How to use Google Drive for Mac (Tutorial & Features)!

[@JeffSu]

Google Drive users - Would you consider using this app? TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Stream Files from Drive for Desktop 00:41 Download Google Drive for Desktop 01:16 Settings & Preferences 02:56 Feature #1: Stream Video 03:41 Feature #2: File Management 04:41 Feature #3: Offline Access 04:55 Potential Drawbacks

[@JeffSu]

@@atlas_skynet Thanks for sharing my friend!

[@livialone3199]

Omg I literally just started using this last week and it’s been sooooooooo useful! Thanks for this video Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome Livia :)

[@funtuber9155]

This video is a game changer, six and a half minutes of pure golden knowledge!

[@JeffSu]

Glad to hear it my friend!!

[@Christiana-J]

I need to start a whole new season to binge on Jeff’s productivity videos 🤩 Also, can we talk about how can this guy always sum up so many helpful tips in short videos nicely edited?

[@JeffSu]

Sounds like a solid weekend plan 😁, and thank you Christiana!

[@Christiana-J]

@@JeffSu omg, you have 199K subs now! Will you consider another Q&A when you hit half a mil? 🤣

[@JeffSu]

@@Christiana-J Hahaha probably!

[@kartu0811]

I am on PC (windows) but as a heads up I wanted to share about your drawbacks 1st) the second drive folder icon on the left is automatically added for the mirror option (which I personally use as I have internet issues) Secondly the offline and file change issue on windows is that Google uses regular intervals to sync so if you change the settings during the interval the change doesn't take place until the next time you sync. Edit: You could just use multiple Google accounts for different purposes similarly to Chrome profiles P.s. great video like always

[@JeffSu]

Oh wow thanks for sharing Kartavya!! 😁

[@HardDriver3950]

This answered all the questions I had about Google Drive, but I was most impressed at the editing and production value of this video. Awesome job, this was definitely the best "tutorial" video I've ever seen on KZbin. Subscribed! Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@JeffSu]

Wow thanks so much for the kind comment my friend! Glad you found this video helpful 😁

[@SYNDESTV]

6:03 MEGA says hello! But in all seriousness great video btw Jeff, most people aren't really aware of a desktop version of Google Drive lately. It really saves a few clicks (it goes a long way!) compared to accessing Google Drive in a browser

[@JeffSu]

Agreed!

[@MoritzHomrich]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the video! Super helpful. One question remains: How to duplicate the format gsheet & gdoc in the drive for mac? So far I am only able to duplicate pptx & docx. Thanks in advance!! So great that you or your team still respond to the comments here.

[@JeffSu]

Yea Google doesn't allow that yet for some reason :(

[@Melinslayy]

Fast, informative, and funny. Loved this video so helpful and tight to the point great production.

[@JeffSu]

Thanks so much! glad you found this helpful 😁

[@kuruption1983]

Saved my day bro. Could not figure out how to make files available offline and it was driving me crazy! I don't understand why the function is not available in the actual application and it is available by right-clicking the folder you want to make available offline only.

[@JeffSu]

Hahaha glad you came across this video then 😁

[@Dr.Gamboa]

Everytime you upload a mac video, I always have you on my second monitor and follow along now hahah. Keep ‘em coming! Oh and I also downloaded all of Breaking Bad completely legit….😳

[@JeffSu]

Nice! Let me know how you find the Desktop app. I may OR MAY NOT also have Breaking Bad...

[@alertbox]

Outstanding information and presentation. Thank you.

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@felipeoliveira8464]

Jeff, ur content is PERFECT! 😩

[@JeffSu]

Hahaha thank you Felipe! I'll try to be EVEN MORE perfect moving forward 😁

[@felipeoliveira8464]

@@JeffSu 💪🏻👏🏻❤️

[@DavidRanalli]

Great video thank you!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks!! 😁

[@justinadey2145]

Thank you, Jeff - your videos are effective, your style is extremely helpful, and you communicate in a way that make me feel like we are friends! Please do carry on making videos as i'm sure you are changing many lives, including that of my own. *Applause*

[@JeffSu]

Wait aren't we friends??? 😉

[@SreekantShenoy]

Jeff, try the IINA video player app. Thats way better than VLC. Great video btw. ;)

[@JeffSu]

Interesting, thanks for sharing! Will check it out!

