Google Drive Useful Tools
Useful Tools for Google Drive Users you have to know, Google Drive has been quite popular and has made a significant impact on the technology market. However, this useful tool can come handy if only you know how to use it.
Utilizing a space of 100GB with a fee of $5/month along with the benefit of 25GB additional space is something to be delighted about. This comes at almost half the charge of Dropbox for 100GB storage. There are third party add-ons that you can utilize and services that you can take advantage of. Let us find out how:
Google Slides
The Google Chrome app, Google Slides is yet another Chrome app that enables working on joint projects and collaborations related to PPT presentations. Creating presentations in real time without restricting the size of your presentation is yet another advantage of this app.
You are given a whole variety of themes and animations to create good business presentations. Tools like editing and leaving comments cuts the slack of e-mail threads and endless conversations. This way you will be able to view, add and suggest accordingly. The best part is that you need not save it manually as each time a change is made, it is automatically saved in real-time.
BoxCryptor
It is not a wise idea to leave your private files online on a remote server. You need to be aware of the security issues that you might encounter. However, you still need to use the cloud for major storage and backup services. Utilizing the BoxCryptor app on your Windows desktop enables in creating an automated encrypted folder. This helps in encrypting your files that are lying on your Google Drive folder.
With the BoxCryptor app, you will be easily able to encrypt folders and files as compared to other services that only act as containers. First, you need to create a folder and lock it with a password. Then simply drag and drop files into that folder. As soon as you are done, the BoxCryptor encrypts it. If you want to access your files in the folder, you need to launch the app, go to your folder and enter the password..
In case of security breach or illegitimate access to your folder, the user will get an error message. All your file contents are well hidden from sight while the file name and format are visible. The only thing to keep in mind is that you can only enter your password once; you do not get a chance to reset it. You need to be careful while creating your password or your files will be inaccessible forever.
IFTTT
IFTTT is a free web based service (If This Then That) that comes handy by automating your tasks in the Google Drive.
IFTTT's UI is easy because it contains automations or recipes created by users. These can be altered according to your requirements. You can easily alter or copy them as per your convenience. For example, you want to store your tweets in a CSV format on your drive. For this, you need to launch Twitter and give permission to IFTTT for accessing tweets. After this, you need to adjust and authorize IFTTT to send your tweets to the drive.
DriveTunes
DriveTunes is a Google Chrome app that comes handy for music files that you have stored on your Drive.
You can easily use this app if you have Google Chrome installed in your system regardless of the browser version you are using. This app is capable of automatically detecting your media files like M4A and MP3 files stored within the drive.
A list of these media files will be displayed for easy viewing. To hear a song you need to double click it. The UI of DriveTunes is simple with basic functionalities. It is designed for those who are confused with complex music storage apps.
Open Drive
Open Drive comes handy when you need to find publicly available files on the Google Drive. It is like a customized Google Chrome extension tool that enables to search for public files. Additionally, you can even search for other drives like Skydrive, Evernote, Box and Dropbox and send it to your own drive. You need to remember that searching for additional services via this search engine will take longer to display results.
You can download your results or send a link to your drive. If you are not able to find a specific document or search item then you can seek support from Google+ community.