Is there a way to locate in the Finder "Google Drive" files and folders with the attribute "Available Online" ?

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Is there a way to locate in the Finder "Google Drive" files and folders with the attribute "Available Online" ?

My drive is almost full and I have not been able to use search criteria that would show results only showing files that are on Google Drive taking local space so I can turn them offline all at the same time in order to make some room.

I tried choosing "Available Offline" on the Dives root but at less, you actually right-click and select that option on the file or folder, the Offline attribute would not take place. in other words you have to individually find each file and folder that is set as online in order to turn it Offline only. Making the container folder Offline Only won't affect the contents.

I believe Dropbox has an option on the website where you can see what files and folders are also local.

HoudahSpot.app was a good idea since its got all these search criteria but there was nothing related to Google Drive Off-Online attributes I could see.

Thank you for your help,

Powerbook

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 8:36 PM

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Barney-15E

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Jun 2, 2021 7:10 AM in response to Diego Jobs

If they attach that as metadata, you might be able to find it with a Spotlight Raw Query.

In Terminal, type

mdls

leave a space after and drag in a file that is offline and one that is online.

Compare the output to see if there is any metadata set from which we could search. If there is any, post it and maybe we can come up with a search query

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Jun 2, 2021 12:33 PM in response to Barney-15E

Hi, here is what I'm getting from the terminal...

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "GettyImages-688953781.jpg"

com_apple_metadata_modtime = 643698324

kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2021-05-26 05:05:23 +0000

kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-05-26 00:00:00 +0000

kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2021-05-26 05:05:24 +0000

kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2021-05-26 00:00:00 +0000

kMDItemContentType = "public.jpeg"

kMDItemContentTypeTree = (

"public.jpeg",

"public.image",

"public.data",

"public.item",

"public.content"

)

kMDItemDisplayName = "GettyImages-688953781.jpg"

kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0

kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-05-26 05:05:24 +0000

kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-05-26 05:05:23 +0000

kMDItemFSCreatorCode = ""

kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0

kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null)

kMDItemFSInvisible = 0

kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0

kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null)

kMDItemFSLabel = 0

kMDItemFSName = "GettyImages-688953781.jpg"

kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null)

kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20

kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501

kMDItemFSSize = 10266483

kMDItemFSTypeCode = ""

kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2021-05-26 00:00:00 +0000

kMDItemKind = "JPEG image"

kMDItemLogicalSize = 10266483

kMDItemPhysicalSize = 10268672

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Barney-15E

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Jun 2, 2021 2:08 PM in response to Diego Jobs

Unfortunately they don’t have any metadata to identify those, so a spotlight search wouldn’t work.

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Diego Jobs Author

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Jun 2, 2021 6:23 PM in response to Barney-15E

Here is the WYSIWYG finder scenario...But I can't see to find any difference between both folders., being "...copy 3" is the one with the "Online Only" icon.

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Diego Jobs Author

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Jun 2, 2021 10:54 AM in response to Barney-15E

I'll go ahead and give it try and get back to you on this!

Thank you so much

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Is there a way to locate in the Finder "Google Drive" files and folders with the attribute "Available Online" ?

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