Have you ever needed to access a document or an important piece of information when you are away from your home computer? Was your wallet stolen or you experienced a disaster when you lost important documents such as a college transcript or your driver's license?
There are many sites on the Internet where you can safely store items like your resume, a copy of your driver's license, and photos.
Google Drive is just one of these free cloud locations. By creating a profile on www.google.com, you can gain access to a series of applications that permit the storage of spreadsheets, typed documents, photos, videos, and scanned important documents. It's like having your hard drive accessible anywhere or not needing to carry a flash drive with you.
After you create a free account at google.com, look for the "tic tac toe" like icon (a nine small square board) in the upper right corner of the screen. When you open this icon, a series of nine applications are visible - Google+ (a simpler version of Facebook that has not caught fire), Search, YouTube, Maps, Play, News, Gmail, Drive, and Calendar. An additional option of "More" appears at the bottom of the window offering a variety of other choices. Each of these applications is free to use, some with the possibility of purchasing additional storage space.
I use Google Drive to store and access documents that I may need outside of my own laptop. Included in this is a spreadsheet of my user IDs, passwords, and security questions. Also, I have scanned important documents including my husband's and my drivers license, car registrations, medical ID cards, and other documents that if lost in a disaster like a fire or flood or if stolen, I can easily access anywhere from a computer.
To learn more, a tutorial is located on Youtube.com at www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOmuG3HfPo.
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