Google Drive: Superbad

Google Drive is powerful, but a rushed shortcut is a student's worst enemy. Treat your uploads like McLovin treats his fake ID—with suspicion and a backup plan.

Maya replied: “Check your Trash on Drive. Also, did you upload the file or a shortcut?” Superbad Google Drive

Maya got a frantic text: “Drive ate my Superbad essay. I'm dead.” Google Drive is powerful, but a rushed shortcut

11:59 PM.

But there was a problem. The file lived only on Alex’s ancient laptop. The battery icon was red—. Google Drive is powerful

In a rush, Alex opened Google Drive, dragged the file into the browser… and let go too early. The file uploaded… but as a shortcut (a .gshortcut file) instead of the actual document. Alex didn't notice.

Panic mode.