Old way of using Google Drive (obsolete)

Owned by Paul Macey
Jul 21, 2022
1 min read

(obsolete) Usual

Normally, if you have Google Drive running:

  • Open  SyncBackPro

  • Run the profile to copy from Google Drive

    • for only spm12 and CSPM updates: select the profile "spm12 - Google ..." or 

    • for all matlab updates: select the profile "matlab - Google drive...". 

  • You should get a confirmation dialog for files that will be replaced. If nothing shows up, no files will be updated.

(obsolete) Troubleshooting

If you want to check you have the latest files, start from the end by working through these steps:

  1. Look for the most recent file in your local matlab folder (usually c:\matlab\spm12\toolbox\CSPM)

    • Sort by "Date modified" and look at date of the latest "MATLAB code" or "MATLAB Figure" (the "MATALAB Data" or "Microsoft Access Table" files are your local settings, and get changes each time you use CSPM).

    • If this file is not up-to-date, SyncBack has not copied the latest file from the Google Drive matlab folder on your computer.

  2. Look for the most recent file in your Google Drive matlab folder (Google Drive\matlab\spm12\toolbox\CSPM)

    • If this is not up-to-date, the Google Drive sync program has not downloaded the latest files from the cloud

  3. Check that Google Drive is running on your computer (little icon on the bottom right)

    • To start, search for Google Drive in the Start menu

  4. Check that you are "Signed in" to Google Drive (icon not grayed out)

  5. Check that Google Drive is not still synchronizing; if you just started this process, it will take an hour or more to synchronize all of the matlab folder.

    • Click on icon, and look for Sync Complete message at bottom right of popup. 

  6. Check that Paul has copied the file to the cloud

  7. SOS