[dba-Tech] Google Drive

[John Colby]

 >>My wife accidentally turned on Google Drive and it immediately 
uploaded every vid and picture on her system

Should be illegal

On 6/1/2018 4:14 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> My wife accidentally turned on Google Drive and it immediately uploaded every vid and picture on her system and almost immediately, ran out of room. Dahhh...(an estimated 50,000 pictures...;-)) We have been trying to turn the thing off, stop the continuous prompts to buy more room and clear out the account.
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> It is a slow arduous process and Google is busily backing up our deletes.
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> Well, all I can say is live and learn.
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> Jim
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>, "rockysmolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>, "Off Topic" <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 5:22:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Google Drive
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>>> I am trying to delete everything from my Google Drive and resync.  It's a PITA.  Can't just delete all files.  Gotta do them a group at a time.
> Sounds like ... Google.  Collect everything, trash nothing.  Make it so difficult to trash you will give up.
>
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> On 5/31/2018 6:46 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>> I am trying to delete everything from my Google Drive and resync.  It's a
>> PITA.  Can't just delete all files.  Gotta do them a group at a time.
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>> In fact you can't even delete all the trash at once.
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>> I'm thinking of deleting my account and opening a new one.  I don't use my
>> Gmail.  Drive is the only thing I use.
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>> I think I'm identified by my email (@bchacc.com).  Does anyone know if I
>> delete my account will they let me create a new one using the same 'name'?
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>> TIA
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>> Rocky
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John W. Colby