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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      @gaieus said:

      I do not even have that in the black Google bar.

      Normally we're always last to the parade but it seems we rolled out on launch?

      I got zero notification I just noticed Drive in the bar and clicked it. I presumed everyone was getting it.

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
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        @unknownuser said:

        Can I just ask people to click the drive link on the google homepage when logged in(at the top of page in the big black bar). I have entered through that since yesterday no problem. Even though the other way says notify me.

        you're special!


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        • jeff hammondJ Offline
          jeff hammond
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          @gaieus said:

          I do not even have that in the black Google bar.

          you sure? go to the other sketchup forums (the productforums.google one)

          the black bar should be at the top of your screen there (and pretty much everywhere else in the googleverse)

          [EDIT].. nevermind.. i can't even read what you typed properly… 😳

          dotdotdot

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
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            @unknownuser said:

            you're special!

            Wait til you get your hands on SU9. 👍

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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            • simon le bonS Offline
              simon le bon
              last edited by

              Thank you Rich for the heads up,

              another thread is actually talking about the interest of such services:
              Dropbox's New feature - Links

              And here is a comparison table (in french) with the main actors in this area:

              Attention Required! | Cloudflare

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              (www.journaldugeek.com)

              Google Drive is very attractive !

              ++simon

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
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                Nah. Finally got GDrive. I'll see how it works.

                Gai...

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                • tridemT Offline
                  tridem
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                  @simon le bon said:

                  And here is a comparison table (in french) with the main actors in this area
                  ++simon

                  You should look also at Sugar Sync, it starts with 5GB, +2GB sending 20 invitations, +500MB for each friend joined, +750MB for starting tasks. And it's more versatile than dropbox to syncronize the folders

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    My Google Docs app updated itself to Drive before I heard of Drive. Though it was strange I could not use the website. But today I got an email informing me I could start using Google Drive.

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • Paul RussamP Offline
                      Paul Russam
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                      Ummmm......

                      http://blog.cobychapple.com/blog/2012/04/26/why-im-sticking-with-dropbox-over-google-drive/

                      Paul Russam
                      English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        @paul russam said:

                        Ummmm......

                        http://blog.cobychapple.com/blog/2012/04/26/why-im-sticking-with-dropbox-over-google-drive/

                        Did you read the comments?

                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          Looks like GDrive is the ticket, guys!!!! We've been using DB for about six months now and while it is suits our situation GDrive is cheaper and frankly.... Well.... Google.
                          I think we'll bee changing. Do I need an invite or just go download and get going?

                          Rich is right about SU9 too, it's fantastic!! 👿

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                          • Rich O BrienR Offline
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by

                            If you can see drive in the black bar I showed earlier then you can download and install.

                            If you can't see it then it's not yet live in Oz.

                            Did you try the new LayOut v4 yet?

                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
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                              Not in my UK black bar either 😕

                              TIG

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Did you try the new LayOut v4 yet?

                                No, but I really enjoy Bezier Surface 2.0 Pro Edition.

                                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  notareal
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                                  @paul russam said:

                                  Ummmm......

                                  http://blog.cobychapple.com/blog/2012/04/26/why-im-sticking-with-dropbox-over-google-drive/

                                  or not...
                                  http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2973849/google-drive-terms-privacy-data-skydrive-dropbox-icloud

                                  From http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Your Content in our Services
                                  
                                  Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours. 
                                  

                                  They all need some rights so that they can operate. Some just speak more vague... still waiting my drive.

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                                  • simon le bonS Offline
                                    simon le bon
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                                    @tridem said:

                                    You should look also at Sugar Sync, it starts with 5GB, +2GB sending 20 invitations, +500MB for each friend joined, +750MB for starting tasks. And it's more versatile than dropbox to syncronize the folders

                                    Thank you Luca for this addition - I keep it in my links.

                                    I just have signed for a DropBox account : Dropbox's Links feature seems very useful, and I'm interested by the synchronization too.

                                    I just have signed also for a Google Drive account and waiting for my validation mail ( 🎉 ). This Drive should be extremely useful as storage and bridge with all the Google's services I already use: Gmail, Google+ , Picasa, SketchUP, G Maps , G Earth...

                                    So for the moment, I think the storage possibilities and else features offered are widely enough for me 😉

                                    I'm glad to see that Google’s Terms of Service don't play in an insufferable way with privacy because I would like that Google can stay the only worldwide industry in which I trust reasonably...

                                    Simon

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
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                                      Got an email from Mindmeister that they now offer an integration with Google Drive. This sounds very interesting - will try it out.

                                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                      • T Offline
                                        tomot
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                                        I decided to give GD a spin. I presume Google is still trying to iron out the kinks, although I see no feedback forum.
                                        my 1st impression:

                                        1. upload speed; reminds me of using the old 14.5 modem, took over 1.5 hours to uploaded 300MB (126 photos), upload server crapped out at 120 photo upload.
                                        2. web surfing while using GD, causes severe refresh rates.
                                        3. was unable to generate GD sharing over my home network.

                                        [my plugins](http://thingsvirtual.blogspot.ca/)
                                        tomot

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                                        • EdsonE Offline
                                          Edson
                                          last edited by

                                          I am a dropbox user and decided to give google drive a try because of its lower prices. one thing I immediately noticed is you cannot get links for other people to download your files. unless this is done in some other way through google docs but this would be much more complicated than in other similar services.

                                          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                                          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                          • T Offline
                                            tomot
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                                            I figured out the sharing, over the home network, (which no one, in their right mind, would consider as a file sharing alternative which windows 7 already provides) but it illustrates how GD works.

                                            1. I made my wife the person I want to share the GD files with. This sends an email to her email account. If she does not have a Gmail account), she needs to setup her own Gmail account, login to access the link to my shared files, or since its a home network sign in under my Gmail account.

                                            BTW: I added an .mov folder to my GD computer drive, I contains 4 .mov files which after 4 hours has not been transferred yet. 😢

                                            [my plugins](http://thingsvirtual.blogspot.ca/)
                                            tomot

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