I need to set a default that hides the sidebar in all new windows.

I do not need to have a sidebar in a dozen open windows at once.) The same goes for view style.

If I change one windows view to icon or list or whatever, the next window I open ignores its previous state and switches to what I set in the previous window.

That will also maintain the single window option too, unless it has.

It would be good if the grey button would activate this, I have never understood the purpose of it otherwise, it just makes windows look like Mac OS 9.

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Click Start in the next screen to add a Google Drive folder to your Mac home folder.

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Setting up Google Drive on your Mac gives you free cloud-based storage you can access from other your other Macs, PCs, iOS, and Android devices.

With Google Drive, you can store and share data among your various devices and allow friends and coworkers to access information you designate for sharing.

After you install Google Drive on your Mac, it appears to be just another folder.

You can copy data to it, organize it with subfolders, and delete items from it.

Any item you place in the Google Drive folder is copied to Googles cloud storage system, which you can access from any supported device.

Google Drive is well integrated with other Google services, including Google Docs, the cloud-based suite of tools that includes Google Docs, a word processor, Google Sheets, an online spreadsheet, and Google Slides, a cloud-based presentation app.

Additionally, it provides an optional backup and sync option for your computers files, photos, and other data you specify.

You get 15 GB of free storage space with Google Drive, but the storage is shared by Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.

If that amount isnt sufficient, you can purchase more space from Google One, starting at 100GB for 1.99 per month up to 30 TB for 299.99 per month.

Launch your web browser and go to the Google Drive download page.

For a personal Drive account, click Download under Backup and Sync.

Read and agree to the terms of service Click Agree and download to start the download of Google Drive for your Mac.

The Google Drive installer is downloaded to your browsers download location, usually your Macs Downloads folder.

When the download is complete, locate and double-click the installer you downloaded.

From the installer window that opens, click and drag the Backup and Sync from Google icon to the Applications folder.

The first time you start Google Drive, you have to go through a few steps to set it up.

Launch Google Drive or Backup and Sync from Google, located at Applications.

Click Open on the warning that appears to caution Google Drive is an application you downloaded from the internet.

If you already have a Google account, enter your email address and click the Next button.

Place a check mark next to the files you want to sync and back up to Google Drive and click Next.

Click Got It to sync files from My Drive to a folder on your computer.

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