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Find the Hidden "Storage Manager" Shortcut in Drive Settings Open Google Drive Direct Link Generator in a separate tab, click the gear icon (top-right) → "Settings" → "Manage apps" → head to the footer and hit the grey "Storage management" link that materializes only after the page finishes loading. Save the resulting URL; it skips five nested menus and lands you straight to the quota page.

Feed the URL through a zero-cost redirect service such as tinyurl.com so you can update the destination later without reopening the ad or email again; one client trimmed support tickets by 41 % after migrating from Mailchimp-hosted attachments to this trick.

Queue 5 File Types for Overnight Bulk Deletion with One Click At 23:00 set the script to delete: .mov ≥ 300 MB, cloned .pdf ending in "(1)", .zip older than 90 days, untouched .psd older than 60 days, and any .dmg inside "Downloads/Software". A lone slider in the add-on panel fires all five rules; no secondary boxes, no manual tagging.

Compress PSD & AI into ZIP before upload to keep layers intact

Right-click the .psd or .ai icon, pick "Archive" on Windows or macOS; the archive keeps all vectors exactly as is and shrinks the payload 40-70 %.

Revision stack caps at 30; older drops auto-delete after 30 days. Need immortality? Freeze the revision: float the three-dot menu beside the version, pick Pin indefinitely. Each locked copy factors toward storage quota.

Switch Link default to "Restricted" and add client Gmail only

Open the kebab menu beside the blue "Copy link" button → "Change link to restricted" → "Done". The URL now grants access for people you list.

Tap "Add people and groups", paste the client’s exact Gmail address, un-tick "Notify people" if you prefer to avoid an auto-email, set the selector to "Can view", hit "Send". The rest of the web sees a 403 error.

Export the GA4 events to BigQuery; run SELECT traffic_source.name AS src, COUNT(*) AS downloads FROM analytics_123.events_* WHERE event_name='file_download' GROUP BY src to compare reach across campaign buckets without slow CSV merges.

"Yes" earns a green dot and a immovable date. "No" gets a STOP sticker and is deleted from the backlog on the spot. "Not-Now" earns a PAUSE sticker and teleports to a limbo lot with a non-negotiable review date no later than 30 days after go-live.

Before you send the link, append &fork=off to the URL–Drive hides the "Make a copy" button so freelancers can’t clone your master timeline. Works every time even on enterprise accounts where admin settings are sealed.

Drop a 3-Sentence Email That Turns a Low-Ball Offer Into a 30 % Bump Sentence 1: "The scope you outlined calls for 18 deliverables, two revision rounds, and brand-voice research–my project fee for that load is $4,200."

curl -L -c cookie.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?id=1AbCDeFgHijK&export=download" -o archive.zip Dodge the Scan Page with &confirm=t Cookie Token Add &confirm=t onto the base export URL immediately after the file ID prior to any existing query parameters. You’ll land on https://drive.google.com/uc?id=FILE_ID&export=download&confirm=t. The server will skip the warning page and pipe the binary inside the request.

Original file Archive weight Upload time (100 Mb/s) Art safety

PrintMaster.psd 1.2G ~400 MB 0.5 m No loss

Logo_RGB.ai 85 MB 28.5 MB 2.3 s Unchanged

Name the archive JobNumber_Version_Date so the receiver racks it without opening: 2024_06_18_v03.zip.

The trick works only if you tick three boxes: «≤32 px thumbnails», «0-byte fragments», «APK left-overs older than 90 days». Ignore any of them and the savings drops to 2–3 GB. The extension holds a 14-day trash cache; if something breaks, recover from inside the sidebar–no support ticket needed.

When the file’s huge (>100 MB) the server could send a 302 toward a confirmation page with confirm=CONFIRM_CODE. Snatch the value from the HTML input field named confirm and replay it within 60 s to obtain the direct binary stream.

Generate memorable Drive link with custom ending for easy recall

Append ?usp=sharing to every bulky URL, drop it into goo.gl, hit the three-dot menu → "Edit link", type a 4–10-character stub such as logo-v3 or brief-june, then save. The result—https://goo.gl/logo-v3—zips straight to the item and fits on a slide or business card.

Keep the suffix under 12 characters; oversized strings are rejected. Stick to letters, numbers and hyphens; spaces break the shortcut. Check availability in a flash—if the phrase is taken, add a digit (logo-v3-2). Duplicate the new alias to a plain-text note labelled with the project name so you don’t recreate it later.

If goo.gl shows "Blocked", jump to bitly.com; the identical steps apply and custom endings remain editable for 30 days after creation. Request email notification each time file is viewed or commented Launch the Doc, Sheet, or Slide → ⋮ (upper-right) → "Notification settings" → tick "Comments and views" → add the addresses you want alerted → "Save". Each view or new remark triggers an instant message with the viewer’s name, timestamp, and a one-click link to the exact anchor. Need granular control? Append ?notify=immediate to the URL before you ship it; this crushes any default batching and rams real-time push even if the recipient has switched off alerts in personal preferences. Track anonymous opens: release to the web (File → Publish) and embed the generated iframe on any site. Activate "Collect usage stats" in the same panel; every pageload nabs IP, referer, and dwell time, then emails you a CSV at midnight UTC. Quota check: Workspace Business throttles alerts at 100 per file per day. Duplicate the asset into a second location and rotate links once you near 90 hits to avoid silent drops. Move finished project to new Shared Drive and revoke old link Yank the completed folder from My Drive straight into the target Shared Google Drive Direct Link Generator; the move consumes under 30 s for 5 GB on a 100 Mbps line and retains every revision. Seconds later the transfer finishes, right-click the original folder still visible in My Drive, pick Share → Advanced → Disable link and hit Save. This single action nukes every external URL pointing to the old location; viewers clicking yesterday’s link now see a 404-style denial instead of your assets. Next, open the three-dot menu inside the Shared Drive, choose Manage members, set the core team to Content manager and external reviewers