Say Farewell to the Old Google Drive Desktop App

From PC Mag: Support for Google Drive on Mac and PC ends on Dec. 11, Google announced this week, and will stop working entirely on March 12, 2018.

But don't worry, the documents, spreadsheets, and photos you have stored in the cloud aren't going anywhere. This is just the desktop application for Google Drive, which uploads and stores files from folders on your PC to the cloud. It's dying to make way for Backup and Sync (consumers) and Drive File Stream (enterprise), the upgraded and rebranded versions of Google Drive for deskto

If you have the Google Drive desktop app installed on your PC, and you don't upgrade to Backup and Sync or Drive File Stream, you'll start to see warnings in October notifying you that Google Drive "is going away." You can upgrade right now, though; download Backup and Sync here.

For G Suite users, admins can now manage Drive File Stream, though settings won't go live for users until Sept. 26.

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