The Settings tab is also where you can upgrade your storage to another plan. Finally, you can configure Google Drive to automatically launch when you log in to your Mac, show file sync status, and display confirmation messages when removing shared items from Google Drive. Settings: Allows you to configure network settings if needed and control bandwidth, which is handy if you're using a slow connection or one that has data rate caps.You can reconnect by signing back into your Google account. Once disconnected, the files within your Mac's Google Drive folder remain on your Mac but are no longer synced with the online data in Google's cloud.

The default is to have everything in the folder automatically synced, but if you prefer, you can specify only certain folders to be synced. Two other big names in online file syncing service space, Box and Dropbox, both offer their own document types for collaboration: Box with Note and Dropbox with.

The Google Drive Preferences window opens, displaying a three-tab interface.