How to use Google Drive for Mac (Tutorial & Features)!
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Күн бұрын🗂 There are 2 main reasons why the Google Drive for Desktop app is a game-changer for Google Drive users: (1) You unlock new features like file streaming, and (2) You speed up your workflow
In this video I go through how to use Google Drive for Mac (applicable for PC as well), a step-by-step tutorial on how to download and install the app, features you can start using immediately, and some potential drawbacks you might encounter when you use Google Drive for Desktop!
Google Drive for Desktop has gone through many names (it was previously known Backup and Sync) but the core functionality has stayed largely the same. So let’s see what this amazing tool can offer us 🛠
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
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@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
@@skynet_d_1999 Thanks for sharing my friend!
@funtuber9155 Жыл бұрын
This video is a game changer, six and a half minutes of pure golden knowledge!
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it my friend!!
@livialone3199 2 жыл бұрын
Omg I literally just started using this last week and it’s been sooooooooo useful! Thanks for this video Jeff!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome Livia :)
@Christiana-J 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a solid weekend plan 😁, and thank you Christiana!
@Christiana-J 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu omg, you have 199K subs now! Will you consider another Q&A when you hit half a mil? 🤣
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
@@Christiana-J Hahaha probably!
@HardDriver3950 Жыл бұрын
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 KZfaq. Subscribed! Thanks and keep up the great work!
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Wow thanks so much for the kind comment my friend! Glad you found this video helpful 😁
@justinadey2145 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Wait aren't we friends??? 😉
@GreyJedi17 2 жыл бұрын
Great ! I was looking for this topic and you uploaded this just 2 hours ago. Amazing
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Must be fate 😁
@Melinslayy Жыл бұрын
Fast, informative, and funny. Loved this video so helpful and tight to the point great production.
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! glad you found this helpful 😁
@benoitwatteyne9082 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome 😁
@SYNDESTV 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@iankastelic881 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Jeff! Very helpful!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome Ian 😁
@kartu0811 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thanks for sharing Kartavya!! 😁
@martindoyon6470 2 жыл бұрын
always great stuff ! thanks !
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome Martin! 😁
@rurikschutte2188 10 ай бұрын
Dude, the most straightforward info. THANKS 🎉
@JeffSu 10 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!! 😁
@JeroenLapre Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Helpful.
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it Jeoren 😁
@angelolazeroms5900 8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@JamesStrickland 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Jeff!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you James 😁
@yourspacebylucie9073 2 жыл бұрын
Wow so helpful and straight forward. Thank you, I will check more of your videos
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Let me know if you like the other ones as well!
@kuruption1983 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha glad you came across this video then 😁
@theloniousMac Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Wooohoooo glad I was able to help 😁
@joshuahenkel95 4 ай бұрын
Worked perfectly! :)
@JeffSu 4 ай бұрын
Nice! 😁
@hillarysteinau7037 Жыл бұрын
So helpful - thanks man!
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome Hillary 😁
@Dr.Gamboa 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Let me know how you find the Desktop app. I may OR MAY NOT also have Breaking Bad...
@imaanfaker3007 2 жыл бұрын
You are gold. Thank you for all your video's.
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Imaan!!
@PaigeNextDoor 2 жыл бұрын
Super helpful!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😁😁
@DavidRanalli 2 ай бұрын
Great video thank you!
@JeffSu 2 ай бұрын
Thanks!! 😁
@maikaimakena9424 2 жыл бұрын
Jeff is the MAN keep the RAD VIDEOS COMING ⚡️⚡️👊
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Will do! 😁😁
@felipeoliveira8464 2 жыл бұрын
Jeff, ur content is PERFECT! 😩
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha thank you Felipe! I'll try to be EVEN MORE perfect moving forward 😁
@felipeoliveira8464 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu 💪🏻👏🏻❤️
@SheriMarin-b3u 6 күн бұрын
Thank you SO much for this video, this was so helpful!!!!
@JeffSu 6 күн бұрын
No problem 😁
@juneybaby2443 2 жыл бұрын
Just installed and this video super helped, gracias!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Let me know how it goes for you Juney! 😁
@CarlosBustamanteRestrepo Жыл бұрын
great video. thanks
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome 😁
@JustSketchPNG 2 жыл бұрын
Dude! I love you! Thank you so much for this!!!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome my friend! Love your profile picture by the way. My Chinese name has that character 😁
@JustSketchPNG 2 жыл бұрын
@@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.✌️
@Emma-jp1zq 7 ай бұрын
thank you so much !!! :)
@JeffSu 7 ай бұрын
No problem 😁
@itlearn5521 Жыл бұрын
Works well!! DANKEEE
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
You're welcome 😁
@Allprowebtools 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Yup! Exactly 😁
@joekelley9311 2 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joe! 😁
@miltonbrownrigg8409 2 жыл бұрын
a lot of info, Good stuff Jeff. Love Google Drive.
