Can't Search Mac for Folders Located in the Google Drive Folder

Nope, still waiting on apple or google to release a patch to fix.

ISSUE SOLVED! You can now enable the feature within the google drive settings. 

I have a similar problem after upgrading my MacBook pro (2017 inter) to Monterey.

the System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy is empty.

I have tried several methods that I found online, but all of them don't work.

In terminal:

sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/GoogleDrive

shows

/System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/GoogleDrive:

Indexing and searching disabled.

Same issue on macbook pro M1 Pro monterey. Cant search inside a drive folder in finder. no result. I don't think even its just a drive issue its a general issue with the search to find files. never had this before. safe mode doesn't help here

I tried this and it did not fix the issue. It still takes a VERY long time to search anything when using the finder to search for things stored on Google Drive. This was really fast prior to the update so I'm assuming the most recent update is the cause, not Google. Also, there is a new folder on the side of the finder called "localhost" which if you click on it, Google Drive is listed on it. If you eject it, Google Drive shuts off.

just did a test search and surprisingly i was able to find my pdf files in the google drive folder which didn't work before. its a new MacBook pro m1 pro. Hope its working for you guys as well. gonna take an eye on it

As i mentioned for me it got resolved on its own. No idea how but suddenly i could search again. Working fast and well as expected in spotlight and finder search. So i cant help just let you know its working. Super weird how that happen...

Google has added a search field. But it only shows 10 results.

Just an idea: This is not an adequate solution. Automatic equipping of all files in the backed up folder. The search can be done in the nickname folder. You need to write a script for this. What do you think, is it possible?

Running Monterey on a MacBook Pro. Compoany switched us all to GoogleDrive to consolidate emails & storage, supposedly streamlining things. I've been fighting with this since late fall. EVERY time I go looking for something (with files going back 7-8 -10 years in some cases), anything that has been moved to the drive is unsearchable. Takes me forever to sort through files now. Beyond frustrating. Honestly, I think I'm about to ditch the drive completely at this point.

Does this issue exist on PC? I can more easily go back to a PC at this point than I can moving to a new file storage system. I've been struggling with this since last fall as well. It seems Apple doesn't plan on fixing the issue... For what we pay for their devices I don't think we are getting the value out of it.

Why is this marked as "Solved"? It didn't solve the problem for the majority who use Team Drives. Is Apple trying to wash its hands of this issue by jumping on the most minor of work arounds as a solution?

A Miracle Happened Today in Monterey. The google drive icon appeared on my toolbar, I clicked upon it and it popped up on my desktop as it had once upon a time in High Sierra. I conducted a routine spotlight search of files in the google drive and voilà, results.

Thanks to whoever did what. No point in playing the Blame Game. I hope this issue resolves itself for every one and every device.

I got really excited and ran this update. It didn't change anything for me....it still finds nothing when I search known file names that I have in the Team Drives. We have the right to play the "blame game" as this has been an issue for too long.

Sorry about that. I wish I could explain what changed on our set-up. I haven't installed the 12.3 update yet on the MacBook, so maybe it was a Google revision. I'll get a report from others in my office who share the Google Drive and see if the problem persists.

I think the main problem is my office uses Team Drives where most people use their own individual drives. I use the Google Drive File Stream to access my files on the computer rather than through the web browser. In the top right corner of the Finder window there is a search bar that I would use all the time to search file names that were known to me (I created a file naming convention that would allow me to search for just the start of a file name type and it would display all variations that matched it - this would help me with searching through files if I didn't remember a date or other more specific details). Running a search on the Macs Finder search tool worked flawlessly and would populate search results almost instantly. Now, ever since this thread began it doesn't bring up any results and the only way I can find files on Team Drives is by searching through a web browser. If I have these files saved on "My Drive" it will search them, but that is because I have them saved to the computer as well. It comes down to it no longer searches mirrored files (ones that are only stored online). This is how they've always been set up, we never changed any settings here.