I am using Google Drive for backup. I 7zip my work and upload to Drive via Web interface. I keep multiple 7zip files like DesktopApps.7z, WebApps.7z, Documents.7z, etc. What are the benefits of having a client application over manual zipped upload? If I installed a client I would still make those 7z snapshots so I can't see any benefit other than not having to manually zip and zip all those files. So, what are the benefits of having the Google Drive client installed instead of the above approach?
Google-drive – Benefits of using Google Drive client over manual package upload
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Giving edit access to Google Drive documents is sufficient. The way these files work, once they are shared with a user, the file will appear in their "Shared with me" list
If they remove or delete a file from this list, it will not remove the document from any other user's list, nor will it destroy the file. Only the owner can trash a document.
Learn more about trashing documents here: http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2494934&p=restore_trash_collab
If the owner trashes a document, they can get it back from their Trash folder:
Learn how to recover a file or folder that you moved to the trash.
If something in Google Drive is moved to the trash, you'll see a warning and you may lose access to it at any time. Read one of the following sections to learn how to restore it to your Google Drive from the trash. When you restore something, it'll be recovered in Google Drive on the web, to the Google Drive folder on your computer, and to your mobile devices.
If the item is in a folder, you’ll need to restore the entire folder to recover any individual items inside of it.
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If you're the owner of something and you’ve placed it in the trash, you'll see a warning that reads "This item is in your trash" when you open the doc or file.
If you’d like to restore a doc or file to your Google Drive:
Search for it in the Trash. Select the file(s) or doc(s) you’d like to recover. Click the Restore button.
Folders and file structures behave the same way, if regular editors remove these it will disappear from their "Shared with me" list but it only affects them, not the rest of the collaborators.
The Upload button is right next to the Create button. It looks like a hard disk drive with an up arrow coming out of it.
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I see several benefits:
Primarily, if you have multiple computers, your two (or more) instances of Google Drive will automatically sync up in the background.
It would save you a step. Once the GDrive client is installed, you don't interact with it anymore. You simply manage the files in the Google Drive folder as you would in any other folder. If you created your 7zip files directly in the Google Drive folder you wouldn't also have to fire up a web browser.
It is useful if you don't have a network connection (or the one you have isn't very good), for instance if you're working on a laptop and there's no wifi nearby. You can just create your files and forget about them. Once you restore your network connection your files will automatically sync to the cloud. Your method would require that you remember to upload the files once you've gotten back on-line.
But, hey, if your way works there's nothing wrong with that.