Add Google Drive as option in Storage Accounts
My company uses Google Drive for file sharing as many other companies do. Google Drive is currently not listed as an option for connected cloud storage but needs to be.
We released an update to Acrobat DC today with support for Google Drive. Click Help → Check for updates to get the latest update.
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Giles Warren commented
I would like Google Drive to be a link within the Storage functionality of Adobe Acrobat - I do not use the others listed as I use the Gmail Business Apps and all the great functionality that Google provides to my business. Surely millions of other people also use Drive? Are the other providers such as Box, Dropbox and Onedrive really in more demand than Google's Drive?!
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William Callahan commented
Completely agree with Francisco's comments below (response dated August 16, 2017 8:07 AM).
Short answer: For corporate/enterprise/other shared users, syncing files to a computer is not an option (e.g. Google Drive Sync), for security or other reasons. Therefore currently, PDF users have to save the file locally, upload it manually to Google Drive, and then manually delete the temporary local file every time they wish to edit it.
As he said, the same logic applies to your other cloud document providers, which you found useful to have in the software as well (likely for the same reason).
In summary: For the reasons described herein, Google Drive Sync is not an option, therefore it must occur in-app.
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Francisco J Agraz commented
I received a request for feedback from "jmajumda" via a "no-reply@acrobat.uservoice.com" e-mail address, which by its terms, denies a direct response to "jmajumda" - which now made me come to this forum to reply. That made me use more "clicks" to get here, instead of simply hitting the "reply" button on my e-mail. Frustrating? No. Bothersome and inefficient? Yes!
Since you are probably a young Tweeter, here is a summary of my full-length comments that follow below.
SYNOPSIS: You should add Google Drive to Storage Accounts on Adobe (and so should Microsoft (!) because of efficiency in saving and accessing files, and because only Google Drive allows alternate storage of local caches on "removable" storage rather than on the ubiquitous C: drive which must always be a permanently attached HD on a PC or MAC, and because there is no really good alternative to Google Drive - not even ADOBE's alternative cloud storage service, the "Creative Cloud Files" when the C: Drive on a PC or MAC is limited in space.
BACKGROUND NOTES:
SO... "jmajumda" - here is my full answer. Your self-serving comments imply that it is not necessary to add Google Drive to Adobe Storage Accounts because, "Google Drive already has a DESKTOP (my emphasis) application that can access like a LOCAL (my emphasis) folder"(I must stop here with a logical question: If that is the reason not to add Google Drive to the Adobe Storage Accounts page, then why are there links to OTHER cloud storage subscription services? Don't they also have desktop apps, too? Sorry, I am being too logical, I guess)
My dear Mr. "jmajumda" your answer provided the primary reason for adding GOOGLE DRIVE to the Adobe "save as" screen. You are assuming a fact "not in evidence" that EVERYBODY uses PCs and MACS. In fact, not all folks always use DESKTOPS, but also iOS, Android, tablets, smartphones, and even (would you believe? people use PCs and MACs that are not configured with the desktop app you refer to. We are a mobile group and constantly moving, and so, the lack of Google Drive creates a very inefficient way to save or access files on portable devices, let alone on desktops that do not have the Google Drive desktop application. On such desktops it would require using a browser to go to the Google Drive webpage, and on smartphones it becomes a multi-step effort to juggle other third-party file manager apps, just to save or pull up a PDF file that is on Google Drive.
Just because Google is "down the street" from your store doesn't mean you can't have the common decency to let us know we can use Google service in addition to those vendors with which you already have some business relationship. Have you ever watched the movie "Miracle on 34th Street?"
REASON NO. 2 - So, why not use an alternative, like the "fantastic" Adobe Storage, called Creative Cloud Drive? Well... you must know that the storage size of your Creative Cloud Drive, which I have access to (I am a CC subscriber for the full annual price for all of your apps) is woefully small, so we can't use your storage service in lieu of Google Drive. I constantly have to delete files from CC Drive and store them on, yes, Google Drive, when Creative Drive gets full.
REASON NO. 3 - Also,regretfully, a seldom-discussed technical issue arises when I use "storage on the cloud" - for the technical reason that "cloud" services create huge caches on the local HD equal in size to what is "online.". And, as laptop manufacturers sell smaller and smaller HDs on their lighter and lighter laptops using the sales pitch that "you will be saving all your stuff on the cloud" creates a horrible mess when the "cloud" and the "local HD cache" begin to synchronize with a result that the 128 Gb HD becomes clogged with all the local caches of multiple "cloud" services -- caches that services like DROPBOX and ONE DRIVE insist on placing ONLY on C: drive, which is the itty-bitty 128 Gb HD. Yet, Google Drive allows you to use "removable" local storage on SD cards on these itty-bitty laptops - but DROPBOX and ONE DRIVE stubbornly resist storage of their caches on "removable" drives.
Just add Google Drive to Adobe Storage Accounts, OK?
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FredBaros commented
Same problem as mentioned in the request. Working with schools that use GSuite adding Google Drive as an option would be great not just on the Desktop version but also on the online version.
Interesting or not Adobe Sign (web) accepts the connection to Drive and works as expected.
Hope that Adobe implements this functionality soon.
Regards,
Frederico -
Nicole Spivey commented
Hi, can you add Google Drive support
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Minka commented
My company is also another business that uses Google Drive as its primary method of file sharing and collaboration. Please add this functionality soon!
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TJH commented
How can Acrobat DC Pro support Box, DropBox, OneDrive, and SharePoint sites, yet NOT support Google Drive? This is just unacceptable.