This will create a powerful and unified sync client for anyone who uses Drive, whether for business or personal purposes,” Google confirmed in the announcement. “We’re planning to unify our sync clients and bring all of our customers the best and most used features from both Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync. Our Google Drive Mac client allows you to connect to Team Drive in the same manner as to a regular Google account and have convenient file management without saving info to your computer. That’s not ideal… and it seems that Google has now recognised that it’s time to streamline things. If you are a member of a team working with data kept on a Google Team Drive, there is no need to worry. One for work files, and then a completely separate app for personal photos and documents. However, as millions of us work and study from home, many will likely to be bouncing between these two apps. That’s incredibly important as there’s little point paying for space on Google’s servers (all Google Accounts come with a free 15GB allowance) only to find that you haven’t got the latest version of your work or any photos from the last year. Running quietly in the background, both Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync should ensure that you always have an up-to-date backup on your most important files. Both apps do the same thing: they keep tabs on files on your machine and upload any brand-new or altered files that aren’t currently backed-up in the cloud.
