Google Drive - does anyone use this mystifying service?

Drez

So um I'm trying to use this to share about 6,000 photos.

- I have a Gmail account
- I subscribed to 100GB which is more than enough space for this
- I downloaded the Windows PC GoogleSync app for Drive
- I set up my folders in the Google Drive directories on my PC
- I uploaded them all over a few hours
- I then wanted to move them to organize them into folders with 500 photos max a pop (so 0000-0500, 0501-1000, etc.)
- I make the requisite photos and move 'em on my PC
- GoogleSync starts syncing

Should be all fine and good, right? Wrong. According to my 0001-0500 folder ON MY PC, I have 500 files in the folder. All of them have a checkmark next to them meaning they were properly synced. In the Google Drive web interface, I have 484 files and I confirmed that some are missing from the web server.

I'm at my wit's end. Any ideas?

Also, I almost titled this thread "Google Title of Ryan Gosling Film" but I really need help and I'm too blereta890u7429iqorh to make jokes.

Pacificstar

Weird. I use google drive both for work and personally pretty heavily and have never heard of something like this

DevoutlyApathetic

Drez wrote: »

I'm at my wit's end. Any ideas?

First thought is look for common features of the missing files. My first guess would be executables. I don't know if Drive will let you put those in there, I know for awhile Gmail refused to send them.

Just checked and I have no problem uploading such through the web interface.

Hmm...

Also, I almost titled this thread "Google Title of Ryan Gosling Film" but I really need help and I'm too blereta890u7429iqorh to make jokes.

You have disappointed me this day Drez.

Drez

After the sync was done, I realized the photos that didn't move were still in the original folder on the web. I restarted the PC app and moved one file manually. It triggered a sync of the 119 files that failed to move properly.

MichaelLC

Any reason you're using Drive instead of Picasa for photos?

Drez

MichaelLC wrote: »

Any reason you're using Drive instead of Picasa for photos?

Model explicitly asked me to use Drive to dump them and I felt compliant at the time. She wanted to download the glut of them.

I've never actually used Picasa. What's the benefit?

Orogogus

If it's just to transfer files to someone I don't think it matters. Drive might be faster, since it won't load a ton of thumbnails.

But for normal photo sharing, Picasa makes a gallery for you, there are editing features, face and location tagging.

Something it doesn't do: One button full screen image viewing. For some reason Google's idea of full screen viewing is slideshow + pause, and has been for ten years. As far as I'm concerned it's kind of the shittiest image viewing program/app/website in the world for this reason alone. Someone at Google is utterly dead set on this and I can't fathom why.

MichaelLC

If it's all photos, you can just auto-upload all of them at either reduced or original resolution. But as post above says it will make thumbnails of everything so slightly slower for just getting them in the cloud. Works fine for my personal pictures with very basic editing.

Can share album with anyone but of course want to go with client's wishes.

Dipstick

You've probably already tried this, but one of the things I would do is log onto google drive and search for one of the photos. Also, if you have multiple google accounts like me, I would check to make sure I'm on the right account.