
Now, finish the installation before moving to the next procedure. You will be redirected to install the app once you open it. Download the app.Īfter downloading, press open. Then click on it and search for Google Drive. Step 1: Search the App Store for the Google Drive app. Now, if you don’t have the application on your iPhone, you must download it. If you use Gmail or any other mail app, the use of the drive app cannot be overlooked. Steps for Installing Google Drive App on iPhone Having a Google account will let you store most file types in the drive and later use them as attachments. Uploading Google Drive Files to Email (On iPhone)įirst and foremost, if you plan to upload any document from Google Drive, you will need the Google Drive app before you can send any mail with Google Drive attachments. Our guide continues below with additional information on sending Google Drive files through email on an iPhone, including information on how to install the Google Drive app and upload files to it that you wish to share through the Apple Mail application.

The question remains, if no files have been made available offline in the Google Drive app, then why is the index taking suck a large chunk of storage?Īlthough this question is best suited for the Google Drive's support team, any answered posted here will most certainly be welcomed by me.8 Additional Reading How to Send a File from Google Drive with the iPhone Mail App And when a file is selected to be openend, it is then downloaded temporarily to the device's local storage. On mobile applications, only an index of the cloud drive's (iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box.com, etc.) content is being presented. This problem is likely due to an issue with the GD application itself, in terms of code instead of storage.Īll files are stored only on the cloud (unless saved offline) for mobile devices, and synchronized on PCs and Macs (not on Linux yet, which *****) by default, unless the user customizes the directories/folders that will be synchronized (to conserve valuable storage on your MacBook's drive). I'm experiencing the same issue on my iPad, where Google Drive is consuming a considerable amount of storage, despite me not having any files available offline.
