Hi Ian -- Yes, Google Drive can work like Dropbox. I've had no problems copying files to and from my Google Drive using the Google Drive App on my Macbook Air running Mountain Lion. You are limited to 5GB of storage unless you purchase more. I do not care to use Google's web interface for file management, but if you want to go that route I strongly suggest using the latest Chrome browser and ChromeVox rather than Safari & VO. Chrome & Vox just work better with Drive and Docs at this point. Here are the steps I used to install the Google Drive App:
1. Go to drive.google.com 2. Sign in with your google account credentials. 3. Download the Google Drive installer for Mac. It downloads as a DMG file. 4. Open the DMG and copy the "Google Drives.app" item to your Applications folder. 5. Launch the Google Drives.App item from your Applications folder. 6. Accept the OSX security warning. 7. You should be prompted to login to Google Drive using your Google account. 8. After successful login, you should be presented with two dialogs that present some getting started info. The second dialog will allow you to modify sync settings and to kick off the initial sync process. 9. You'll be prompted to enter the login credentials for your Mac. You should now have a "Google Drive" item in your Finder's sidebar and you should be able to copy and paste items to and from that drive. You should also have a Google Drive item in your Menu Extras area which you can reach by pressing VO+MM. Activate that menu to get access to basic config settings etc. While the Google Drive App and associated bits are nicely accessible to VO, you might need to make use of VO's Window Chooser VO+F2+F2 during the install process to find the dialog boxes. HTH, Bryan On Jan 21, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Ian Harrison <harrisonc...@harrisonclan.karoo.co.uk> wrote: > using on the mac. > > I think I am using the web interface, though I did try to download the app. > All I ended up with was a google drive finder window on my desktop. > > I was under the impression google drive could work a bit like drop box and > copying files into the finder window would start an upload. This does not > seem to happen, so I started to try to use the web interface instead. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
