1. Open Self Service on your computer and search for Google Drive.

2. Under the Google Drive logo in Self Service, click “Install” to download Google Drive for Desktop.

3. From your Applications folder, open Google Drive and then click “Sign in with Browser”:

4. Sign in with your App State credentials, confirm that you are downloading the app from Google, and then click “Sign In”: 

5. After you have installed Google Drive for Desktop, click “Open Security & Privacy settings”, to allow the Google Drive software access to your Google Drive Files:

6. In your Computer System Settings, in the “Security & Privacy” menu, click the lock to make changes, enter your username and password, and click “Allow” next to the setting that says “System Software from developer “Google Inc.” was blocked from loading":

Click on the Google Drive icon located at the top right of your screen on the Mac menu bar, then click on the gear icon at the top right of the Drive menu to open preferences:

You can access your Google Drive account folders (My Drive and Shared Drives) by either double-clicking on the Google Drive logo on your desktop or clicking “Open in Finder” from the Google Drive Preferences menu:

1. From the Google Drive Preferences window, in the “Folders from your computer menu”, click to sync your Desktop, Documents, Pictures, or other folders with your Drive.

2. Select your Desktop (or any other folder) and click “Open”:

3. Next, click “OK” to allow Google Drive to have access to your files and then click "Done":

4. Repeat the above process to add your Documents, Pictures, Downloads, or other folders to sync them to your Drive, then click “Save”. After you save, you can click on the “Computers” link (next to "Syncing Files from 4 folders to ") to open a browser on your computer that automatically takes you to your backed-up Drive cloud folder in your browser. This folder is where your synced files are stored in the Drive cloud: