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Google image search URL that can be shared?
A basic search on Google is /search?q=<query>
https://google.com/search?q=space
to make it an image search, simply add &tbm=isch
https://google.com/search?q=space&tbm=isch
to add ...
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Can I be notified if a Google Drive (Sheets or Docs) document is changed?
This is possible for google sheets without an applet like in the other answer.
You can only set up notifications for yourself. You won’t get notifications when you make changes on your spreadsheet, ...
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How do I share a private YouTube video with someone?
The original accepted answer is out of date. The current steps are:
Navigate to https://www.youtube.com/
Click your account icon at the top right, and select "Creator Studio" from the menu.
In the ...
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Why can I not see revision history of shared Google Docs documents?
Even if you have Edit permission, sometimes the File -> "See revision history" menu option is grey-out. I've seen this happen after the page has been loaded in a tab for a long time.
In this ...
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Google image search URL that can be shared?
The secret sauce is tbm=isch. tbm stands for "to be matched", and isch is short for "image search."
Example: https://www.google.com/search?q=greyhound+puppies&tbm=isch
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How to share Entire Google Drive—right click menu with “share” option on “My Drive” not available
Unfortunately you can't share your entire Google Drive like you can share a folder. Google doesn't treat Drive that way.
Think of your Google Drive storage as a post office. You can give anyone you ...
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How can I recursively remove sharing for a user in Google Drive?
No it is not possible. Google does not have the tools for and refer to 3rd party scripts. They confirmed to me that they do not offer this much needed admin functionality to better manage permissions. ...
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When sharing a document through Google Drive, is all its revision history also shared?
Yes, totally. These small example shows a document shared with me on june 2nd; and I'm able to see all the previous edits (the document was created on june 1st)
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How to share LinkedIn profile edits?
Apparently, it's a known issue... LinkedIn has been "working on it" for more than a month, with no word to users other than that.
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/forum/question/496565
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Search for publicly shared files on Google Drive
Try this in Google search engine:
site:drive.google.com [keyword]
Or:
site:docs.google.com/document [keyword]
site:docs.google.com/spreadsheet [keyword]
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How to share my friend's shared post that was shared by another user/page/group?
Update
I guess Facebook heard you because just 1 month after you posted it, it now happens by itself when you click "share" (unless you uncheck the option). Well, as long as you abide by the following ...
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Renew Google Drive share link
There is no way to change the link of a file in Google Drive, but you could create set expirations dates. For details see Set expiration dates for access to Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides ...
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How do I email collaborators on a folder or Word document in the New Google Drive?
This answer comes from https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/drive/xHCk8L06b44/I9AndODcDQAJ -- it's a great answer, so feel free to vote it up at its source.
Folder Email-Collaborators Kludge (FECK)
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What happens to shared Google Drive files owned by a deleted account?
If an owners account is deleted, the files are deleted as well. If an owner deletes a file, the file is deleted for everyone involved. It doesn't make sense for Google to have stagnant files, space ...
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Can I be notified if a Google Drive (Sheets or Docs) document is changed?
You can use an add-on like ezNotifications to enable this functionality for Google Docs.
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How to get a direct link to a post on MeWe?
I'm quite sure you can't do this (I've tried multiple ways) and I think it's intentional -- so that MeWe doesn't have to take down copyrighted videos you might put up because it doesn't know where ...
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How to make a JSFiddle anonymous without logging out?
There's no way to do this without logging out, but you can open an incognito window (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N for Chrome, or your browser's menu bar → New incognito window) and go to jsfiddle.net and ...
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How can I save links to Google Drive?
If you are in an environment where everyone you are sharing with has a Windows PC, you can create a .url file that will act as a link. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any cross-platform equivalent if ...
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How do I share a private YouTube video with someone?
11.01.2019 - present day
click on your profile icon on top right
select Creator Studio
go to Video Manager
select video you want to share
click on Edit button
add your +1 person under Private ...
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How to securely share your Amazon wish list with only certain people
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=501094
Public: Anyone can see it.
Shared: Only people with a url/link to your list can see it
Private: Only you can see it
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How can I save links to Google Drive?
Add a .webloc bookmark file
In browser window #1, open the page that you want to create a link for.
In browser window #2, open the Google Drive folder that you want to put it in.
Drag the favicon to ...
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How to share a link to a YouTube video that autoplays in HD
YouTube adjusts the video quality based on a viewer's screen size and connection speed, and they can even adjust the quality while the video is playing if connection speed changes (which actually is ...
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Google Drive (Sheets) shared file - move ownership - different domains
Google does not like to transfer ownership between domains. Without domains or within the same domain you could transfer without issue.
You can publish the document and append /copy to the shared ...
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Is it possible to recursively share folders (with all their content) in Google Drive?
From a comment by Maxim:
Currently (2016.08), if I share a folder with another person, all files inside this folder get shared as well, but not the subfolders. In other words, Google Docs sharing ...
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Can I share all of my Google Drive with others?
No, I'm afraid you cannot. You can only share folders and/or files.
The obvious solution is to simply create a folder in the root of Google Drive and share that. Then you need only make sure you save ...
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How to share LinkedIn profile edits?
you need to go to "me", then click "edit your public profile" and then also tick the box on the right side of the page "send updates to network".
Customize Your Public Profile
Control how you appear ...
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Can I see who has downloaded a shared file?
From Dropbox Community dated 04-08-2015 08:17 AM:
Q: how do I track downloads of any given file that I've uploaded to my account?
A: You can't, Dropbox doesn't provide that feature.
There may ...
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Do owner/editor get notified when making copy of a google drive file?
Yes they can.
On the upper right corner of the drive one can find the "Details" button where Details and Activity get recorded.
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Show calendars that are shared with my Google account in third-party calendars (iCal, Fantastical)
You can modify which "subscribed calendars" like this you wish to appear through the Google Calendar API (and thus appear in apps like Fantastical) by visiting Google Calendar's "...
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How can I share a link to Google Maps with 3D view enabled?
You would need to first click on the 3D option just above the global view.
You can then copy the link, which has now become
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2135127,-8.7751829,51a,35y,39.61t/data=!3m1!...
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