Question Google Drive: How to upload onto someone else Drive?

[preguntonontrack]

Hello everyone. I am trying to upload some wedding videos that are over 20gb each. I have an standard google account and my friends wife pays for extra space. She has 1 TB in google drive. She made a folder and shared it with me. When i go to "shared with me" and open the shared folder each time i upload something is taking up my space or giving me an error because of space. What i am doing wrong or how i can upload all these video directly to her drive without her giving me her password?

 

[punkncat]

You should be able to share the links with them to upload. Is that not working due to the size of the files? I know in Gmail itself there is a limit on what will send. I do not believe that to be the case on Drive.

Something you might consider trying is changing the extension on the end to something non-sensical and instruct them how to change it back to the proper format. It could be the type is causing their ISP to block it?

 

[preguntonontrack]

You should be able to share the links with them to upload. Is that not working due to the size of the files? I know in Gmail itself there is a limit on what will send. I do not believe that to be the case on Drive.

Something you might consider trying is changing the extension on the end to something non-sensical and instruct them how to change it back to the proper format. It could be the type is causing their ISP to block it?

Is not the file because i tested it with a short one and it was uploaded successfully. I notice that it uses my space instead of hers.

 

[USAFRet]

Is not the file because i tested it with a short one and it was uploaded successfully. I notice that it uses my space instead of hers.

File size.

Short vid of xGB is different than long vid of 20GB

 

[punkncat]

Purchase a 2.5" SSD and cheapo external enclosure. Load it and give/send to them to upload local.

 

[preguntonontrack]

File size.

Short vid of xGB is different than long vid of 20GB

Google drive says the upload limit it 2TB for videos. I think the problem is that somehow is taking up my space and i have an standard account. How she can make a folder where i can upload everything?

 

[preguntonontrack]

Purchase a 2.5" SSD and cheapo external enclosure. Load it and give/send to them to upload local.

If it where for that i could get a 256gb USb drive for 20 bucks and ill set but she lives in another state we went there for the wedding.

 

[USAFRet]

Google drive says the upload limit it 2TB for videos. I think the problem is that somehow is taking up my space and i have an standard account. How she can make a folder where i can upload everything?

Upload limit for a single file?

Link to this documentation?

 

[punkncat]

If it where for that i could get a 256gb USb drive for 20 bucks and ill set but she lives in another state we went there for the wedding.

So, just my own experience, but some years back like many people I may have downloaded a torrent or two. At this point my ISP is so twitchy about it that ANYTHING I try to share or get through things such as Drive and whatnot either don't work or I end up getting throttled for a while alongside a nastygram from my ISP. The only foolproof method I have found is to use solid state storage and the mailbox. Even when the files were my own.

Seems to just be a part of the landscape since the crackdown on file sharing.

I have asked a friend of mine who is a pro-photog to see what she uses. We have just downloaded pics and vids from her website, but don't know who hosts her and what she is paying to do so.

 

[preguntonontrack]

Upload limit for a single file?

Link to this documentation?

Found this specific to shared.

Shared drive limits in Google Drive - Google Workspace Learning Center

Google Workspace productivity guideOn this page File and folder limits in shared drives

support.google.com

This is the other thing i found that is more general but is about Workspace: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/guides/limits

Still forget about size limitation why is using my space instead of hers?

 

[Ralston18]

I am wondering about this from Post #1:

" how i can upload all these video directly to her drive without her giving me her password?"

What is the reason for not getting the password?

Also:

" I think the problem is that somehow is taking up my space and i have an standard account."

Be specific and quantify - how big is the file that you are trying to upload? How much space do you have in your account - full capacity and remaining available space?

If the upload goes into your space is there any difference between the size of the file transferred and the subsequent space consumed when the file transfers into your space?

Any specific error codes, messages, pop-ups etc. when the uploads fail?

 

[preguntonontrack]

I am wondering about this from Post #1:

" how i can upload all these video directly to her drive without her giving me her password?"

What is the reason for not getting the password?

Also:

" I think the problem is that somehow is taking up my space and i have an standard account."

Be specific and quantify - how big is the file that you are trying to upload? How much space do you have in your account - full capacity and remaining available space?

If the upload goes into your space is there any difference between the size of the file transferred and the subsequent space consumed when the file transfers into your space?

Any specific error codes, messages, pop-ups etc. when the uploads fail?

Ok i assisted and took videos of my friends wedding. The easiest way to send them such big files without any hassle or cost was using Google Drive. My google account is an standard account with a 15gb limit. My frends Wife wants the videos and she pays for extra Google Drive storage already.

1. She made a folder on her Google Drive and shared it with me (my email account).
2. When i go to my Google Drive i see the folder under the shared section.
3. Uploaded an small video and i noticed is taking up my space and when i uploaded the 19gb video it says there no enough space.

I am doing something wrong? did she did something wrong?

 

[Ralston18]

Are the original video files stored in your computer, in your Google account, or both?

I am not convinced that the file sizes are the issue.

FYI (from Google Support):

https://support.google.com/a/users/... copy limits in shared drives,to 5 TB in size.

And it is not that you or her that is doing "something wrong" per se.

The premise has been that you are trying to share large files with her when the requirement is that you upload or otherwise need to place copies of the videos into the target Google Drive that she has created.

So when you share, the file is in your account and taking your space.

Think in terms of "upload".

https://www.wikihow.com/Share-Large-Files-on-Google-Drive

(Note Part 2, #1.)

Specifically:

"Understand how files are shared on Google Drive. There are essentially two different ways that you can share a file that you've uploaded to your Drive: you can share it with specific Drive users, or you can generate a link that anyone can use to access the file."

My thought is that the process has gotten just a bit mixed up.

 

[preguntonontrack]

Are the original video files stored in your computer, in your Google account, or both?

I am not convinced that the file sizes are the issue.

FYI (from Google Support):

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/7338880?hl=en#:~:text=a shared drive.-,Upload & copy limits in shared drives,to 5 TB in size.

And it is not that you or her that is doing "something wrong" per se.

The premise has been that you are trying to share large files with her when the requirement is that you upload or otherwise need to place copies of the videos into the target Google Drive that she has created.

So when you share, the file is in your account and taking your space.

Think in terms of "upload".

https://www.wikihow.com/Share-Large-Files-on-Google-Drive

(Note Part 2, #1.)

Specifically:

"Understand how files are shared on Google Drive. There are essentially two different ways that you can share a file that you've uploaded to your Drive: you can share it with specific Drive users, or you can generate a link that anyone can use to access the file."

My thought is that the process has gotten just a bit mixed up.

The files are from my digital video camara, i transferred them to my PC and i am uploading them from my PC to the "shared" folder she created. Let me check the wiki.

Edit: asked her and i cheked the wiki. She made the folder on her account, right clicked the folder and added share folder and added my email (myaccount). When i go to my account i go to the shared section, i see the folder and i drag the file into it.

*Maybe you have a point. Maybe even if she added the folder on her account i am sharing from my drive. So, how i can actually upload to her drive?

 

[preguntonontrack]

I ended up getting Google One 100gb for one month and uploaded everything into my Google Drive and shared with her.