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.
No real fix yet ((
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 )
This works for me for now. It's very slow.
I noticed this, too. But on mine it seems the search results does not return folders. Only files.
Just the usual finder search. select folder, instead of "This Mac" the specific folder selected and the results shows up. I updated to 12.1 but even after the update the searching issue was there and now without any change all is working fine like on Catalina. No idea how this happens now... But still believe an issue with os 12 and drive which was recently changed. The backup and sync app from google never had issue but heard a few topics since they rolled out the new replacement which can either sync or stream data. That was the reason I didn't want to replace the old backup and sync app.
So I cant really help with more details
This previous discussion
Google Drive "open with" not showing loca… - Apple Community
included:
"On another post about Spotlight and Google Drive, it was noted that their preferences changed from Mirror to Sync, so none of the files were actually stored on the drive, just whatever placeholder they use. It may be that placeholder doesn't advertise the correct file type for the original file stored on the server along with it not providing the necessary metadata for Spotlight to index."
Can't Search Mac for Folders Located in the Google Drive Folder
