19 December 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Google Docs FTP Access

How To's Mac

This weekend while cranking out code for a new application scott and I are working on, I discovered a new way to access my google docs. Within Cyberduck there is an option for remote access of users google docs, after further exploring it I found that you can pull your Google Docs from your online account onto your local machine.

Lets take a look on how to add your account.

Below you can see I have both my Gmail google docs as well as my Google Docs for Edu.

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To setup your google docs access, download Cyberduck from their website.

Open cyberduck and click on the add bookmark + sign.

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Click the drop down arrow.

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Choose Google Docs

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Give your bookmark a nickname and input your gmail address then close the dialog box.

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Next you will be prompted to enter your password, after you do click “login”.

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Success! You will now see all of your documents, spreadsheets, presentations and your folders.

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This tutorial was mac based but cyberduck does have a Windows Client that is now in public beta. You can download the beta here.

Until next time,

Carpe Noctum

T.J.

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  • Neil Shorey

    You can also use SMEStorage CloudFTP to upload Files to Google Docs except once setup you can use any standard FTP client. See below for further details:

    http://www.smestorage.com/?p=static&page=CloudFTP

  • Ian haubner

    I wish you could do the reverse of this and acess and edit files from my existing FTP share in Google docs. 

  • http://www.tjhouston.com/ TJ Houston

    What are you trying to do? Whats the end goal. There may be another way…

  • Ajharmon25

    Can I use this service to back up all that is stored on the cloud w/google apps/docs?  I need to set up a back up system immediately!  Thank you!

  • http://www.tjhouston.com/ TJ Houston

    Your personal one’s or are you talking Google Apps for Education/Business?