![]() ![]() Now, long ago we’d call Transmit an “FTP client”, but today, with Transmit 5, we connect to lots of different server types and cloud services. And with Panic Sync, you can sync them to all of your computers. Transmit also takes great care to let you organize your Servers for fast access. But Transmit also has tons of very nice features like File Sync, which can mirror remote and local (or, now, local Transmit’s big strength is its clean interface - our famous “dual-pane” view is way faster than the Finder. But you need to connect to a thing, and upload, download, or tweak the If you don’t need to download a copy of the file and you just want to make it available offline, then there is a separate option to do this from that same ‘three dots’ menu.So, you have files you need to manage on servers. You can choose to save it where you want and share it accordingly. The next step is to press the ‘three dots’ menu then ‘Download’. To select more than one file, press and hold. ![]() On a smartphone or tablet, select the file(s) you want to download - note that you cannot download folders, but you can download their entire contents individually. Google Drive: How to download files on Android This can be confusing for anybody using both Windows and Mac because they’re both slightly different, so it’s something worth paying attention to before you find yourself without a connection. These will be made clear by a small green tick displayed on the thumbnail online-only files don’t have a graphic overlaid on their thumbnail. You can choose to right-click individual files and folders for offline access if you need it, though. The same applies in terms of Internet connectivity: any changes you make are updated automatically and the desktop client is automatically set up to be online-only to save space on your machine. You can choose whether to have them in a folder with your other local work, or to have Google Drive presented as an external drive to help distinguish things. The Mac software works very much like its Windows counterpart, and after setting it up your files will reside in Finder. Google Drive: How to download files on Mac Online-only files are displayed with a cloud graphic overlaying the thumbnail anything that you’ve made available for offline use will remove this cloud icon. Any changes you make will be updated once you regain Internet connection. If you’re expecting to be without Internet connection, for example you’re preparing for a flight, then you can select certain files or folders for offline access by right-clicking on them. That’s the key benefit of opting to use the software rather than relying on an Internet browser. You don’t need to download files if you’re using the desktop client so long as you have Internet access, because any changes you make will be automatically updated. The latter provides the best clarity if you’re unsure which documents belong where. Your Google Drive files will actually appear in your File Explorer windows just as if they’re stored on your computer, and you can choose to either set up a specific folder on your hard drive or create a new drive for the Internet-connected account. After downloading it, you’ll need to sign in just once and then it’ll handle all the syncing for you. If you prefer not to have to navigate to your browser every time and log in to your Google account, then the desktop client may be better suited to your needs. Google Drive: How to download files on Windows If you’ve been given access to an entire folder, you can either download files individually or use the ‘Download all’ shortcut button. For Google-compatible files like Docs, you’ll need to find ‘Download’ in the ‘File’ menu. For view-only files like PDFs and images, you’ll find a ‘Download’ button in the upper right-hand side corner. How you download the file will depend on what sort of file it is. If you don’t have a Google account but you want to make a copy of something that someone has sent you, you’ll need to make sure that they’ve given you the right permission to download the file. Google Drive: How to download files online without an account Once complete, the zipped folder containing multiple documents will start to download. A single file will automatically download to your computer, but if you select more than one, Google Drive will begin to zip them to help reduce their overall size and, as such, speed up the download - you can check this progress in the bottom right corner. You can either right-click and press download, or press the ‘three dots’ icon and press download. ![]()
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