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Here's my scenario...
Before Insync: I had Google Drive installed on a Windows platform. Only items I place in the Google Local Drive get synchronized with the Google Cloud Drive.
Problem: I have files outside of the Google Local Drive that I want synced with the Google Cloud Drive. Hard links only copied the first time; subsequent updates to the files with hard links did not get synced.
Solution (Insync): With Insync you select the folder you want synced with Google Cloud Drive via context menu (right click Explorer menu...super easy). Insync creates a link from your external folder to your Google Local Drive, which is then synced with Google Cloud Drive. Subsequent changes to the files are now copied to Google Cloud Drive. Fantastic!
Improvements: Insync mostly solves the above problem.
I have one remaining problem with GoogleDrive+Insync: The above solution only syncs at the root Google Cloud Drive. Ideally I could select which Google Cloud Drive folder to sync with my external folder.
Deleted everything in my cloud. Worked great on my linux machine. Then I installed it on my windows laptop which was apparently a massive mistake. I changed the default sync directory and for some reason it didn't take. So I tried to change it. It wouldn't take the change so I uninstalled deleted the directory and reinstalled. As soon as the reinstall was done it proceeded to sync a blank directory to my cloud store and wiped everything out. Crap software that really needs to be reworked. Wouldn't trust in a professional environment. Stick with Google client.
Pathetic support, esp for the linux build, aggressive sales tacticts (email spam with offers) , telemetry on the main app (after all it is an asia based company that they ignore any EU/UK/US/AU regulations) , clueless 'support' personel , you may have more help by the community(!!) from their own forum.
Additionaly : bad sync algorithm, you may be left occasionaly with douplicate/triplicate files! be aware about this!!
Also: RAM hog ! almost 1GB (tested on debian) usage
worst sync client on the market hands down.
DO NOT USE.
It is the worst piece of software I have ever used. It is mindboggingly bad and buggy for something as simple as a sync client.
You will lose data with it.
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I've been using Insync (on Windows) for 5 or 6 years now, and I'm quite surprised by all the bad comments. Agreed, Insync is sometimes quirky (sometimes it stops syncing until I restart it, which is why I give it only 4 stars), but to me it s a lifesaver : allows for scattered folders synch, on whatever drive I choose ; allows for multi-accounts, multi-provider, etc. It's so much more convenient to use than the half-baked, buggy synchronization agents (be it "Backup & Sync", "Drive File Stream" - or maybe their recent offpring "Google Drive for Desktop" which, I confess, I have not tested thoroughly yet ) that a shameless Google has been daring to produce for years. And if unfortunately Insync (or maybe Google Drive) made you loose data, a piece of advice : storing in a cloud is not a backup, so do backup, whatever syncing system you choose.
Been using Insync to sync Google Drive with Ubuntu 20.04 for a year.
It’s deleted my entire harddrive TWICE and has been a giant headache for over a year. Program is full of bugs and needs to be re-installed and re-configured constantly. (literally about once a week with regular usage)
DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM TO BACKUP SENSITIVE DATA. (I lost 30 years of data)
I wish there was an alternative for linux google drive usage. Since there isn’t, I just stopped using Google Drive. I still use Insync when my friends share google drive files with me, but this directory is unstable and I learned to keep it isolated from the rest of my system.
Do not recommend. I do not trust this company.