But, it didn’t come back up and wasn’t accessible. Naturally, I didn’t click the link provided… I closed the window. Everything was going along fine until… a window popped up that said there was a problem synchronizing the file and it was moved to the Lost & Found. Today, however, I had moved these three large files – two 12 GB and one 16 GB file. We also offer Managed IT services for our clients so having a computer problem and solving it is second-nature but also extremely frustrating when it’s your own! Lost and found In our case, this has gone on without a hitch for more than 100,000 files, and I’m a believer in the efficiency gains. I’m a techie, and I’m keenly aware of the complexities of synchronizing these sorts of files – especially when computers may lose Internet connections, go to sleep, etc.

People always end up with the latest copy because the files are checked when they are accessed, and should a newer version be available, it will pull down seamlessly.

That way a very fast local copy is available for use, and as it changes, it re-synchronizes. In the backend, the files are actually cached locally and synchronized in the background. We can browse our files as though they were on a local network drive, and we can add files to the folder which will then synchronize to Google’s servers in the background. It’s a fantastic tool that treats Google Drive (and, in this case, our Team Drives) as a network drive on our local computer. Naturally, we use Google Drive File Stream. In this case, three 12 – 16 GB video files. I had one of the most frustrating technology problems today.

My google drive stream is gone