And Now Gmail With Cloud

Tried sending mail attachments only to find Google complaining of size limit of the attachment? Seems Google has provided an integration feature just in time for Christmas and New Year shares. The maximum size you can now use is 10Gb, a full 400 percent than the previous size limit (which is still the case however in a traditional attachment w/o the Drive integration).

All you need to use the feature is upload your file(s) first to your Google Drive and then you will be able to attach the file(s) from within the compose of your Gmail. Not like the traditional attachment though, you will now see a new icon on your compose box, as in the screen capture below:

The icon of the Google Drive is a new one below the compose box. Any big fat files (not more than 10Gb) that you need to attach (like videos, pics, excel for that matter) will need to come from Google Drive. This is yet another product integration that we see from the search giant.

Besides being able to share the large files, Google has done it well specially when it comes to the permissions on the files that you may be sharing. If you happen to attach a file which as per the permissions is not visible to one or more of this mail recipients, the system will be making it sure you know it so you could either change the permissions on the file or change your To list in the current mail.

The feature that was announced this Tuesday is still rolling out and is available with Gmail's new compose system that Google introduced some time back.