[@erlendursmari]

I use the "Safely back up your files" on my server to have a realtime backup on Google Drive, which I can also then access on my phone through the Google Drive app and on other computers through Google Drive for desktop (I see them as "Other Computers").

[@JeffSu]

Ah gotcha, thanks for sharing your system Erlendur!

[@benoitwatteyne9082]

Thanks for being so coherent and having such a variety of topics. It allows me to use your videos as referral and go to :)

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome 😁

[@patrick9969]

2:46 I personally use that feature when I am working with files locally that I modify often, so that it automatically gets synced.

[@JeffSu]

Ah that's a good point! Do you access those files from different machines?

[@MStar10]

Can you do both? ie mirror all mac files (from befoe Gdrive) to the Gdrive and then all new files just sit on Gdrive going fwd? or do you have to pick one path?

[@marceloluisgomez]

Excellent explanation but, with the IO Catalina version you cannot choose an external disk to work offline. Do you know any trick for this? thanks for everything

[@JeffSu]

Ah sorry I usually always upgrade to the latest version of the Mac!

[@Harsh-le8cp]

Hi Jeff, I would like you to make a video on How to access Shared Folders on Mac. That Will be helpful to many of the Mac users.

[@JeffSu]

I've actually never used that feature on the mac before! How do you use shared folders on the mac?

[@Harsh-le8cp]

You would have to go in the Google Drive and Select the files/folders you like to be visible in google drive folder on Mac and then right click and select create shortcut in Drive. Then the files & Folders you selected will be visible under My drive folder.

[@CarlosBustamanteRestrepo]

great video. thanks

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome 😁

[@mashedpotatoess]

hello! thank u for the video! I just had one issue. I don't have the drive icon in my menu bar and I can find the way to access this window u show! how can I do??? I have a Mac

[@JeffSu]

Have you downloaded and installed the app?

[@SheriMarin-b3u]

Thank you SO much for this video, this was so helpful!!!!

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@kimedmunds1554]

Hi Jeff. Many thanks for this. As a devoted Mac user, all this Google Drive stuff confuses me! Quick Question... if I download Google Drive to my Mac Desktop will my files still back up to the Apple Cloud? Or how does that work? ANy advice would be most appreciated! Thanks.

[@JeffSu]

Nope, iCloud and Google Drive are separate apps! If I were you I'd stick to 1

[@kimedmunds1554]

Thank you so much for your fast response! Will follow you for more tips!

[@InspectApedia]

About sharing Drive folders with another user: be sure to share folders out of the Google Drive section of Google Drive, NOT "My MacBook Pro" (for example) - else sharing and cross-updating between users does not work properly.

[@JeffSu]

Great tip Daniel, thanks for sharing!

[@BrianAuer]

2:33 add to side bar is grey like yours. How do you add it to side bar? I had to literally create a shortcut to my HD on my desktop to access my google drive because the app function does nothing when i click it. Thanks

[@JeffSu]

Are you saying it's not showing up under the "Favorites" section?

[@hk9426]

Hi Jeff, really love your channel. One question tho, I watched several of your videos and saw your folder have numbers in it (01) (02) etc. Do you ever talk about it in another video or somewhere else?

[@JeffSu]

Nah not yet, because I'm still perfecting my organizational system!

[@yourspacebylucieorganizing]

Wow so helpful and straight forward. Thank you, I will check more of your videos

[@JeffSu]

Awesome! Let me know if you like the other ones as well!

[@MissRobins_Treehouse]

Thanks for this! Yes, I have been very confused why the drive app shows up in my Locations and also in my Favourites and sometimes I save a file in the App but it doesn't show up on the favourites as updated....

[@JeffSu]

So does it work now?

[@Daniel_Haller]

Great video, the only problem I am facing is that it only downloads the drive folder without the cloud sign. So it doesn't allow me to make files available when offline. Any ideas why that could be happening ?

[@inyua]

Hi Jeff, do you have a video about your preferences for backing up photos? I've been watching A LOT of your videos and loveeeeee them! Would love to hear your side on photo storages if that's okay. Thank you so so much!

