
Meanwhile, on Twitter, frustrated office workers were doing what they do best in these situations, as Google Docs and Google Drive quickly started to trend. (Disclaimer: is owned by ZiffDavis, which also owns Mashable.) An outage map on, which tracks service disruptions, showed that much of the U.S. While Google's productivity apps didn't seem to be universally down - some users reported that the apps were still functioning during the reported down time - the outage seemed to be widespread. PT, the dashboard was updated to say that the issue "should be resolved," and that "system reliability is a top priority at Google." The affected users are unable to access Google Docs."īy 10:46 a.m. "We will provide more information shortly. "We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Docs," the site says. A Google spokesperson referred to the company's G Suite Dashboard, which indicated Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Classroom were all experiencing a "service disruption" as of 10:30 a.m. The source of the issue wasn't immediately clear.

Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides all briefly went down Monday due to an unknown issue, which appeared to affect both the consumer and business versions of Google's productivity apps. They’ll be able to access to whatever’s stored there or lose access if you remove something that they don’t already have access to.Welp, hope you weren't planning on getting work done today.

Since you’re sharing the folder, that’s their key to access. If you want to share multiple items with your collaborators, move them into a folder and share the folder, with them. Share lots of files and Google Docs at once This option isn’t available for mailing lists that aren’t Google Groups. Each member of that Google Group will have access to whatever you’ve shared, including people who are added to the group after you’ve shared something. Rather than type your collaborators’ email addresses one-by-one, add an entire Google Group. Prefer not to notify them? Uncheck the "Notify people via email" box.Īdd lots of collaborators quickly by sharing with a Google Group Whenever you share something with someone they’ll receive an email notification to let them know they have access and can retrieve what you shared the next time they sign into their Google Drive.
