File Tide

Welcome to File Tide

A better way to manage Google Drive for professionals who need speed & reliability.

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Free for Windows 10 and 11, and Mac with Apple silicon.

Built for the Heavy Lifting

File Tide moves files between your computer and Google Drive as fast as your connection allows, and proves every one arrived intact.

Performance First

We spent a long time making File Tide as fast as your network can go, so your footage gets where it needs to be as quickly as possible. If the connection drops, it pauses the part it was sending and carries on the moment you are back online. Nothing starts again from zero.

Verified as It Goes

Every file is checked byte by byte as it uploads, then confirmed with Google, so you know your data arrived exactly as it left.

Download to Any Drive

Send downloads straight to any folder, including external hard drives and network drives. No zip files to unpack, folders arrive just as they are on Drive.

Scheduled Overnight Uploads

Set uploads to run on a schedule, overnight if you like. File Tide opens itself, does the work and closes again when it is done.

Complete History

Every upload and download is kept in the app, so you can always check what was sent, where it went and when.

Fast, Without the Fuss

File Tide fills your connection on a single big file, and can send several files at once if you like. Here is what it reached in our own testing.

Upload
105Mbps
On a 100 Mbps line
Download
470Mbps
And more on faster lines
Checked
Everyfile
Verified with Google Drive

Speeds depend on your internet connection and computer.

Made for

The two jobs File Tide does every day for the people who built it.

High Volume File Moving

Large video files, or thousands of little ones, that all need to go up or come down as fast as possible.

Camera Cards and Rushes
Off the card and onto Drive
Client Deliveries
Finished edits out the door
Big Project Folders
Every file, every subfolder
Regular Backups

Keep copies of your systems and content on Google Drive, on a schedule, without having to think about it.

Nightly Runs
Opens, uploads and closes by itself
Only What Is New
Files already on Drive are skipped
A Record of Every Run
Check what was backed up and when

Built by Professionals Who Needed It

File Tide was made by people who move huge amounts of media every week and needed a tool that kept up with their workflow. The Google Drive app slowed down, stalled and left them guessing whether files had really arrived.

So we built the tool we wanted, and now use it every day.

Skips What Is Already There
Only new files are sent
On
Free Up Space When Verified
Optional, only after the green tick
Your choice
Shared Drives
And files shared with you
Yes
Docs, Sheets and Slides
Saved as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Yes
Updates Itself
New versions install in a click
Yes

Your Files Stay Yours

Files go straight between your computer and your own Google Drive. Nothing passes through our servers, and we never see, keep, sell or share your files or your Google data.

The app's logs never contain file names or anything from your Drive. You can remove File Tide's access at any time from your Google Account permissions.

Read the Privacy Policy

What File Tide asks Google for
See and download your Google Drive filesSo you can browse your Drive and download files and folders you choose.
Only the files File Tide createsSo it can upload your files and check them. It cannot change or delete anything else on your Drive.
No full Drive accessFile Tide never asks to edit or delete files it did not create.

Download File Tide

Free to download. Sign in with your Google account and you are ready to go.

Your computer
Windows

Windows 10 and 11. Version 1.0.2.

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Your computer
Mac

Apple silicon (M1 and later). Version 1.0.2. Intel Macs coming soon.

Download for Mac

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