Google Drive is a handy place to store your data, and it comes with a regular Gmail account. You can get more out of it by tying it to Windows File Explorer.

The opening screen shows folders on your computer that are being backed up to the cloud, and you can add new folders or remove folders already in the list if necessary.

Google Drive is a handy place to store your data, and it comes with a regular Gmail account. You can get more out of it by tying it to Windows File Explorer.

To add Gmail to Windows 8, click on the Mail tile in the Windows 8 Start Screen. This will launch the Mail app, which you will be using to set up your Gmail account.

You can sync your Google Calendar to the Outlook desktop app for Mac by adding your Google account and PC by importing your calendar.