Unable to Index Google Drive as External Volume

I left windows because I was loosing productivity. Now since October this issue has been costing time, frustration and productivity.

I would like to add a new computer to my system... but not with this ongoing issue. I don't want purchase new hardware that won't search my extensive and shared google drive files. I don't want to mirror everything just to get functionality. I don't want to have to buy humungous hard drives in order to mirror. Nor do I want to run time machine on humungous hard drives.

Never dreamed we'd be headed into April and this still would remain UNresolved. :(

Thanks! I never noticed that search bar. (Maybe it's new?) It's not as convenient as having Spotlight index Google Drive, but it's better than nothing. Do you happen to know whether that search can be invoked straight from the keyboard?

Hi everyone,

Can anyone else confirm that it is working now with Monterey?

They will release the new OS Ventura in a couple of months and I hate being stuck with Big Sur only because it is indexing Google Drive and Monterey doesn't.

Yesterday I felt particularly brave and decided to give it again a try.

I updated to the last version of Monterey and SURPRISE, AGAIN, it DID-NOT-WORK! @aalaw

How can you say that it is working for you? What are you doing differently from the rest of the world?

I also uninstalled and reinstalled Google Drive in order to have the last version but NOTHING.

Now I'll spend half a day to reinstall again Big Sur again :(

Can someone punch Apple in the face?

They also have a new hotkey option allowing you to open the Google Drive search without extra clicks. Here is the default:

Seems like a tradeoff between the native Spotlight search (slower) and Google Drive search (not the native search anymore).

Still issues here ....

1. search works only in finder ( but with significant delay) 

2. search from spotlight doesn't work 

3. search from "save as" menu doesn't work ( the most painful issue for me )

You could create a folder just like any other, but I doubt that would solve the problem.

I have the same problem

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please help us apple, your limiting our productivity with this update

I have same problem. This is ridiculous.

I had the problem a year ago and struggled with it for so long and then fixed it, and now it is back and will haunt me in my dreams every night.

I faced with the same issue...

Golden rule - do not install fresh updates.

I have same problem on Big Sur. I think this issue is because Spotlight cannot create its folder directly on Google Drive virtual disk.

Same issue encountered on monterey, used to work just fine

mdutil /Volumes/GoogleDrive -i on

result:

/System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/GoogleDrive:

Indexing and searching disabled.