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@Machpants said in Google drive:
Google sheets is still a pale comparison to the power of excel,
Agreed. Was my favourite piece of software for a couple of decades. Very different journeys and objectives tho.
To me, Google's suite is generally more about the way most people do work - temporary compilation of facts and figures for decisions, then move on.
The really important data should be maintained in systems of record, not documents or spreadsheets. Excel has become a database platform in its own right, for better or worse.
I remember when work transitioned to Google Drive and everyone whose life was in Excel was rightly aghast. Macros, VBA, formulae... All cactus.
I might have said "I told you we don't invest enough in software" to a few people
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@NTA said in Google drive:
@Machpants said in Google drive:
Google sheets is still a pale comparison to the power of excel,
I might have said "I told you we don't invest enough in software" to a few people
I'm sure that resonated well
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@canefan said in Google drive:
@NTA said in Google drive:
@Machpants said in Google drive:
Google sheets is still a pale comparison to the power of excel,
I might have said "I told you we don't invest enough in software" to a few people
I'm sure that resonated well
I'll say they weren't too receptive at the time.
So I uploaded the more important sheets to SQL Server and automated all their little macros to make them feel better
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@NTA said in Google drive:
@canefan said in Google drive:
@NTA said in Google drive:
@Machpants said in Google drive:
Google sheets is still a pale comparison to the power of excel,
I might have said "I told you we don't invest enough in software" to a few people
I'm sure that resonated well
I'll say they weren't too receptive at the time.
So I uploaded the more important sheets to SQL Server and automated all their little macros to make them feel better
I wish I knew what that meant. I'm sure I'd LOL
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
Yeah, I was a bit slow - your My Drive icon looks different than mine, not sure why. And the folders are not syncing as the clouds aren't green
Might have to delete everything and start again. But I don't get why it will sync the parent folder but not the rest
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
Is MS one drive running on your PC? Because that by default does your Doc folder, it maybe the issue.
Maybe. How do I stop that?
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So I still use OneDrive, I put back up 2FA codes for things on it so it is in dif place than other stuff. But I have unlinked it from the PC documents (what used to be called My Documents) folder. Not in my One Drive it is just a folder called Documents, and doesn't have the same special icon that you have. So both Google and One Drive are trying to back up/sync the same folder in your case
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
So I still use OneDrive, I put back up 2FA codes for things on it so it is in dif place than other stuff. But I have unlinked it from the PC documents (what used to be called My Documents) folder. Not in my One Drive it is just a folder called Documents, and doesn't have the same special icon that you have. So both Google and One Drive are trying to back up/sync the same folder in your case
So I could keep it and disconnect it from my documents and photos etc?
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@Machpants said in Google drive:
Anything you want Google to sync, yes. They don't play nicely together. If yo are not using One Drive, then you can just uninstall it
One Drive is no more. So will google drive just take over, or do I have to do something else?
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