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MacOS Monterey and Google Drive

I updated both my Mac mini (M1chip) and MacBook Pro (2016) to the macOS Monterey yesterday. I am also using Google Drive on both devices (with streaming option). The weird thing is that Google Drive works normally on MacBook Pro. But on MacMini, Google Drive works too but with an issue. It is supposed to show up on Desktop as "connected server", but it does not. MacBook Pro does not have this problem.


I checked the "show connected server on desktop" option in Finder Preference. I also tried other servers (not google drive) and they show up on Desktop as they are supposed to, on the MacMini.


It is a minor issue. Google Drive still works on both devices. But I could not figure out why I have this problem with MacMini. Does someone know how to fix it? Thank you!

Posted on Oct 27, 2021 7:26 AM

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Reinstalling Google Drive for Desktop from here seems to have fixed it (for now) : https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379#zippy=%2Cdownload-install-google-drive-for-desktop%2Ckeep-files-and-folders-offline%2Copen-google-drive-for-desktop

Posted on Nov 17, 2021 12:33 AM

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Dec 10, 2021 2:23 AM in response to lksafari

More Google Drive weirdness - I'm logged in as administrator and previously have added Google Drive to Login Items within Users and Groups to my account having clicked the padlock and given my password etc.


However, at some point, Google Drive will simply disappear from that panel for no apparent reason. This happens consistently after a start-up and sometimes when coming back from sleep... It's like it crashed silently, but I simply cant understand why it also disappears from the Login items list too.

Dec 14, 2021 4:37 AM in response to lksafari

Recently on M1 Chip MacBook Pro Monterey (V1+V2 updates - awaiting a debug hopefully in V3), the Google Drive app runs as a virtual drive format, so it appears it will continue to unmount (and run as an ejectable drive format) no matter what you try. Even mounting the drive CMD + K on Finder then your smb://localhost/Google Drive/ + location etc, it doesn't read the IP nor mount.


I have even got onto Google tech support to find a solution, debug and I even made bug logs for Google engineers to personally go through. They literally said word for word ...


"We've finished discussing this issue with engineering and they've confirmed that it's the device that's unmounting the drive and not Drive for Desktop. It seems that this issue is not unique with Drive for Desktop but happens with other apps that creates it's own drive as well. If the recent unmounting happened after the device was put to sleep, it would also be the same scenario and we have no way of fixing this"


Funny how they blame the iOS, yet I use DropBox & OneDrive cloud drive solutions alongside Google, yet no unmounting occurs and none of what they explain above happens.


Looks like whoever is running Google cloud storage drives, its best to SOD them off and go to another solution that works.


If anyone has found a fix for this, I'd love to know more about it (plus to send it over to the ever so useless team at Google).


Thanks,

Dec 22, 2021 1:37 PM in response to lksafari

Hi all,


Been having the same (or not so dissimilar) issues, and I've been on Google's case for a while.


Direct from Google Tech Support...


"On the other hand, our engineers have replied to the bug report that we have made for your issue.


The issue has been identified and the fix will be added in version 55 which will be available soon".


They have told me there is no exact date for the patch, but I have pestered them non-stop for a few weeks to resolve this (your welcome haha) and finally. After many, many tests, diagnostic data etc a fix has at least been applied.


Fingers crossed for everyone facing this issue its soon!


Lets all just hope

Dec 27, 2021 3:39 PM in response to simoncav

I tried that with the same result. Google Drive shows in finder but does not mount. If I double-click the app it will mount, but it unmounts when I log off. Also, while mounted it does not show in locations or on my desktop, for me a minor issue. I thought putting it in login items was the work-around and it does work -- once. Then it gets removed from login items. I'm running v54. It is supposed to be fixed in v55. We'll see.

Dec 28, 2021 3:59 AM in response to дмитрийfromамурская

After nearly two months fighting Google , them telling me my camera drive plugging in was to blame for unmounting and all the most ridiculous excuses under the sun…


Heres the real truth straight from the Google Tech ‘support’ Teams mouth:


”The Drive unmounting after a restart is not something that we can patch out since that's how the app currently works. I can only suggest to submit a product feedback through the app to let our engineering know that users would like to know this.

The next version of the app is aiming to fix the localhost error that you received”


So, everyone having this issue, don’t get excited on a fix and just move away from Google Drive as a cloud drive solution, I’ve tried and tried and they just don’t care nor will solve the unmounting.


No other virtual drive/cloud drive does this, yet they must insist on being the only most annoying one. No thanks, I’ll save my monthly payment to go elsewhere on something that doesn’t cause more frustration than it’s worth.


Ill leave you all to decide what’s Best for you. Good luck 🤞🏻

Dec 28, 2021 4:01 AM in response to lksafari



from Google “The Drive unmounting after a restart is not something that we can patch out since that's how the app currently works. I can only suggest to submit a product feedback through the app to let our engineering know that users would like to know this.

The next version of the app is aiming to fix the localhost error that you received”


Solution: Find a better cloud drive provider Google don’t care and I’ve had enough trying to explain why would any user want this unmount, makes no logical sense whatsoever.

MacOS Monterey and Google Drive

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