After upgrading my iMac to Monterey, I can't search for folders that are located in the Google Drive folder anymore. Searching does not work in Spotlight or in Finder search bar!! Help :(
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Your finder or Spotlight should search again now!
It is well known and has been widely commented the problem that Apple finder has in communicating with Google Drive for desktop (DFD). You would search for anything in DFD using the finder or spotlight and nothing would come up...until now. DFD version 60.0 fixed that, just go to preferences and check the "Enable Spotlight to search streaming files" checkbox, voila! and automatically spotlight starts indexing the DFD. So it wasn’t your finder, it was DFD.
Also note that this solution is for streaming files, not mirror files, which reside on your computer and not in the DFD cloud.
NOTE: My only intention is to help with my modest effort to those who might have the same problem.
It is so annoying! it makes my daily job much slower! I keep updating my MacBook Pro (today 12.2.1 last version) but it is not working yet. Come on Apple team, you have to short out this, please! :-(
I'll try anything - Reinstall and synch what exactly?
Tried this, it did not work for me. Frustrating.
Tried this, it does not work well. Very limited. Apple needs to fix this, it's a huge blow to the functionality of Google Drive desktop integration.
A fix, but why we have macs, it doesn't even drag and drop! :)
Finally! Thank you SO much for this...what a relief :)
It is not working properly. It takes ages in search for a file... So long time for this fudge upgrade.
BTW the device I'm using is a 2020 13 inch MacBook Pro - 2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
This solved the problem for me. Thank you!!!!!
It has a search function but it does not find all files at you are not able to look for folders like when you use Spotlight.
It's a real bummer.
I have the same question.
I know about the search-bar but it is by no means nearly as usefull as if you make a search in finder regard the overview of the search results.
Same here... no localhost folder
Finally - it's slow but it finally works. It's a new feature google added lately, the option was not there before.
Thank for the help.
Sorry but I don't see it. Click Gdrive icron, it directly turns to Finder, no such magnifying glass icon just the spot icon for finder.
Can open Gdrive separately without using Finder?
Can't Search Mac for Folders Located in the Google Drive Folder
