Problems with google drive file stream how to#
Problems with google drive file stream update#

One of them is working just fine, perfectly searchable through Alfred/Spotlight. I also have two Google Drives on my system/finder. It is very annoying since I have ALL my files in this Google Workspace / Google Drive Accounts.

Problems with google drive file stream how to#

Has anyone an Idea how to solve this problem? Is this a problem we should inform the Google Team about? Fix Your Spotlight By Forcing Spotlight To Re-indexĪlfred Preference > Advanced > File/Apps: Clear Application Cache + Rebuild macOS MetadataĪs I explained above: Moved the Google Drive Folder from /volume/.What I tried to solve the problem on my own: ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.Ĭheck if volume '/' is indexed by macOS. Path: '/Users/henryauffahrt/Google Drive - AufBau/Shared drives' I tried the 'File Search Troubleshooting' (Help>Troubleshooting>File Search Troubleshooting) with the following result Now the directory is ' ~/Google Drive - AufBau' I also moved the Google Drive folder to my user's home directory, to make sure the path /volume/. The Files which I want to search are offline available in the Google Drive folder, like before. I'm running Alfred 4.3.4 on MacOS Big Sur (11.3)

Problems with google drive file stream update#

I have the same problem since the update on Monday morning.

Since the last update of google drive it seems that is not working anymore. Note that this is basically just a quick way of right-clicking the file and selecting 'Open with Google Drive' - it's not the fastest or most elegant solution, but it's the only one I see available right now for non-Google file types.Īlso FYI, at least on my end, Spotlight indexing is working very reliably after recent updates to Google Drive File Stream, so I don't even really need the Ruby backup anymore. In Alfred, right-click the workflow and then pick 'Open in Finder' to see its location. Then for each file type that you want to open in Google Drive, set openInGoogleDrive.app as the default (detailed instructions at ). Other files can be set to open in Google Drive by setting each file type to automatically open in 'openInGoogleDrive.app', which is included in my Alfred workflow. gsheet, etc.) should open in Google Drive automatically, as long as they're set to open with the Google Drive File Stream app (which they should be by default - it may also be called just 'Google Drive' depending on the version you have).