Did you know you can connect Oops! File Manager (OFM) with Google Drive? Well, you can and its pretty easy.

OFM uses a single file database along with file hashing to keep track of your hard work. If your have OFM professional then you will be able to link your OFM backup hashes to Google Drive and you also need to have Google Drive installed on your Windows device (laptop, PC or tablet). Before we begin there are some choices to make about this mod. Doing this will mean that OFM will constantly feed update and file changes to Google Drive, which means if your tracking lots of files you can easily take up lots of space on your Google Drive account. I would suggest doing this slight mod if you want some redundancy in the case your computer catches on fire or decides to quit life.

First, you must locate your Google Drive folder. This is usually located under your user name on your computer (i.e. c:\users\yourusername\Google Drive). Copy this address to Notepad or anything else (word, notes, etc) you will need this path later.

Second, make a folder in Google Drive called “Oops File Manager”, this is optional; however, it’s a good idea if you want to make sure your backups are separate from other files that are on your Google Drive.

Third, open OFM and click on “Tools” in the menu, then click on “Properties”. Notice the first choice, “Default Backup Directory”, you will need to change this to the Google Driver Folder. Click “Browse”, it will ask you if you are sure you want to change the backup directory, click “Yes” and navigate to the Google Drive folder. Once there, select the Oops File Manager folder you created. Lastly, click “Save”. Now OFM should start moving your backups to the Google Drive folder.

Now that OFM is backing up to your Google Drive its now best to copy (from time to time) the OFM database in the case of your computer blowing up. Find the file OFMdb.sdf in the OFM install directory (see pic below) which should be located in your AppData folder (i.e. c:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Oops File Manager\), simply copy this file to the Oops File Manager folder you create in your Google Drive.

Hope this mod helps some people out!

As always, thanks for reading!