Why connect Google Drive to Curiosity?

Connecting your Google Drive to Curiosity lets you:​
Get one search across Google Drive, emails and other apps in one place
Search Google Drive using the Alt+ Space shortcut
Save things from Google Drive and other places for later using Spaces

How to connect Google Drive

To connect your Google Drive with Curiosity:
In the left bar, hover over Apps and click the + button
In the list of apps to connect, find Google Drive
Click connect and confirm the reminder to check all the permissions boxes
In the browser window that opens, sign into your Google account
Accept all the permissions and click Allow

Google Drive will appear under Apps and your files will be searchable.

Notes

If you have synced Google Drive to a local folder on your computer and that folder is also connected to Curiosity, you may see the files there twice. You can change that by disconnecting one of the two sources.

💡 To connect a company Google Drive you may need to contact your IT administrator.





🔐 Your computer communicates directly with Google to download your data. We never see, copy or store your data. Learn more about data security and privacy here.

Updated on: 24/07/2023