Google Backup and Sync
Backup and Sync is an app for Mac and PC that backs up files and photos safely in 
Google Drive and 
Google Photos , so they're no longer trapped on your computer and other devices. Just choose the folders you want to back up, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Google Drive and 
Google Photos , so they're no longer trapped on your computer and other devices. Just choose the folders you want to back up, and we’ll take care of the rest.Comments and Reviews
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PisyaKamushkin reviewed Google Backup and SyncBe careful! Google documents are not syncing! These are not copies of documents, but simply links to them with * .gsheet and * .gdoc extensions. You do not have copies, if you delete documents on Google Drive, they will disappear irrevocably.- souhailmerroun liked Google Backup and Syncso
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Dear Google just please fire the whole team who develop the app. It's absolute garbage.
You making a lot of great products, but this product absolute not usable trash.
Used electron? 300MB in memory just for background app? JS app for upload download files?
Fire ALL who do that shit, and make something good written on normal languages (C/C++/Rust/Go) what use not too many resources, fast, and stable without crashes and where the user can select what he will back up, how, etc.
Be careful! Google documents are not syncing! These are not copies of documents, but simply links to them with * .gsheet and * .gdoc extensions. You do not have copies, if you delete documents on Google Drive, they will disappear irrevocably.
Too many bugs
Pretty cool at first, the free storage is great and it works pretty stright forward. The explorer gets icons to show if folder and files are synced and sharing stuff is easy as well.
Sadly, whenever backup and sync needs to restart (because the os restarted or it just had an error), it takes a shitload of time to index all files. For me this is up to three minutes with a lot of cpu power needed for that time. This is really a shame, those indexed files could be stored somewhere so the sync does not take that enourmous time. The application is also quite memory hungry.
TL;DR: Great at first, does not scale well when used extensivly.
