Saving files on a MAC to avoid accidentally losing work 

STUDENT VERSION

Anything that you see in Finder (Recents, Desktop, Documents, Downloads) needs to be saved in your Google Drive. This does not happen automatically and not saving it can lead to loss of classwork or other content.

To keep from losing files, ALWAYS save work to Google Drive.*

*You can also save work to a flashdrive if you personally own the necessary equipment to do so. 

How to save your work:

Screenshots (usually in Finder/Desktop)

1) Open Finder to see what you need to save.

2) Also open Google/Google Drive

3) Select File Upload from the LEFT side menu

4) Select Browse/Finder/Desktop and then Open to upload file. 

5) A successful upload will show up with this message at the bottom right of your google drive. 

• You can upload one file at a time, or several, but the more you upload, the slower they upload, so it is recommended that you upload only 1-3 files at a time. 
• Saving Downloads/Documents from Finder: the process is the same as the one for Screenshots above, except for which part of Finder you are uploading from.

REMINDER: Anytime there is a need to exchange a computer at EDGE, the student must have completed the saving-to-google-drive process before coming to the EDGE office.

Additional Information: All students using EDGE Mac devices have the ability to save their work to their google drive or to the individual hard drive on the device they have checked out (at this time we cannot change the default settings). MACs don’t have a way, at this time, to upload those local hard drives to a district server the way that PCs (Acers, Chromebooks, Dells) do.