Slack pushes everyone offline and into (blissful) workplace silence.

And every time this happens, I think to myself: Why didnt I have a backup planbeforethis happened.

Generally speaking, if your web app loses an internet connectionwhileyou have Gmail open, you should be fine.

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It functions like a typical cloud-storage synchronization app for anything that isnt a Google Drive file, e.g.

Google Docs or Google Sheets creations.

Instead, youll need to go to yourGoogle Drive settingsand enable offline mode.

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However, theres one catch; you oughta use the Chrome net web client to see the option.

Still, a little prevention never hurt anyone.

In case you ever lose a signal, or Maps messes up, you might still access navigation offline.

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Once youve picked the area for your map, ensure youre connected to wifi and tapDownloadto start the process.

How to view your Google Calendar events offline

This ones easy.

Google Calendar used to have an offline mode, but it went away around a year or so ago.

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If the videos creator allows it, youll see a download link.

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