IMPORTANT: This shutdown has no impact on other Google Drive services. They’ll only be shown if your domain both allows Drive File Stream and shows Drive File Stream download links in the Drive interface. This is an application locally installed on a Mac or PC. These notifications will include instructions on how to install Drive File Stream. Google has announced that the Google Drive application for Macs and PCs will be shutdown on May 12. To help with the transition, on January 30th we’ll start showing pop-up notifications to G Suite accounts still using Drive for Mac/PC. For more information on choosing the right sync solution for your users, check out this Help Center guide. For non-G Suite users, we recommend Backup and Sync. We encourage enterprise organizations still using Drive for Mac/PC to transition to Drive File Stream. In response to your feedback, we’re delaying that shutdown date to May 12th, 2018.

If you need further assistance or questions, please feel free to call the Help Desk.When we launched Drive File Stream last year, we announced that the Drive desktop sync client for Mac and PC-a feature officially known as “Google Drive for Mac/PC”-would shut down completely on March 12th, 2018. We have written a self-help article on How to Install and Configure Google Backup and Sync.

Once you receive the message, the folder on the computer that allows the syncing to take place will still be available, but the syncing feature will stop working. This message will refer to using Google File Stream, but we recommend Google Backup and Sync instead. When the service has been disabled, a message will appear letting you know. The shutdown of Google Drive for Mac and PC will be gradual over the course of the next couple of weeks.

CTS recommends migrating to Google Backup and Sync. Google is shutting down the Mac and PC application in support of newer apps such as Google Backup and Sync or Google File Stream. This is an application locally installed on a Mac or PC to sync files on the computer with Google Drive in the cloud. Google has announced that the Google Drive application for Macs and PCs will be shutdown on May 12.

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