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Is Google Drive Pc Going Away Soon? Mac And PC

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Is Google Drive Pc Going Away Soon? Mac And PC

By Dion Dassanayake PUBLISHED: 14:54, Tue, Sep 12, 2017 UPDATED: 15:02, Tue, Sep 12, 2017 0 Link copied GETTY GOOGLE Google Drive apps for Mac and PC are being shut down Google Drive users who are still accessing the service via the desktop app will soon see it disappearing.

Google announced in a blog post that support for the Google Drive app for PC and Mac will end on December 11, with the app being shut down on March 12 2018.

Next month Google Drive users will start seeing messages that the Google Drive app is going away.

Google will steer customers towards one of two replacement services depending on whether theyre a consumer or business user.

Google Drive the service isnt going anywhere though, with it still accessible via smartphone apps and on web browsers.

There will now be two other Google apps that can be used for backing up data or accessing files in the cloud.

For consumers, theres Backup and Sync which replaces the Google Drive and Google Photos Uploaders apps.

This offers virtually the same functionality as the Google Drive apps and work in a similar way.

For business users, Google has released the Drive File Stream.

This provides access to all of your Google Drive files on demand, directly from your computer.

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The two apps have some differences between them, which is outlined on Googles help pages.

The news comes after Google Drive suffered a number of outages, with the service going down most recently yesterday.

Independent website Down Detector registered some 2,905 reports of people experiencing issues with Google Drive.

Users were having issues with accessing files online, the app not loading and file synching.

The outage only lasted for a short while, but was the second time users reported Google Drive down in the past week.

Last Friday Google Drive experienced a significant outage, with the service down for more than two hours.

Down Detector registered a peak of over 7,000 Google Drive users experiencing issues with the service.

It left users flocking to social media site Twitter to voice their frustration at not being able to access vital documents.

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After the outage Google said: The problem with Google Drive should be resolved.

Is Google Drive For Mac Pc Going Away Soon?