[@JeffSu]

Have you checked out my Google Photos or Apple Photos video? haha

[@inyua]

@@JeffSu DONE AND THANK YOUUU

[@julianasimon2344]

@@JeffSu Would you be so kind and share the link? I can't seem to be able to find it!

[@iankastelic881]

Thanks, Jeff! Very helpful!

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome Ian 😁

[@marc-antoinerivet1232]

Hi Jeff! Super useful the colored files! However, do we have to do it for each folder or can we do it automatically when a file is created in an "orange" file it becomes orange automatically? Cheers mate! 😎

[@JeffSu]

I don't think we can do that yet but that would be a great idea for the product team 😂

[@farisimadifik]

Do I have to clear the cache manually everytime I finished sync? It took some of my harddrive spaces after I’ve finished copying the files

[@JeffSu]

Hm...I don't. I think you just need to wait for a bit

[@Juulylie]

Oh the stream option is very cool! I think it's a newish one? I remember a few years ago I discovered the equivalent on Dropbox, and I believe at the time it was the only cloud with that option!

[@JeffSu]

Yes it's kinda new (to me at least) but I still might get my own NAS at some point 😁

[@iska788]

Thank you ! Writing my PhD. I needed to be sure my files are in the cloud and on the Mac. You never know.....

[@JeffSu]

Agreed! You need to keep those important files backed up for sure!

[@rurikschutte2188]

Dude, the most straightforward info. THANKS 🎉

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome!! 😁

[@JustSketchPNG]

Dude! I love you! Thank you so much for this!!!

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome my friend! Love your profile picture by the way. My Chinese name has that character 😁

[@JustSketchPNG]

@@JeffSu Thank you! It's also part of my Chinese name.✌️😁 It's the easiest one to write digitally so I went with it as my logo.✌️

[@martindoyon6470]

always great stuff ! thanks !

[@JeffSu]

You're very welcome Martin! 😁

[@brendonfernandez]

Thank you for this video! At 4:06, where you hold option to duplicate a file or folder, is there a way to duplicate a google doc within finder? When I try, I get the error "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)." and the notification "To duplicate a Google document, sign in to Google Drive on the web." Of course it's possible to just duplicate the google doc in a browser, but I was wondering if this was possible within Finder (it's possible to just CTRL-C, CTRL-V in Windows).

[@JeffSu]

Yea I don't think you can do that yet haha

[@iankastelic881]

Hi Jeff- Love your channel! Will you please help with this situation?: I have a folder with activities in it that I want to share with my teachers. I don't want them to have access to the originals. Can I force them to make a copy of any file in the folder? Thank you for the help!

[@JeffSu]

You can make a copy of those files and place them all within a shared folder, and share that folder with your teachers

[@GreyJedi17]

Great ! I was looking for this topic and you uploaded this just 2 hours ago. Amazing

[@JeffSu]

Must be fate 😁

[@lemonxuan7085]

Do you have any tips on OneDrive for Mac? :) Thanks in advance

[@JeffSu]

I didn't even know that existed 😂. I don't really use the Microsoft suite of products haha

[@ShervinShares]

how do you delete all the cache? i have so many files & folders - i don't remember what I saved locally

[@JeffSu]

Check out the Medium article! I want to give credit to the person who came up with the method 😁

[@angelolazeroms5900]

Thank you!

[@mehdisheriff]

2:46. So I’ve used this feature before to sync a folder over multiple days. I had a shoot over 2 days and to share the videos with the rest of my team, I’d just drag it into the folder and it would sync to the cloud

[@JeffSu]

Ahhhhhh gotcha. I'm assuming you have a lot more storage than the default 15GB?

[@mehdisheriff]

@@JeffSu I have the default 15 gb however as part of every project, we make another gmail and then pay if needed accordingly. For my personal, it does seem worthwhile to upgrade to the 100gb version

[@theloniousMac]

So weird. I was looking for a way to mount Google Drive to make if familiar to Mac users and your video was the FIRST one I looked at and BOOM! You're doing it!

[@JeffSu]

Wooohoooo glad I was able to help 😁

[@cassioalexan]

"...which I got...totally ... legitimately... by the way... huh". LOL here with the way you said this!

[@JeffSu]

😉, I'm seriousssssss

[@TheHealthyPsyche]

can you make an updated version of this for 2024 - WITH how to handle multiple drives to one computer (ie: i have person gmail and professional, both have their own drive? thank you!

