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HOW TO: Sync Your Mac's Office Documents To Google Docs

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Google released a great plugin last week for Microsoft Office that lets you sync your documents to Google Docs with one click.

Unfortunately, it only works with the Windows version of Office.

For Mac users, there is one way around this using an app called Syncplicity.

We've mentioned Syncplicity before. It has built-in Google Docs integration and will sync your Google Account to your Mac's desktop.

Syncplicity is very similar to Dropbox. But as much as we love it, Dropbox doesn't play nice with Google Docs. (Yet).

Here's a quick walk through of how to use Syncplicity to sync your Google Docs and Office documents on a Mac.

To get started, head over to Syncplicity's home page.

Here's Syncplicity's home page. Click "Download Free" to try the free version of the service. You'll get 2 GB, which should be plenty.

Syncplicity home page

Syncplicity makes you select the free plan again. Click to continue.

Syncplicity choose plan

Fill out your name, e-mail, and password you'd like to use for your account and click "Sign Up Now"

Syncplicity download

Click the link to download Syncplicity to your desktop

Syncplicity download file

After the file downloads, open it. You'll see this screen. Drag the Syncplicity icon into the Applications folder to copy it to your computer.

Syncplicity install

Find Syncplicity in your Applications folder in the Finder. Double click to open.

Syncplicity open app

You'll be prompted for your Mac OS X password. Enter it and click "OK"

Syncplicity enter computer password

Log in with the email and password you just registered with and click "Register" at the bottom.

Syncplicity sign in

A intro screen will pop up showing you how to use Syncplicity. Read through it and click "Close"

Syncplicity close tip

Now find the folder in your Finder where you save your Office documents. Right click it, mouse over Syncplicity, and click "Add Folder"

Syncplicity select folder

Now it's time to sync with Google Docs. Go back to Syncplicity.com and log in at the top of the page.

Syncplicity log in website

From the dashboard, click on the Google Docs tab.

Syncplicity select goog docs

Click "Link To Google Docs" to link the accounts.

Syncplicity link to google

Log in with your Google Account, or select the Google account that show up.

Syncplicity select google account

Click "Grant Access" so Syncplicity can access your Google Docs.

Syncplicity grant access to google

You'll be taken back to Syncplicity. From the drop down menu, find the documents folder you selected earlier and select it.

Syncplicity select folder to sync with google

Scroll down and select how you would like your Google Docs exported. The default settings shown here will be the best way to make sure everything is compatible.

Syncplicity select file types

And you're done! Syncplicity will now sync your Google Docs with your Microsoft Office documents.

Syncplicity confirmation

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