If you use Google Docs (or Sheets, or Slides) you may have noticed a recent pop-up letting you know that "Editors can now see view history". Without any context, the message is a little confusing - even disconcerting if you're the paranoid type - but there's nothing to be worried about. Here's what you need to know about the latest feature coming to Google Drive.

The latest update to Google Drive's collaboration tools now means you can comment on files created in Microsoft Office just as you would in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides - without opening a third-party app.

In today's fast-paced world, staying on top of your daily to-dos is no easy feat. While tools like Google Calendar and Drive help organise your workload, having your tasks spread across multiple apps tends to make things slip through the cracks. That's where Moo.do Premium comes into play.

Backups are wonderful. They provide peace of mind, a way to protect your future self from potential misery. Unless, of course, those backups get deleted with almost no warning, kind of like what Google will do for your Android device if you don't use it for a couple of months.

Last week, Google made a confusing announcement that could easily scare the crap out of 800 million people: Google Drive's going away -- but actually, no, it's not. However, there are a few things you should know about the changes that are coming.

This week, Google announced that it's replacing its Google Drive apps for Mac and PC with a more functional version, Backup & Sync. You'll still be able to use your cloud storage from Google Drive in the same way, but the updated apps for Mac and PC will let you sync individual folders anywhere on your desktop, as well as manage your cloud photo uploads. Support for the current versions of the Google Drive apps will end on December 11, with the apps shutting down completely on 12 March 2018.

Google's Backup and Sync software will be taking over completely from Google Drive for PC/Mac later this year. Support for Google Drive will terminate on 11 December 2017 and the service will shut down completely on 12 March 2018. For G Suite admins, that means you’ll see settings in the Admin console for Drive File Stream. Google is turning Drive File Stream on today for all customers.

If you're not prepped to handle an unexpected loss of your personal data, Google has you covered. It finally released its Backup & Sync service, which lets you upload and sync files from any folder on your computer or connected drives to Google Drive without moving them around. It won't replace a comprehensive backup service such as Crashplan, but is definitely something to look into if you have no real backup plan.

While Google Drive (and it's competitors such as Dropbox and OneDrive) do a great job of making files available on multiple devices, they aren't true backup tools that retain files indefinitely. Google is remedying that with the release of Google Backup and Sync for macOS and Windows.

If you don't have an offsite cloud storage plan (and you really should), Google's newest update to its cloud storage service Google Drive is ready to fix your gaping data backup hole by letting you pick which folders on your device you'd like to back up to Google Drive instead of forcing you to put the files into a single Google Drive folder. It's called Backup & Sync.

One of the biggest hassles with having multiple computing devices is being able to access your data in the office, at home and when travelling. Back in the 1990s, when I started working in IT, Microsoft had a crack at this with the Briefcase feature that was part of Windows 95 but it was pretty poor.

By the mid to late 2000s, cloud storage services came to the fore, making it easy to access up to date versions of our workfiles wherever and whenever we wanted. But how do we use these services and get the most out of them?

Gmail is almost always reliable when it comes to attachments, but on the odd occasion a file or image you've sent is corrupted, you do have an option that essentially guarantees no problems -- uploading to Google Drive first.

Google added the ability to search within apps from the search bar in Android a while ago. Now, it's added one of the most useful reasons to do so. You can finally find your Drive files from the search box.

It's not a big surprise that some people use Google Drive, one of the biggest cloud storage service in the world, to store pirated video content. But Google Drive has a way of detecting copyrighted material and blocking users from sharing them.

Chrome: Whether you're new to Google Docs, Sheets, Drive or any other tool under the "G Suite" umbrella, or you're an old hand, Google's G Suite Training add-on for Chrome will teach you useful tips and tricks while you actually use the tools you work with every day.

Movies and TV shows come and go on Netflix on a regular basis, which means you might be half way through your favourite flick when it gets yanked from the service. The solution? Buy all your own content and set up your own private cloud-based streaming service you can get at from any computer or device.

Google Drive is making finding your documents a lot easier and faster by unleashing the full power of the Google search engine. You can now search the way you talk and get spelling corrected.

iPad: One of the big appeals of split-screen multi-tasking on the iPad was the ability to write and browse the internet at the same time. However, apps have to get updated to support the feature. Google's finally rolled out updates for Docs, Slides and Sheets to do just that.

Video: Evernote and Google are getting friendlier today. Now, you can add and search for Google Drive files right from Evernote.