Google Shared Drive sync to the PC

google-drivesync

I have the Google Backup & Sync installed and it syncs my personal Drive to my PC with no problem here. But I also have access to some Shared Drives which I also want to sync my PC so I can work out of files from software that isn't supported on Google Drive which doesn't seem to be possible.

Do any of you power users know how to do this? How to add a 2nd drive to my Backup & Sync. Maybe some other software?

Best Answer

Apparently you cannot add shared folders as actual folders to "my drive" anymore by some web UI element. It's only possible to create shortcuts (.gshortcut) for now. Unfortunately, these shortcuts do not allow the folders to be synced by "backup and sync".

However, there's a somewhat hidden key combo that establishes the "old" way. When you select the shared folder in "shared with me", you can press "Shift-Z" (btw, this is listed in key combos available from the gear icon top right), and then select where to put the shared folder inside "my drive". "backup and sync" will now pickup this as a real folder.