oogle Drive
A headline feature of Android Marshmallow was
bility to auto backup your data by syncing
ogle Drive account. This mass
ice will keep all of your important
s and numbers safely stored on
erver so if you lose your phone or if it
ou should be able to restore everything
ccessing your Google account.
s a new feature for Android Marshmallow,
viously any kind of backup had to bemanually actioned and it is far too easy to forget
to do it yourself so often. This daily fail-safe will
only take place over Wi-Fi; it’s also encrypted so it
should be totally safe from being hacked and it
won’t eat into your Google Drive allowance.
Overall, it’s a win-win situation.
This tutorial will show you how to manage the
apps that are automatically backed up to Google
Drive and illustrate how to restore your account
should you lose your phone.down. It should
isn’t you
tore.
Once you are in the app, pull across from
the left-hand side of the screen as this will bring
up the Google Drive menu. Scroll down until you
fi nd Settings and tap on that.Enter your settings
(^2) This screen contains all the details you
need to know about the Google Drive Auto-backup.
To make some space in the cache, either clear it
or increase the cache size.
Google Drive settings
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Tap on Backup and reset. Once in this
menu, tap on Backup account. This will give you
the option to back your data up to the phone’s
associated Google account or add a new one.
Set a backup account
(^4) If you are switching phones or want to
delete an app only to reinstall it with your existing
data, tap Automatic restore and Google Drive will
add all your data back once reinstalled.
Automatic restore
(^5) Head back into the settings and tap
Manage backup. Here you can fi nd all the apps
that have been backed up on Google Drive. This
will tell you just what is safely stored.
Manage your backups
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» Essential apps for Marshmallow