[@JeffSu]

You create 2 separate accounts for the desktop version :)

[@黃紹閔]

hello, can I ask how to add shared folders in google drive mac app? thank you

[@JeffSu]

That's a really good question. I'll try to find out 😂

[@runthomas]

not used it yet...but can you go straight into drive from terminal...as i use tons of text files and would like to edit them with vim rather than that google drive silly text editor, or having to download then modify then reupload

[@JeffSu]

Hm...I don't think so :(

[@ithiagomendes]

TKS! I'm a little old school nowadays. please make a video on how to switch from EverNote to notion

[@JeffSu]

I've never used Evernote 😭

[@ithiagomendes]

@@JeffSu TKS and congratulations on your videos!

[@TheHealthyPsyche]

Hey Jeff! I figured out how to add multiple accounts to the drive, now they both show up as "Google Drive" in finder. I right click and can't seem to rename them for each email account... i see this done on PC's, do you have a video covering how to do this on Mac? Thank you for your quick and witty videos! And I appreciate your speedy response to comments, you're the best!

[@JeffSu]

Do you see the different emails to the right though?

[@TheHealthyPsyche]

@@JeffSu no, they only show up when I click on the drive folder... if you figure it out great! if not, I decided to focus on accessing my Drive for Desktop in the main top of screen menu on my mac, next to my clock, and in that view it shows the profile photos which works! thank you though!

[@rezendenetto]

Do you know how to search on Google Drive desktop folders using Finder?

[@JeffSu]

I don't think you can for now

[@MCandMosRandomChannel]

but can you edit, like on premiere pro with the stream files option? .

[@JeffSu]

Definitely not fast enough for that haha

[@joshuahenkel95]

Worked perfectly! :)

[@JeffSu]

Nice! 😁

[@RonronZero5522]

Hi Jeff, cool Video! After using Google Drive Desktop on Mac for a while I'm not that happy like I was before with Googles solution Backup & Sync. My problem with Google Desktop on Mac is: Alot of softwares have the autosave feature onboard, which actually is really helpful. But apples pages, numbers, keynote etc. can't autosave the files which I'm working with when I'm working on files of the Google Drive Directory (even if I've turned on the offline functionality). So every 5mins pages, keynote etc. comes up with an error message that the software can't save on that kind of directory. Do you know that issue and may you have a solution? Thanks alot!

[@JeffSu]

Ah interesting. I've actually never used the previous Backup and Sync. I don't think Apple files would be compatible with Google Drive 😅

[@glenmackay764]

Hi Jeff, Thanks for all of your insight. It was beneficial. I am having an issue with my google drive, and I would appreciate any suggestions you have to solve it. I use an air mac laptop and just upgraded to a mini mac for the office. After transferring all my data to the new mac, I no longer have access to any of the tagged folders I had previously made on my air mac via the google drive folder. However, they still show up on the laptop. have you heard of a way to fix the tagging issue I am facing?

[@estebancosin]

Great video Jeff! I'm having a BIG trouble with drive for Mac, using the "stream files" option: I can't find files using the "find" from mac. Simply, it does not recognize any file in the virtual disc "Google Drive", even if I check a file as offline access. It is crazy and it is driving me crazy, I think if I can not solve this, I'm gonna quit Drive. Do you have an idea about how can I solve it? Thanks!

[@JeffSu]

Yea I don't think spotlight or alfred will index those files haha

[@estebancosin]

@@JeffSu it used to do it, but not anymore sudenly. What a big problem! Thanks 4 your reply

[@Shauenkz]

Raycast (alfred analogy) has option to search inside google. Check it!

[@bobperezb19]

Hi Jeff, nice video. My Drive folder does not display the cloud icon, any recommendations?

[@JeffSu]

Did you choose to stream files?

[@bobperezb19]

@@JeffSu yes

[@amitkumartyagi440]

Hi Jeff, Thank you for the fantastic video. I do all my editing work directly on google drive sync (desktop app) and my experience is excellent. but internet data consumption is too high, any solution for this??

[@JeffSu]

Hi Amit - What sort of editing are you doing?

[@amitkumartyagi440]

@@JeffSu corporate films, Multicam editing, 4k videos...

