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Subu

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jan 10, 2013
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Hi
I have a Macbook Air with 128 MB SSD
I'm planning to buy cloud space to use as 128 (minus OS, minus Apps is very little left)
200 GB addl., should be good enough for me
I'm wondering IF I should go for the costlier 1 drive + MS tools or should I stick to cheaper google drive offerings
I'm equally ok with google sheets or apple numbers, though MS Excel seems superior
I am NOT very fond of apple's icloud as it somehow doesn't seem to be as fast as the other two (at least from where I am !)

So, the question :
Is is possible to map Google Drive as a drive or directory to Mac Book Air and directly work on that drive ? i.e. NOT as a backup , but directly as a cloud drive . I've downloaded the google synch but still It looks like a backup / synch facility, but work directly on the drive ?

thanks
regards
Subu
 

Subu

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jan 10, 2013
247
6
Google File Stream is your friend
thanks
However this seems to work only for enterprise users
minimum 12 $ per month seems to be the only usable plan - a little above my budget
anyhow thanks for your reply
 
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