Click Got It! Here you can choose which of the folders you'd like to work with directly on your PC.

Once done adding folders, select Next, and you will begin selecting folders on your Google Drive that you would like to have on your PC as well.ĩ. You can decide to uncheck it later from Backup's preferences or add other folders.Ĩ. Here you can see the video folder is added to the list. (Note, if have several/large videos or photos, syncing will take longer)ħ. Shortcuts to folders will not sync the actual folder so you would have to find and select that manually. If have Desktop already checked in Defaults, any folder in the Desktop will already be included.

In this case I chose to add the videos folder but you can choose any folder. Here you can accept the default folders chosen, deselect any of the default ones, and also choose to add other folders on your PC that you'd like to backup to Drive.Ħ. You will be given the choice to choose which folders on your computer you would like to have synced/backed up to your Google Drive.ĥ. (The following image will vary based on what, if any, 2fa option you setup.)Ĥ. If you have 2fa setup on your Google account, you will most likely get a prompt to allow this. After you hit the Next button, you will fill in your password and select Next again. Once it opens, you will sign in with your NMU email accountģ.

Once you've chosen to download Backup & Sync (found here), go to your Downloads and double click on the file to begin installation.Ģ. If already have Backup & Sync installed but need to get to its setting, see below. Before using as a backup solution, please read the warning note at the bottom of the page.

Google drive select folders to sync