[@JeffSu]

@@amitkumartyagi440 Oh wow... to be honest with you I I wouldn't do all that in Google Drive. What's stopping you from this locally?

[@hermes8258]

Hit a snag almost right away. One can have (intentionally in my case, but I forgot) a prohibition in Settings of downloads from non-Apple websites. Thus, the process isn't necessarily as fast for beginners as the breakneck verbal speed of this video might suggest. A quick Google search taught me that there is a quick and easy workaround so it is not necessary to re-do the download though.

[@JeffSu]

Thanks for sharing Hermes!

[@itlearn5521]

Works well!! DANKEEE

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@imaan3007]

You are gold. Thank you for all your video's.

[@JeffSu]

Thank you so much Imaan!!

[@TechnoBoomer]

Hi Jeff and thanks for the video. As you know I am a G Workspace (happy) user and Ia am also a Linux user. So, as Gpoogle does not provide any official G Drive official client (a pity, btw), I sometime use overGrive... And, after many years using the service, I have to admint that Dropbox is far better than G Drive... See U ! François

[@JeffSu]

Interesting, I've never used Dropbox before, I should definitely check them out. Thank you so much for letting me know François!

[@AndyWahyudic]

I do agree with you. I'm using both GDrive (Plus) and Dropbox Pro, and from user prespective, Dropbox is the best choice.

[@JingyiJingleBells]

Also iCloud is 259.6 times more expensive than GoogleDrive per GB per year, more reason to swtich!

[@JeffSu]

Haha good point!

[@markloughtonUK]

Is it possible to add Starred items to the Finder windows on the Mac ? I have managed to add the My Drive folder and it works well but I cant see how to add Starred. I suppose I could use Tags on the Mac but that means they are operating separately from the Google Starred items.

[@JeffSu]

Yea I don't think those can sync over right now Mark :(

[@louisthebrave9607]

i don't have local cached file directory in my settings, also it only shows the location google drives folder.

[@JeffSu]

It's okay, as long as you're not running out of space for no reason you should be good!

[@cheeky4529]

Thank you for this video! I'm hoping there is a workaround for sending a shareable link so that the recipient will be able to click it and have it open in Google Drive for desktop instead of on the web. I cannot find any solution for this.

[@JeffSu]

That's actually a great idea for the product team 😂. Of course this is assuming both parties have Google Drive for desktop installed

[@cheeky4529]

@@JeffSu Yes, absolutely. Our whole company uses it, so we would be most grateful if Google would implement this feature!

[@maikaimakena9424]

Jeff is the MAN keep the RAD VIDEOS COMING ⚡️⚡️👊

[@JeffSu]

Will do! 😁😁

[@siddharthadas1040]

Local folders backing up on Google Drive stopped iCloud synching on my Mac and I have since removed it. Best to use Google Drive from the browser when you need it. Wonder why Apple does not have a Google Drive App for Mac like it has for Ios.

[@JeffSu]

I'm assuming because of iCloud haha

[@siddharthadas1040]

You are right Jeff, seriously. That must be the case. Same holds for Google Maps - they don't give you a Mac App and, worse, don't let you scroll the Maps. Apple needs to overcome its insecurities.

[@arijitganguly1758]

i am not able to make mp4 videos shared with me on google drive in the offline mode . Although i can make the docs , sheets and pdfs stored in the offline mode. pls help

[@JeffSu]

Some videos might not work if they're too big in size (I think..)

[@JamesStrickland]

Great video as always Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

Thank you James 😁

[@martinmana4187]

Are you able to have two different account synced? Imagine Ive got my own drive, and then my companys (not 'shared with you ' - but the whole drive itself)

[@JeffSu]

Yup you can sync 2 accounts!

[@imassociates]

Any tips on the most efficient way to migrate files from personal Google Drive to Google Workspace? I've got both installed on my Macbook Pro (following steps outlined on your excellent video). I'm a business owner with 1T storage in Google Workspace now, but the bulk of my work files originated in my personal drive, which is the free version. I worry about some of our staff losing sharing privileges, so would I need to comb through those after the move and re-share?

