

To sync folders from your computer, click the Drive icon in the menu bar, then the gear icon, followed by Preferences. With Google Drive for desktop, you can choose to have your files streamable from the cloud (they won’t exist on your hard drive) or mirrored (physical copies will exist on your Drive and computer). Your files will be safe and sound in the cloud, but if you need to edit them you’ll need to return to this screen and download them again, or download them directly from the Google Drive website (which may take some time with larger files and folders). To make some folders online-only, check the Sync these folders only box, then deselect the folders you don’t want local copies of. To sync everything between Google Drive in the cloud and the local Google Drive folders on your computer, check the box marked Sync everything in My Drive. If you want to buy one, the cheapest Mac is the Mac mini.To pick your folders on a free account, open the Google Backup and Sync Preferences screen, then switch to the Google Drive tab. If you're really stuck, have a look at MacinCloud where you can rent a Mac online - but we haven't tried it ourselves yet! If you give it a go, let us know in the comments. You might know someone with one you can borrow. For each app you want to make, you'll need a Mac to generate some supporting files. Apple require you to have access to a Mac. Unfortunately you can't set everything up from Windows. These are installed from a web site, and with Construct 2's offline support they actually work very similarly to native apps! It doesn't cost anything, and it's much easier to set up. Web appsĭon't forget you always have the alternative to make iOS web apps. Note this costs $99 a year if you're not yet ready to publish, you may want to delay doing this until just before you're ready.

To publish a native app on the iOS App Stores you need to be a registered developer with Apple.
