GOOGLE BACKUP AND SYNC DUPLICATES UPDATE
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It’s clear that currently Backup and Sync does get into re-uploading the already backed-up stuff. In addition, we also confirmed the issue exists in case the app is un-installed and re-installed – regardless of the already backed-up folders (like Pictures, Documents, and Desktop etc) in Google Drive, it re-uploads all the folders again, leading to duplication as can be seen in the following screenshot. We were easily able to reproduce the issue at our end.

The following screenshot (shared by the user) gives a clear picture of what they saw: This means it again started backing up everything from Pictures in local computer to the newly created Pictures in cloud. However, later, when the folder was selected again, they were surprised to see that the application failed to recognize the existing Pictures folder and created another folder with the same name in Google Drive. One of the affected users said they unchecked the Pictures folder in Backup and Sync’s Preferences menu due to some reason, assuming that the application will continue from where it left when the folder will be selected for backup again. Among the long list of problems being reported with the Backup and Sync app, this issue recently caught our attention. The hot issue being served on the platter is that the app fails to recognize already uploaded folders – it re-uploads them all over again, making multiple copies in Google Drive.īaffling, but true. Looks like in a rush to launch the Backup and Sync app, Google did not scrutinize the pitfalls that the app could get into.

GOOGLE BACKUP AND SYNC DUPLICATES DOWNLOAD

If you have been affected by this problem, you should immediately download the latest Backup and Sync from here.

GOOGLE BACKUP AND SYNC DUPLICATES UPDATE

Update 1 (September 07): Google has released version 3.36 of the Backup and Sync app, which includes fix for this issue. Now when you try uploading the same folder again, the application notifies you about the pre-uploaded stuff through notifications similar to the following: Update 2 (September 07): We tested the new Backup and Sync (version 3.36) at our end, and can confirm that the ‘folder duplication’ issue has indeed been fixed. We have also compiled a detailed list of Backup and Sync related existing issues.

Google backup and sync duplicates