Provide Google Drive PDFs as Immediate Download Links

Set Viewer role plus "Disable download, print, copy" for drafts

Open the draft, tap the three-dot menu → Share. Add the reviewer’s address, click the role symbol on the right, switch it to Can view. Immediately hit the settings icon in the top-right corner of the pop-up, tick No download, no print, no copy, press OK. The recipient sees a view-only canvas; right-click, Ctrl-P, and download icons are inactive. Screenshot attempts still work, but the file leaves zero footprint and can’t be duplicated inside Slides. If you later need feedback, switch the same person to Suggest mode–no new link required. To revoke entirely, remove the address from the list; the tab refreshes to a 404 within moments.



chrome://flags/#enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing → Disabled → blocks mid-write eviction that nukes resumable fetches.
chrome://flags/#enable-smooth-scrolling → Disabled → trims background GPU load that can hijack network threads on 4-core laptops.
Background-network flag → Disabled → ends prefetch races that reset TLS sockets.

After each flag edit, purge socket pool: chrome://net-internals/#sockets → "Flush socket pools". Resume the partial .crdownload without closing the tab; Chrome resumes at the byte offset stored in its journal.

For chronic cache rot, rotate the user-data folder: close Chrome, rename %LOCALAPPDATA%GoogleChromeUser DataDefault to Default.bak, fire it up again, and re-auth. Sync re-downloads bookmarks in 2–3 min; downloads continue at full speed minus stale headers.

Generate Direct Links for Entire PDF Folders
Drop every file ID in the first column of a blank sheet, prefix each with https://drive.Google Drive Public Direct Link.com/uc?export=download&id= in B-row, then drag the formula down. 1k rows duplicate in under 15 s; Sheets spits out a ready-made list of one-click fetch URLs.Schedule the request to run every 60 minutes and concatenate results to a Sheets tab; grant access to that tab with clients so they see up-to-date numbers without backend access.

Switch the default "Anyone with the link" permission to Full access, stick /duplicate to the folder link, and embed the result behind a PayPal-hosted Donate button. The donor pays, hits the folder preview, clicks Add to my Drive, and the complete resource tree is theirs–zero add-ons, without Zapier zaps, nada code.

curl -I -L "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/FILE_ID"
Look for HTTP/2 200 and content-type: image/*. Non-200 status (401 to a login page) bombs.

Cache-bust during development by adding ?v=rand to the URL; Chrome DevTools "No-cache mode" alone will not update the CDN copy.


Generate memorable Drive link with tail for easy recall

Tack on ?usp=sharing to every bulky URL, throw it into goo.gl, hit the kebab menu → "Edit link", key in a 4–10-character suffix such as logo-v3 or brief-june, then commit. The result—https://goo.gl/logo-v3—zips straight to the item and squeezes on a slide or business card.

Keep the suffix under 12 characters; oversized strings are bounced.
Stick to letters, numbers and hyphens; special symbols break the shortcut.
Check availability in a flash—if the phrase is snagged, add a digit (logo-v3-2).
Copy the new alias to a plain-text note flagged with the project name so you never recreate it later.

If goo.gl throws "Blocked", hop to bitly.com; the mirror steps apply and custom endings stay editable for 30 days after creation.
Request email notification each time file is viewed or commented
Launch the Doc, Sheet, or Slide → ⋮ (upper-right) → "Notification settings" → check "Comments and views" → add the addresses you want alerted → "Save". Each view or new remark sparks an instant message with the viewer’s name, timestamp, and a one-click link to the exact anchor.
Need surgical control? Append ?notify=immediate to the URL before you ship it; this crushes any default batching and rams real-time push even if the recipient has muted alerts in personal preferences.
Track anonymous opens: publish to the web (File → Publish) and embed the generated iframe on any site. Flip on "Collect usage stats" in the same panel; every pageload logs IP, referer, and dwell time, then emails you a CSV at midnight UTC.
Quota check: Workspace Business limits alerts at 100 per file per day. Clone the asset into a second location and cycle links once you near 90 hits to avoid silent drops.
Shift finished project to new Shared Drive and revoke old link
Click-drag the completed folder from My Drive straight into the target Shared Drive; the move takes under 30 s for 5 GB on a 100 Mbps line and keeps every revision. Right after the transfer finishes, right-click the original folder still visible in My Drive, pick Share → Advanced → Disable link and hit Save. This single action revokes every external URL pointing to the old location; viewers clicking yesterday’s link now see a 404-style denial instead of your assets.
Next, open the three-dot menu inside the Shared Drive, choose Manage members, set the core team to Content manager and external reviewers