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it Milton, thanks so much 😁
@Andrea_Dong 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Were you using Microsoft Word?
@Andrea_Dong 2 жыл бұрын
Yep 😅 shoulda manually saved it at regular intervals at the very least, but we live and we learn
@raghavansrinivas1379 2 жыл бұрын
Great one
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😁
@Juulylie 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's kinda new (to me at least) but I still might get my own NAS at some point 😁
@bySterling 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so 😁
@Harsh-le8cp Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I've actually never used that feature on the mac before! How do you use shared folders on the mac?
@Harsh-le8cp Жыл бұрын
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.
@ShervinShares 2 жыл бұрын
how do you delete all the cache? i have so many files & folders - i don't remember what I saved locally
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Check out the Medium article! I want to give credit to the person who came up with the method 😁
@user-pl7ud8jx9b 6 ай бұрын
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 6 ай бұрын
Yea Google doesn't allow that yet for some reason :(
@glenmackay764 Жыл бұрын
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?
@erlendursmari Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Ah gotcha, thanks for sharing your system Erlendur!
@patrick9969 2 жыл бұрын
Let's goo, nice video
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Patrick 😁
@eminemirza Жыл бұрын
Thnks bro 👈
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
No problem Bro!
@iska788 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! Writing my PhD. I needed to be sure my files are in the cloud and on the Mac. You never know.....
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! You need to keep those important files backed up for sure!
@patrick9969 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Ah that's a good point! Do you access those files from different machines?
@MStar10 7 ай бұрын
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?
@SreekantShenoy 2 жыл бұрын
Jeff, try the IINA video player app. Thats way better than VLC. Great video btw. ;)
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thanks for sharing! Will check it out!
@luwileo 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t use a mac or google drive in such an advanced way but this video edit seems so tight with lots of nuances and embellishments. As always, am sure those who watched will have a great one! 😄
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I hope so too Louis
@inyua 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Have you checked out my Google Photos or Apple Photos video? haha
@inyua 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu DONE AND THANK YOUUU
@julianasimon2344 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu Would you be so kind and share the link? I can't seem to be able to find it!
@MissRobins_Treehouse Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
So does it work now?
@hk9426 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Nah not yet, because I'm still perfecting my organizational system!
@InspectApedia Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Great tip Daniel, thanks for sharing!
@TechnoBoomer 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I've never used Dropbox before, I should definitely check them out. Thank you so much for letting me know François!
@AndyWahyudic 2 жыл бұрын
I do agree with you. I'm using both GDrive (Plus) and Dropbox Pro, and from user prespective, Dropbox is the best choice.
@mehdisheriff 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhh gotcha. I'm assuming you have a lot more storage than the default 15GB?
@mehdisheriff 2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@TheHealthyPsyche 2 сағат бұрын
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!
@BrianAuer Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Are you saying it's not showing up under the "Favorites" section?
@janellee1349 2 жыл бұрын
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?
@cassioalexan 2 жыл бұрын
"...which I got...totally ... legitimately... by the way... huh". LOL here with the way you said this!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
😉, I'm seriousssssss
@marc-antoinerivet1232 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I don't think we can do that yet but that would be a great idea for the product team 😂
@ithiagomendes 2 жыл бұрын
TKS! I'm a little old school nowadays. please make a video on how to switch from EverNote to notion
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
I've never used Evernote 😭
@ithiagomendes 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu TKS and congratulations on your videos!
@RonronZero5522 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Ah interesting. I've actually never used the previous Backup and Sync. I don't think Apple files would be compatible with Google Drive 😅
@bahauddinchishte 2 жыл бұрын
Another Blast!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it! 😁
@Daniel_Haller 5 ай бұрын
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 ?
@imassociates Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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
@Video2Webb 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Hm...I don't think so. Because you can only choose one or the other (mirrored or streamed)
@marceloluisgomez Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Ah sorry I usually always upgrade to the latest version of the Mac!
@hermes8258 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Hermes!
@lemonxuan7085 2 жыл бұрын
Do you have any tips on OneDrive for Mac? :) Thanks in advance
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't even know that existed 😂. I don't really use the Microsoft suite of products haha
@mashedpotatoess 11 ай бұрын
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 11 ай бұрын
Have you downloaded and installed the app?
@kimedmunds1554 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Nope, iCloud and Google Drive are separate apps! If I were you I'd stick to 1
@kimedmunds1554 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your fast response! Will follow you for more tips!