[@JeffSu]

In your specific instance you might need to make a copy of the files you want to share, then share those copies with your colleagues/staff

[@iankastelic881]

Hi Jeff- I have the app on my MacBook pro 2019, but find that the time that it takes to open finder and then click on Google drive in the sidebar na dhtne find what I want is actually slower than getting the GDrive online with a shortcut in the bar. Is there a way to open the Drive for desktop on mac with a keyboard shortcut or a link in the dock? Thank you so much!!

[@JeffSu]

So I think interestingly Alfred (spotlight alternative) is starting to integrate the search option with Google Drive for Mac!

[@daniel_targan]

Google Drive is really great, which is why I'm a business customer. However, there is an annoying bug on my Mac: I have some important Google Drive folders pinned as shortcuts on the left side of the Finder. Unfortunately, the Google Drive shortcuts are regularly deleted there (about once a week).

[@MStar10]

Is this still the case?

[@daniel_targan]

@@MStar10 no 🤓👍

[@JeroenLapre]

Thanks. Helpful.

[@JeffSu]

Glad to hear it Jeoren 😁

[@rafaelup]

How you save files.page, on iCloud Drive or Google drive?

[@JeffSu]

Depends on what the file is. I save most of my work stuff on Google Drive!

[@elvindash]

Thanks for the video. How can change local cache files directory on Mac? I have 50gb free space on Mac but I want to download 100gb to hard disk/ssd. But there is no way to change directory

[@JeffSu]

You can choose where to download the files though right

[@elvindash]

@@JeffSu Thanks for your reply. But when I click right on file there no choice where to download. Only download ( and it’s directly download to Mac)

[@JeffSu]

@@elvindash where are you downloading it from

[@elvindash]

@@JeffSu Google Drive folder on finder.

[@JeffSu]

@@elvindash connect hard drive and drag from finder

[@frankiecayton1700]

I NEED to know how to put my Documents in order BY date. I do Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes ad each time I open one to review it or add to it, the order it appears in the listing changes - often placing it at the top of the list....I need these Documents to be in Chronological order with the most recent appearing FIRST....HELP ! is there a video that addresses this???

[@JeffSu]

If you're on a Mac you can CMD+J and select the default view in finder 😁

[@frankiecayton1700]

@@JeffSu I neglected to say that I am working in Google Docs....and have separate documents with dates going back 3 years. When I open to view my Minutes from Nov 2019, & then close it, the document will then change it's position in the line up and be deposited at the top in the most recent spot. I don't need to see them as "last viewed". I need these to be in chronological order with the oldest dates at the bottom and the newest as first in the line up; and not move just because I "view" them

[@johnkramer8752]

How can I use Terminal to access my Google Drive files? I'm running Venture, BTW.

[@JeffSu]

Ah I'm not sure John, what's wrong with just using Finder?

[@johnkramer8752]

@@JeffSu finder doen't have all the options of the find command. I can search by file name and then redirect the results to grep to search for patterns within the file and do even more complicated things.

[@ayushchadha2432]

Hey, im not able to use the offline access mentioned in 4:40 of the video, the seetigs is not show me that option, can someone help?

[@JeffSu]

What do you see when you click on settings?

[@Emma-jp1zq]

thank you so much !!! :)

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@PaigeNextDoor]

Super helpful!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁😁

[@sauravmisraz]

there is no drive icon appearing on menu bar, post insallation. what to do?

[@JeffSu]

Move application to applications folder and run the program first

[@junebugslug]

Just installed and this video super helped, gracias!

[@JeffSu]

Nice! Let me know how it goes for you Juney! 😁

[@NURLIYANABALQISBINTIAZAMUDINMo]

Thanks so much.

[@JeffSu]

Anytime 😁

[@janellee1349]

Hey Jeff, can I seek your advice on the recent Amazon 20-1 stock split? I have just signed my contract with Amazon last month (big thanks to your awesome interview tips!!!) and they promised a fixed number of RSU vested across 4 years. With the stock split, will my stock number be multiplied by 20? I know Google had a similar stock split - what was your experience?

[@edgardpontex1778]

Hello! Congrats, this video is fantastic! I´ve been using Google Desktop Drive for Mac ever since I watched your video 7 days ago. But yesterday I cleaned cache and cookies and I do not see the little cloud anymore. I also received a message saying my google desktop folder has changed. Can you help? Thank you sir!

