3 Tools for Backing Up Your Google Docs

I haven’t used Microsoft Office in months because I now only use Google Docs for my document needs. It’s convenient because I can access my documents anywhere I go and it’s easy for me to share my work with friends, classmates, and clients. Unfortunately, whether I’m on my laptop or iPad, there needs to be an Internet connection in order for me to access my documents. So what happens if I’m in a place with no Internet connection? It becomes a problem because there’s just no way to access my documents.

This is where a tool for backing up your documents for offline use really comes in handy. Whether there is an Internet connection or not, your documents are still accessible. Therefore, these 3 tools listed are great productivity boosters and make Google Apps the obvious choice for creating creating and saving documents of all kinds.

This is what I’m currently using and I feel that it does the job extremely well. Memeo Connect lets you bring your documents to your desktop (Windows, Mac), iPad, and iPhone/iPod Touch for online or offline use. It not only syncs your documents to your own GDrive, but it also lets you upload and edit your documents (you’ll need Google Apps Premier Edition Account for editing privileges). “The Memeo GDrive looks and acts like a physical drive on your computer and is integrated with your local file system” (kind of like Dropbox).

Price – $9.00 per user, per year

With GDocsDrive you can access your Google Docs on your Windows desktop pretty much like a virtual drive. You can also upload any types of files and folders via drag and drop. Sharing files and folders is easy can can be done with individuals, Google groups, Google app domains, or on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. All file types are supported and you’ll also be able to search through your files and convert them to Windows file formats (ie. Microsoft office documents).

Price – $19.99 USD for one license with unlimited future upgrades

Cyberduck is a very unique, open source tool for Windows and Mac that supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, cloud files, Google Docs, and Amazon S3. One of its many features is the ability to connect your Google Docs account to back up and access your documents. It also lets you share documents by defining access permissions (read or write) for individuals, Google groups, Google app domains, or the public. You can also export and edit your files if you have a Google Apps Premier Account. Because of its many other uses, this is a tool definitely worth checking out.

Price – free

While you can’t sync your Google Docs for offline use with Jilicloud, it’s a great way to browse and access your documents online along with all of your other favorite Web services. “Jolicloud is a cloud desktop that makes it easy to manage everything you care about in the cloud.” It also has its own OS, which makes it a great alternative to Chrome OS.

A few features:

Organize your entire collection of apps in a beautiful cloud desktopAdd more than 1,000+ apps from the Jolicloud App CenterCreate your own apps in secondsAccess and preview your Dropbox filesDiscover and add new apps your friends recommend

Price – free

What’s your favorite tool for backing up or accessing your Google Docs? Do you use a third party tool or just simply use the Google Docs website?

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