Drive

Drive holds your files in one place. Home lists recent items and what needs your action; the left rail reaches every area and your managed folders.

My Drive lists the files and folders you uploaded or created. Open it from the Content group in the left rail or from the pinned row under My managed folders.

Shared lists the items other people granted you directly or through a collaboration. Account-wide shares and Space files are not part of that list.

Choose a row to open the file's own page. It shows the file itself, with panels for Info, Comments and History, and a Download action.

Choose Upload file, pick a destination, choose the files and choose Add. Drive verifies each file, transfers it, then processes it for preview and search.

Choose Upload folder and pick a folder on your device. Sub-folders are preserved, and empty folders are created too when your browser reports them.

Choose New folder, type a name and choose Create. The folder is made where you are: inside the folder or managed folder you are looking at.

Move and Copy to open a folder picker scoped to where the item already lives. You cannot move items between managed folders, and folders cannot be copied.

Archiving hides an item from the default lists without deleting it. Open Archive to find it again and choose Unarchive to bring it back.

Drive accepts what the administered catalogue lists. Supported files shows the live list; this page carries the default set and the size rules.

After an upload Drive scans the file, extracts its text and metadata, and for images builds two WebP renditions. Documents render in your browser.

A site is a static HTML bundle with index.html at its root. Choose Upload site, name it, decide on JavaScript, and Drive registers it in Sites.

A site's editor takes a plain-English instruction, makes the edit, shows the result in Preview, and publishes only after validation passes and you arm Publish.

Capture URL files a request to preserve a web page as evidence. Give the URL, choose a capture profile and a destination, and submit.

Choose Create managed folder, give it a name, add an optional description and category, and Drive opens the new folder. New folders start private.

Open the folder, choose Invite, pick people, workgroups or collaborations, set Can view or Can edit, choose Share, then choose Done to save.

What the three permissions in the share dialog mean, which two you can actually choose, and how a permission on a managed folder reaches its contents.

Copy link hands out an Evolve link that opens only for the access list. Anyone with the link mints a public link for a file, and expires after 30 days.

Folder settings holds Snapshot, Edit and Delete. Edit changes the name and category; the five tabs are Overview, Sites, Members, Activity and Snapshots.

A snapshot records which revision of every page a folder held at one moment. Capture it from the settings menu; it is a record, not a restore point.

Deleting is permanent and needs you to type the folder's name. It removes the folder, its members and its snapshots; the files themselves stay in Drive.

Choose Send for review on the item, then name the reviewers and what you expect of each. The review exists only once a reviewer is named.

My tasks lists what is waiting on you. Open the item, then choose Approve, Request changes, Send back to author or Reject from its actions.

Publish is an action on an item inside a managed folder. Published items appear under Published by me, and Unpublish reverses it.

Retrieval lists the items an application manages for retrieval and RAG paths. It is a filtered view of your files, not a place to run a query.

Secure Data Intake issues a secure upload link to a named sender. Accepted files are scanned, validated and delivered into a managed folder you choose.

Every upload failure names a message and a recommended action. This page groups the messages by cause and says which ones are worth retrying.

Each preview failure states its own reason. This page maps every message to its cause and says whether waiting, retrying or downloading is the fix.

What each failure in the share dialog means: a disabled Done button, a failed save, a recipient who cannot be found, and a link that opens for nobody.