Restore Deleted Events in Google Calendar

Ever deleted a calendar event by mistake and wanted to get it back? Now you can. Google has added Trash functionality to Google Calendar, providing an easy way for you to view, permanently delete, or restore individual and recurring deleted calendar events. 

Best Ways to Increase Your Privacy in Drive and Gmail

These tips allow you to maintain your privacy while also making full use of Google Apps collaborative capabilities. Share individual tabs of a Google Sheet or retract an email you mistakenly sent the night before, these are Google Gooru's four favorite ways to increase your privacy in Google Apps.

Google Open Lab Fall Schedule

Need extra help with UCSC Google Apps? Drop in to any of the following Google Open Labs for assistance. No need to sign up. 

New Calendar Feature - Adding Events Automatically

Google Calendar now adds events from Gmail, like reservations for hotels, flights, and restaurants, to your calendar automatically. 

How to Transfer Ownership of Google Drive Files

There are plenty of reasons why you may want to transfer ownership in Google Docs. If you are the owner, you might want to pass along responsibility of a project to someone else, especially if you are leaving UCSC. This will ensure that documents will remain accessible once your UCSC account is closed.

New Google Drive Doesn't Work with Unsupported Browsers

The new Google Drive that went live in our UCSC domain in April, (read announcement) is now a permanent change. Google has removed the option to return to the old Drive via the Settings drop down. 

New! Access Google Photos from Drive

Beginning today, when you access your UCSC Google Drive you will see a pop-up notice introducing Google Photos. Click Got it and the Google Photo link is added to your Drive's left side navigation. 

A Perfectly Organized Google Drive

Everyone organizes their Google Drive differently. Shockingly, many Google Apps users don’t organize them at all. By using a few best practices, there is a system for making Google Drive much more organized and easier to navigate.

New Privacy and Security Tools

Google recently launched a single place where you can manage your Google account data. My Account, which replaces the previous Google Account settings page, features sections dedicated to managing your sign-in and security settings, personal information and privacy settings, and account preferences.

Add Some Color

Google Drive has an awesome feature that allows you to color code your folders. 

Having a hard time finding Google Files or Emails?

Google is famous for their search engine, so much so "Google it" is now embedded into our vocabulary to mean to search for something in general. But often I hear people say, "I can't find anything in Google Drive or Gmail". Here's how to use Google's powerful search engine in Drive and Gmail:

New Google Drive Coming April 7

Google is launching a new redesigned Google Drive on April 7. They announced this change in July when you had the option at that time to switch over to the new design. Here's a recap of what's changing:

Docs, Sheets, and Slides added to the App Launcher

Docs, Sheets, and Slides have now been added to the Google App Launcher box. Groups has been moved to the 'More' screen (second App box) to make room.

Google Training 2015

There are several ways to learn how to use UCSC Google Apps. New classes and open labs for winter/spring 2015 are now available.