The Team Drive editor will not be able to edit documents in Team Drive when they are opened in Drive File Stream.If users use both Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync on the same device, they will be encouraged to stop syncing My Drive with Backup and Sync to avoid wasting memory.In October, when using Drive for Mac/PC, customers will start seeing the discontinuation notice.It should be noted that terminating Drive for Mac/PC has no effect on Google Drive on the Web and mobile apps. You can upgrade Drive for Mac/PC to Backup and Sync as another option besides using Drive File Stream. Google encourages G Suite users to use Drive File Stream. Starting on, it will no longer be supported and will be retired on. In this release, Google Drive for Mac/PC (old version of Drive sync client) is officially discontinued.

On September 26, G Suite customers were generally able to use Drive File Stream followed by 3 months allowing admins to change some settings in Drive File Stream, before it was officially released.įor more details on how Drive File Stream works in their business, click here Help Center.

That means you use almost no memory and spend less time waiting for documents to sync. What’s changing: Launching to early adopters in March, Drive File Stream is a new desktop application that gives you access to all your Google Drive documents when you want, directly from your computer.

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