[@JeffSu]

Go into the preferences and see if your Drive is properly synced 😁

[@Marcel-dd9ch]

I use Insync instead and prefer to have everything offline, too. First: for backup reasons. Secound: as a digital nomad you don't have internet available everywhere. Insync seems to work more stable in doing so than Google Drive for Desktop and I'm a hardcore Google sheep. ;-)

[@JeffSu]

That's a good point! Thanks for sharing Marcel 😁

[@Allprowebtools]

Thank you sir!!! I really do appreciate video like this. Now I'm just going to send this link instead of telling them where to click all the time hahah

[@JeffSu]

Yup! Exactly 😁

[@Andrea_Dong]

Ever since my computer rebooted and I lost the essay I was working on at that time, I’ve been using Google Drive to save everything 😂 Thanks for the video, Jeff! I never knew there was a version for desktop :o

[@JeffSu]

Were you using Microsoft Word?

[@Andrea_Dong]

Yep 😅 shoulda manually saved it at regular intervals at the very least, but we live and we learn

[@Video2Webb]

Would have liked you to open up the folder in 'localhost' (without cloud icon) and show us what's there. Is that where files that you want to have mirrored rather than streamed would reside?

[@JeffSu]

Hm...I don't think so. Because you can only choose one or the other (mirrored or streamed)

[@martinger.becker1614]

How about using Google Drive in the Chromebrowser on a MacBook? Isn't that as easy and simple as using it through the app?

[@JeffSu]

😅 They're very different...hence this video 😆

[@martinger.becker1614]

@@JeffSu Aha, okay, I understand! I am currently a Chromebook User, where the Chromebrowser is a very important tool , due to the fact, that works well with Chrome OS. I am extremely unsatisfied with Windows,I have to admit,that my laptop is from 2011, Dual Core,but the update policy by Microsoft made me think of going for a MacBook Air! So my question is,does that work in the Chromebrowser on the MacBook Air as well? I am at the same time having the Google Pixel 4a,and the synchronization between these two devices,due to the Chromebrowser , works quite seamlessly! So in case,if I would go for a MacBook Air, would that be working the same,in case you just work only with the browser and not with the apps? Thanks for your feedback,I appreciate that! Best wishes from Germany!🇩🇪👋

[@Marcel-dd9ch]

@@martinger.becker1614 On a Chromebook you can use the normal Files (Dateien) app which integrates the Google Drive and automatically syncs everything and you can also switch between "Stream" or "Make available offline" as described in this Mac Video.

[@martinger.becker1614]

@@Marcel-dd9ch Ok,thanks for your comment! I am using a chromebook right now.I was just wondering,if on a Mac Book Air,working with all the extensions for the chromebrowser and integrated apps,as you can find them on the right hand side,when you open google chrome,is the same,as you can do that on a Chromebook?

[@Marcel-dd9ch]

@@martinger.becker1614 Chrome = Chrome. On Chrome OS, Windows, MacOS, and Linux. I have both a Google Pixelbook and a MacBook Air, unfortunately, just for Premiere Pro and belonging media sync & backup. I don't like MacOS at all. Chrome works better and faster on a Chromebook.

[@charlesgayneresq.5843]

Nicely done. Question: G drive is now in Finder and My Drive has the cloud. But when I search for a file in G drive, nothing comes up. What am I missing? Thanks

[@JeffSu]

Yea...unfortunately the spotlight search function doesn't work right now in Finder

[@charlesgayneresq.5843]

Thank you. Seems a shame

[@AndreaLongoni]

Hi there! On the Finder's Sidebar: on my Mac, GDFD appears as an external drive, on some colleagues' Macs, it appears as a network location (different from your "local host" thing). But I’ve never seen a situation like yours. It's incredibly weird. I use iCloud Drive for personal stuff, and I'm not 100% satisfied. I still don't understand how storage (local / cloud) Is managed. I find myself often manually removing local downloads.

[@JeffSu]

Another viewer actually talked about this in his comment! Basically it seems the sync happens at regular intervals so local downloads are removed on a regular basis!

[@Guicsr]

when I can't delete the file that has in my trash bin, it return in few seconds, did you know how to fix this?

[@JeffSu]

You would need to delete them from Drive (web) app

[@eminemirza]

Thnks bro 👈

[@JeffSu]

No problem Bro!