Google Drive for desktop finally has full Apple M1 Mac support

In the most recent replace to its cloud storage service, Google has added full support for Apple M1 Macs to Google Drive for desktop.

With the discharge of model 52.0 of Google Drive for desktop, Mac customers with a MacE book Air, MacE book Pro, Mac Mini or iMac working Apple silicon can now take full benefit of the search big's new unified shopper.

Google's new unified shopper additionally provides improved support for Apple's Photo Library together with media that's synced with iCloud as a part of Google Photos.

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After years of sustaining two separate shoppers within the type of Backup and Sync for customers and Drive File Stream for companies, Google determined to merge them into one providing again in July.

While Backup and Sync gained “improved Apple M1 support” initially of this 12 months, Drive File Stream solely added “open beta” support for Apple Silicon in February. An replace in May introduced enhancements in regard to Apple M1 support although it was nonetheless a beta.

In addition to M1 Mac support, the most recent Google Drive replace additionally provides improved accessibility for folders and information created offline, support for some cameras to again as much as Drive for desktop, the flexibility to handle and buy further cloud storage from throughout the shopper, improved sync efficiency when connecting to a community after working offline and different enhancements.

Now that Google now not has to take care of two separate shoppers, anticipate updates to Google Drive for desktop to start rolling out at a quicker tempo.

Via 9to5Google