Paperspace: Using Google Drive with Your Virtual Machine

You can leverage Google Drive to access files while using Paperspace. We would recommend using Google Drive whenever you save or use files in Paperspace.

Open a browser

Use any browser you prefer. Google Chrome should be installed by default. If you cannot locate it, search for it in the bottom left search bar.

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Navigate to Google Drive

Go to drive.google.com and click on "Go to Drive", if you're accessing Google Drive for the first time. 

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Log in using your SNC email and password.

Download Files

From here, you can find files in Google Drive that you can download onto your Paperspace machine. To download either right click on the file, or click on the file and then click the three dots before clicking "Download".

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Once you click the download button, the file will be downloaded into the Downloads folder on your Paperspace machine. You can find it by navigating to the File Explorer (the yellow manilla folder icon on the bottom bar) and clicking "Downloads" on the left side menu. 

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Upload Files

Once you have finished working with a file in Paperspace and wish to bring it back onto your Google Drive, navigate back to or reopen your browser window and go to drive.google.com. In the upper left corner, you can click "New" and then "File Upload" (or folder if you wish to upload a whole folder of files instead).

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Navigate to the file you wish to upload and click "Open".

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