How to Sync My Mac With Google Docs

Use Syncplicity to automatically sync Google Docs with a specific folder on your computer. Google Docs allows you to upload documents to the Google Docs server, and view and edit these documents from any computer with an Internet connection. It can be a hassle, however, to have to manually upload all of the documents to Google Docs and save all of the documents you have uploaded to Google Docs onto your computer. However, the Syncplicity application allows to you automatically sync the documents on your computer with the documents in your Google Docs account.

Difficulty:Easy1

Open a Web browser and navigate to syncplicity.com. Click the “Downloads” link, followed by the “Personal Edition Download Free” link. Click the “Select This Plan” link beneath the “Free Personal Edition” heading.

2

Enter your first and last name, your email address and a password for your account in the spaces provided. Confirm the password and click the “Sign Up Now” button to sign up for a Syncplicity account.

3

Click the “Download Syncplicity” link to download the application.

4

Double-click the application’s installation file and drag the icon into the “Applications” folder. Double-click the “Syncplicity” application icon to launch the application. Syncplicity runs in the background, so once you launch it, it is always running.

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Right-click on the folder that you wish to sync with Google Docs and move your mouse cursor over the “Syncplicity” option. Select the “Add Folder” button from the Syncplicity menu.

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Navigate to my.syncplicity.com, type your Syncplicity account email address and password in the spaces provided, and click the “Log In” button.

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Click the “Google Docs” tab, followed by the “Link to Google Docs” button. Type your Google Docs account email and password in the spaces provided, and click the “Continue” button to sign into your Google Docs account.

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Click the “Grant Access” button. Select the folder you added to Syncplicity in Step 4 and select the file type you would like the Google Documents to be saved as.

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Click the “Finish” button to synchronize Google Docs with the computer. Now, any documents in the folder you added to Syncplicity are added to Googled Docs, and any documents uploaded to Google Docs are added to the folder.

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