Superbad Google Drive Online

At 11:53 PM, Alex closed the laptop (battery died at 4%). Then, at 11:57 PM, Alex logged into a campus lab computer, opened Google Drive, clicked "SUPERBAD_ESSAY_FINAL_realfinal"…

…and Google Drive said: “Cannot preview file. The original item may have been moved or deleted.” Superbad Google Drive

Panic mode.

Alex had titled the file: SUPERBAD_ESSAY_FINAL_realfinal.docx At 11:53 PM, Alex closed the laptop (battery died at 4%)

In a rush, Alex opened Google Drive, dragged the file into the browser… and let go too early. The file uploaded… but as a shortcut (a .gshortcut file) instead of the actual document. Alex didn't notice. At 11:53 PM

But there was a problem. The file lived only on Alex’s ancient laptop. The battery icon was red—.