Q: Google drive app corrupting Finder
I was wondering if anyone else has found that when the Google Drive App is running on OS X 10.9.5 the OS X Finder will only work in Thumbnail view. The Google Drive App has worked fine for several months until now but suddenly it started interfering with Finder. I removed the App and all is fine. I tried downloading and reinstalling the App and the problem came back so I have had to remove it again.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Aug 19, 2016 7:12 PM
Yes,
There is a bug in Google Drive that drastically affects the Finder in both OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
This issue happened waay back when and was presumed fixed by Google awhile back.
It looks as though this issue with Google Drive has resurfaced, once again.
So, you need to disable Google Drive on OS X 10.9 Mavericks and on 10.8 Mountain Lion.
See this posting, as well, for an update.
Posted on Aug 19, 2016 8:24 PM