How To Integrate Google Drive And Dropbox
As lawyers, access to document creation and editing software is critical. Google Drive is the choice of many and there are several reasons why. As a cloud service, Google Drive provides anytime access to the powerful document management suite of tools from Google Docs. As more lawyers are now working remotely, it is especially important that documents can be created and edited on the fly. Google Drive provides the perfect solution for lawyers that need to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more.
Collaboration
Google Drive provides some of the best collaboration features available in the cloud. Up to 50 users can simultaneously collaborate over a single file. This makes it simple to go over documents or case files with clients, legal aides or other lawyers, even when they aren't anywhere in the neighborhood.
Why sync Google Drive to Dropbox?
Google Drive has many features, but there are some downsides. Google Drive has a file size limit, so sharing files can sometimes be more time-consuming and difficult because files must be split up into multiple sections. But because Dropbox has no file size limits, files of any size can simply be dropped into a shared folder and they will instantly upload to anyone who has access to that folder.
How to integrate Google Drive and Dropbox
First step- you sign up for cloudHQ, you can even get a 15 day free trial here. Once you have successfully become a member of cloudHQ, you can create a synchronization pair by visiting the sync wizard here. You will see a page with two boxes and a lot of cloud app icons below them. These are all apps that you can use to create sync pairs, but for now we will just focus on two of them- Google Drive and Dropbox.
Drag the Google Drive icon to the box on the left. Now you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to link your Google Drive account and choose which folders you want replicated. You can choose to have your entire Google Drive account replicated or choose specific folders. Once you have made your choices, you will be returned to the cloudHQ sync wizard. Now drag the Dropbox icon to the box on the right and you will be asked to link your Dropbox folder and choose which folder to export your files to. On the settings page you can choose two-way sync between Google Drive and Dropbox or you can choose one-way sync from Google Drive to Dropbox. By choosing the one-way sync, you can prevent any files in Google Drive being deleted if you accidentally delete important files in Dropbox.
Once you have successfully set up your sync pair, cloudHQ will start replicating all data from the folders you specified. The cloudHQ service runs in the background completely invisible to the user, so there is no disruption as the user works. All new files added to the Google Drive folder will be instantly replicated to Dropbox. Any revisions to existing files in the Google Drive folder will be instantly replicated to the Dropbox folder. CloudHQ is the perfect solution that binds the cloud together.
Drag the Google Drive icon to the box on the left. Now you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to link your Google Drive account and choose which folders you want replicated. You can choose to have your entire Google Drive account replicated or choose specific folders. Once you have made your choices, you will be returned to the cloudHQ sync wizard. Now drag the Dropbox icon to the box on the right and you will be asked to link your Dropbox folder and choose which folder to export your files to. On the settings page you can choose two-way sync between Google Drive and Dropbox or you can choose one-way sync from Google Drive to Dropbox. By choosing the one-way sync, you can prevent any files in Google Drive being deleted if you accidentally delete important files in Dropbox.
Once you have successfully set up your sync pair, cloudHQ will start replicating all data from the folders you specified. The cloudHQ service runs in the background completely invisible to the user, so there is no disruption as the user works. All new files added to the Google Drive folder will be instantly replicated to Dropbox. Any revisions to existing files in the Google Drive folder will be instantly replicated to the Dropbox folder. CloudHQ is the perfect solution that binds the cloud together.
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