Download a file from google drive to qnap

First, install Cloud Drive Sync. Second, create cloud account. Next, enter your Google Drive username and password. Finally, create sync job. Schedule setting and file filtering are available in this step. Nevertheless, a part of users cannot take advantage of this application, the application just cannot work. Following is quoted by one of QTS users:.

Also, incorrect configurations in the application may influence the performance. Under such circumstance, it is not a bad choice to ask help from other sync tools. File sync job can be done in Daily, Weekly, or Monthly mode. Enter them both. That will come a bit later. Click on the button next to the account window.

Now click on Allow Access. Click on Manual Authorization. First step is the click on the link. It will bring you to a new window. Copy this code, close, and paste it in the step 2 box.

Finally, click Finish. First choose a local sync folder on the QNAP. I named this GoogleDrive for obvious reasons, but you can call it whatever you wish. Next step is choosing a synchronization method. You can choose a 2-way sync between your Google Drive cloud storage and your QNAP or you can choose a 1-way sync where your NAS files are uploaded to your drive account. You can also choose to not let your QNAP delete cloud files in 2-way.

Last step is setting up Sync Schedule — this can be hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. Thanks to technological development, file synchronization has more and more alternatives both in storage devices and software to do it. In these, the operating system QTS stands out, which, in addition to being very functional, has other features that make the synchronization and backup process excellent.

File hosting services are designed to store user information on an online platform, this service is commonly called "cloud storage.

And, in addition to this, you can also use specialized software to accomplish this task in the most personalized way possible. Without a doubt, QNAP NAS and Google Drive are two of the most outstanding elements in their respective areas, therefore, using both to store and synchronize your data will give you great advantages that I will describe below:. QNAP NAS devices have an operating system from which you can download an application that allows synchronization processes with various cloud storage services intuitively and simply.

Below I will show you how to do it. Once you have opened the application, go to the section "Cloud Account Management" and click on "Create Account". In this window, you can choose the cloud storage service with which you want to synchronize your files.

In this case, select "Google Drive". Cloud Drive Sync will open an authentication page to enter your Google account and password. Once you have created an account, you must click on the "edit" icon, and once there you can edit the time interval of the synchronization process and the Download and Upload rate limits.

Here you can choose the source folder, destination folder, and Google Drive account to be synchronized. Once you've selected the folders click on "Next".