Similarly to the pre-existing solution for Google's Docs, Sheets, and Slides solutions, you'll be able to access your Offline storage solution by toggling the 'Available offline' feature when you right click on a file. However, the new G-Suite beta will expand this opportunity for offline storage to address all non-Google files too, including Office documents, PDFs, and so on. That may be why Google Drive has recently started to test a new feature that allows you to save all of your content online.Īs part of a recent blog post, Google revealed that today's G-Suite users can now officially apply to be part of a beta test that will allow them to save images, PDFs, Microsoft Office files and more that wouldn't typically be saved in Google format to their local machine.įor years, Google has allowed users to work on their Sheets, Docs, and Google Slides without an internet connection. After all, while the cloud has a lot of reliability and resiliency to offer, it's always a good idea to have back-ups of some of your most critical files offline too. If you're the kind of person (or company) that likes to keep crucial documents locally stored, and not just hovering in the cloud, then you're in luck.

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