How to Save Digital Files to Your Own Google Drive

Many digital planner sites offer downloads via Google Drive (like our own freebies!), however, you won’t have access to import them until you actually save them to your own Google drive account. Luckily, it’s fairly simple to do this.

ON YOUR iPAD or MOBILE DEVICE

How to Save Files to Your Google Drive on the iPad

You will need to click on the three dots next to the file name as seen in #1 in the image above. A menu should appear when you click those dots. Select Add to My Drive and choose where you want to save the file. Now you will have access to it through the normal importing methods you currently use. For instance, if you are using GoodNotes, you can then use the import or add functions, navigate to the files saved on your Google Drive and add them to the app.

ON YOUR COMPUTER

How to Save Files to Your Google Drive on the Web
This is basically the same, except, you’ll right click the file name and the menu will appear. Select Add to My Drive and choose where you want to save the file. Now you will have access to it through the normal importing methods you currently use. For instance, if you are using GoodNotes, you can then use the import or add functions, navigate to the files saved on your Google Drive and add them to the app.