Checking your google drive storage space, Uploading your photos and videos to google drive – HTC One M8 User Manual

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Checking your Google Drive storage space

In Settings, you can check your available Google Drive storage space.

Before your Google Drive storage info appears in Settings, you need to access your
Google Drive from an HTC app first, such as signing in to Google Drive from the
Mail app when sharing a file link.

Go to Settings, and then tap Storage. Under Online storage, you'll see your
Google Drive storage space.

From time to time, check back on how much online storage space you still have
before you upload more content.

Uploading your photos and videos to Google Drive

Use Gallery to upload your photos and videos to Google Drive.

1. On the Gallery app’s main screen, swipe to the Timeline, Albums, or Locations

tab.

2. Tap an album or event that contains the photos and videos you want to upload.

3. Tap

.

4. If you see the Zoe screen, tap Close to close it.

5. From the selection menu, tap Drive.

6. Select the photos and videos you want to upload, and then tap Next.

7. Choose or create a folder in Google Drive.

8. Tap OK to upload.

Sharing links to documents or files in Google Drive

No more attaching large files to your email. Using the Mail app, you can easily share
links to documents or other files in your Google Drive by email.

1. Open the Mail app.

2. If you have several email accounts, switch to an email account you want to use.

3. Create a new email message and fill in your recipients, or reply to an email.

4. Tap

.

5. Tap Document, and then choose whether to share PDFs or Office documents.

Or tap File to choose any file type.

6. On the HTC files screen, tap Drive.

If you don't see this screen, press

first.

7. In your Google Drive storage, open the folder that contains the files that you

want.

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