Tips for downloading from Google Drive

There are a few things you can do to make it easier for yourself when downloading stuff from Google Drive.

• There is a quota for files that are shared publicly. If you try to download a file from someone elses Google Drive and it says that the file is unavailable, this quota has been reached.
• To work around this quota, you can always make a copy of the file to your own Google Drive. Right-click the file and select "Make a copy": This will create a copy of the file in your own Google Drive with the prefix "Copy of"
• You can't make a copy of a folder, only individual files. What you can do is to select all the files in a folder and make a copy of those.
• "Add to My Drive" is not the same as "Make a Copy". If you select this, all you are doing is creating a "shortcut" to the file to its original location. This will not help with download-quotas and stuff like that.
• If you have the free version of Google Drive, you will only be able to store 15 gigs on it.
• Even if you have a paid for Google Drive account with unlimited storage, you still have a quota of 750GB of file transfers per day. So if you try to "Make a copy" of all the XCI-files for example, the process will fail when it has copied about 750GB of them. To make a copy of the rest, you'll have to wait 24 hours, or use another Google-account.
• If you have a Google-account through your school or university, you most likely have unlimited storage. Log on to Google Drive and check the left sidebar. If the Storage-indicator doesn't have a limit, you have unlimited storage.
• If you you have a Google-account through school, university or work, the admin can see all your files without you knowing. Google won't care what you store on your Google-drive as long as you don't share it.