Google Drive: Why does make downloading photos from the drive to the computer so difficult? You cant drag or copy them. The download icon sends them right back to your drive. Any...

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

Why does make downloading photos from the drive to the computer so difficult? You cant drag or copy them. The download icon sends them right back to your drive. Any thoughts for this noncomputer Geek?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

If for some reason you can’t drag and drop, select the images you want to copy (using the ctrl key as well if you want to select multiple images), right click and choose “copy”. Then select the destination location, right click and choose “paste”.

If you want to choose a group of images to copy, holding down the shift key, choose the first image and the last image, and the proceed with the copy and paste.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

sodapop wrote:

Why does make downloading photos from the drive to the computer so difficult? You cant drag or copy them. The download icon sends them right back to your drive. Any thoughts for this noncomputer Geek?

Both Google Drive and DropBox are counterintuitive. I've been uploading things to DB, and they get there, but not the way I want. It's drag and drop, but the software decides how to do it.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

sodapop wrote:

Why does make downloading photos from the drive to the computer so difficult? You cant drag or copy them. The download icon sends them right back to your drive. Any thoughts for this noncomputer Geek?

Can you be a bit more descriptive on the operation you are attempting. Is the drive that contains the photos connected to the computer? Are you attempting to move or copy the photos from one connected drive to another connected drive? Or, are you copying the photos from a memory card and placing them on a drive?

Mark

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

TriX wrote:

If for some reason you can’t drag and drop, select the images you want to copy (using the ctrl key as well if you want to select multiple images), right click and choose “copy”. Then select the destination location, right click and choose “paste”.

If you want to choose a group of images to copy, holding down the shift key, choose the first image and the last image, and the proceed with the copy and paste.

Thank you for your reply. When I copy and paste, there is no option to paste. One suggestion I found while searching, was a program to buy.
Dagonnit, these are my photos, and Google is holding them hostage.

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

markngolf wrote:

Can you be a bit more descriptive on the operation you are attempting. Is the drive that contains the photos connected to the computer? Are you attempting to move or copy the photos from one connected drive to another connected drive? Or, are you copying the photos from a memory card and placing them on a drive?

Mark

Thanks for replying Mark. They are videos, (sorry I kept calling them photos) that were sent to me via a link so that they could be restored. It is more convenient for me at least, to have them on my hard drive

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

sodapop wrote:

Thanks for replying Mark. They are videos, (sorry I kept calling them photos) that were sent to me via a link so that they could be restored. It is more convenient for me at least, to have them on my hard drive

I may be wrong, but here is what I think:
1. you can store the link(s) in a folder and store on your drive.
2. you need software to actually store the videos.

Good luck,
Mark

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

markngolf wrote:

I may be wrong, but here is what I think:
1. you can store the link(s) in a folder and store on your drive.
2. you need software to actually store the videos.

Good luck,
Mark

If the videos are on the web via links, definitely.
I used "savefrom.net" before it was "kinda banned" in the US. It worked very well.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

sodapop wrote:

Thank you for your reply. When I copy and paste, there is no option to paste. One suggestion I found while searching, was a program to buy.
Dagonnit, these are my photos, and Google is holding them hostage.

Look on the menu when you right click, at the bottom choose “more”, you’ll find “paste” on the second page.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

sodapop wrote:

Why does make downloading photos from the drive to the computer so difficult? You cant drag or copy them. The download icon sends them right back to your drive. Any thoughts for this noncomputer Geek?

Once you figure this problem out I would delete any connection to Google Drive. It is so lamely constructed I’ve never understood why Google puts their name on it. There are lots of easier ways to move files around.

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

CamB wrote:

Once you figure this problem out I would delete any connection to Google Drive. It is so lamely constructed I’ve never understood why Google puts their name on it. There are lots of easier ways to move files around.

roaddogie

sodapop wrote:

Thank you for your reply. When I copy and paste, there is no option to paste. One suggestion I found while searching, was a program to buy.
Dagonnit, these are my photos, and Google is holding them hostage.

My "paste" stopped working but if you "copy" the item and then hold down "ctrl" "v, that should place it where you desire,

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

roaddogie wrote:

My "paste" stopped working but if you "copy" the item and then hold down "ctrl" "v, that should place it where you desire,

Ok, thanks, I will try it. Though they were supposed to do the same thing, nowadays we should not assume anything

phot0n0ob

I have been using - and still use - Google Drive for many years and honestly have no clue what kind of issues you guys are talking about. I am constantly uploading and downloading photos and other files w/out issues. BTW Google offers a desktop app for Windows and macOS that gives you access to your Google Drive via Windows Explorer / Finder very similar to how you would access the local hard disk of your computer

profbowman Loc: Harrisonburg, VA, USA

sodapop wrote:

Ok, thanks, I will try it. Though they were supposed to do the same thing, nowadays we should not assume anything

Copy and paste should work, but I know that downloading does work with Google's Drive. When you are looking at a directory in Google Drive with an icon and the file name, you should find three dots in a vertical row at the right of the name. Click there and select "Download." At least this works for me. --Richard