Sync Your Google Workspace Files

Introduction

How to sync Google Workspace files using Google Drive software. 

Instructions

Google publishes Google Drive, a utility that automatically synchronizes the contents of your Google Workspace among your Macintosh and Windows computers, and iOS and Android devices. However, there is a trick to logging into your Google Apps account from within the Google Drive software.

  1. Install the Google Drive software.
  2. When you run it for the first time, you are asked to log in to your Google account.
  3. On the Google login screen, enter your Amherst College, Emily Dickinson Museum, Five Colleges Inc., or Folger email address (not just your Amherst username) and click the Sign In button.
  4. You'll be redirected to the standard College login page, where you enter your Amherst username and password.
  5. This logs you into Google Workspace. You can now complete the Google Drive setup and begin automatically syncing files between Google Workspace and the Google Drive folder on your computer or other device.

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students
faculty
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