You can get a whole lot of work done with just web apps nowadays, but sometimes you simply need the power of full-fledged desktop applications like_Photoshop or PowerPoint. To make your life easier, Google is releasing a Chrome extension to let you launch desktop apps right from within_Google Drive, no separate download process required. To use it, you just need to_open up Drive, right click the file you need and select “Open With”. You’ll see_a list of applications on your computer that support the file format. Once you open a file in a_desktop app, just be sure to save any_edits,...

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