@cheeky4529 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That's actually a great idea for the product team 😂. Of course this is assuming both parties have Google Drive for desktop installed
@cheeky4529 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu Yes, absolutely. Our whole company uses it, so we would be most grateful if Google would implement this feature!
@daniel_targan Жыл бұрын
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 8 ай бұрын
Is this still the case?
@daniel_targan 8 ай бұрын
@@MStar10 no 🤓👍
@Marcel-dd9ch 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
That's a good point! Thanks for sharing Marcel 😁
@brendonfernandez Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Yea I don't think you can do that yet haha
@edgardpontex1778 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Go into the preferences and see if your Drive is properly synced 😁
@fabianozanetti9774 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff, thank you. I have added Google Drive to my Mac. Is there any way to delete the Google Drive folder icon from the desktop? Because if I do "eject", I have to re-authenticate every time I want to open Google Drive. Thanks!
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Yea you can choose not to show the external drives in finder preferences
@iankastelic881 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
So I think interestingly Alfred (spotlight alternative) is starting to integrate the search option with Google Drive for Mac!
@tommasomeneghin1798 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jeff! I have a question: do you know how to use spotlighting on my mac to search the files into Google Drive?
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think we can 😅
@HerlimTelhano 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu you can if you choose the stream option. That why more people choose this option! Because with mirror option your file will be on virtual drive and spotlight doesn't find any file on that. This is maybe a GDrive configuration issue, even when you make available offline.
@estebancosin 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Yea I don't think spotlight or alfred will index those files haha
@estebancosin 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu it used to do it, but not anymore sudenly. What a big problem! Thanks 4 your reply
@Shauenkz 2 жыл бұрын
Raycast (alfred analogy) has option to search inside google. Check it!
@amitkumartyagi440 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Hi Amit - What sort of editing are you doing?
@amitkumartyagi440 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu corporate films, Multicam editing, 4k videos...
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
@@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?
@farisimadifik 9 ай бұрын
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 9 ай бұрын
Hm...I don't. I think you just need to wait for a bit
@JingyiJingleBells Жыл бұрын
Also iCloud is 259.6 times more expensive than GoogleDrive per GB per year, more reason to swtich!
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Haha good point!
@AndreaLongoni 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@iankastelic881 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You can make a copy of those files and place them all within a shared folder, and share that folder with your teachers
@MCandMosRandomChannel Жыл бұрын
but can you edit, like on premiere pro with the stream files option? .
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Definitely not fast enough for that haha
@thekasbars5393 2 жыл бұрын
Did you figure how to to use tags? I tried everything and couldn’t get tags to work on google drive on Mac
@user-wr9ks3tf4n Жыл бұрын
hello, can I ask how to add shared folders in google drive mac app? thank you
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
That's a really good question. I'll try to find out 😂
@Mahalakshmi-Khan 2 жыл бұрын
3:29 when you click "make available offline" , does it mean it is now storing the file on local mac storage ?
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Yes that's correct 😁
@bobperezb19 Жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff, nice video. My Drive folder does not display the cloud icon, any recommendations?
@JeffSu Жыл бұрын
Did you choose to stream files?
@bobperezb19 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu yes
@philvee 2 жыл бұрын
You asked to let you know in the comments, so here we go. Why I use the backup option in Google Drive? I use my Mac for music production, so I like to have my project files and exports backed up to Google Drive for seemless transition between my Mac and PC, or to share exported tracks.
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
That's great to know Phil, thanks for the reply! You're not worried about storage limits though?
@philvee 2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffSu That's a good point. I guess that's something to consider when it happens. So far it works great with just backing up my project files and exported tracks. I technically don't need my exports stored locally, as I can always export them again or grab them from the cloud. That would save me about 30-50mb per track. I suppose I could start doing it this way.
@markloughtonUK Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Yea I don't think those can sync over right now Mark :(
@maikaimakena9424 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a what on my phone 📱 video. Would love to see that ⚡️👍❤️
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
One do one down the line 😁
@charlesgayneresq.5843 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Yea...unfortunately the spotlight search function doesn't work right now in Finder
@charlesgayneresq.5843 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Seems a shame
@MarkHolmes 2 жыл бұрын
I'm using a 16gb M1 iMac and having serious RAM issues with Google Drive. In activity monitor , it will just keep climbing till it says 80GB! What is interesting is that it says memory used 14GB and when I force quit Google Drive, Memory used will drop back down to 9GB. I've spoken at length yesterday with Google - after sending them numerous screen shots they are investigating. If you look in Google Forums, you will see others with this issue as well. Some kind of software glitch going on there.
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thanks for bringing this up Mark!
@rezendenetto 2 жыл бұрын
Do you know how to search on Google Drive desktop folders using Finder?
@JeffSu 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think you can for now
@runthomas Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Hm...I don't think so :(
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