Google Drive has highjacked Time Machine. Is Apple working on a workaround?

Thanks for reaching out. I didn't find anything in the library. I did discover a workaround. I created an alias for the Google Drive folder in my parenting Users folder. If I first go back to the time I wish to recover in the parenting folder and then hit the alias it gives me access. It's a permissions issue. If you go to the info for the Google Drive folder it does not let you change permissions. I think it's treating TimeMachine as another user.

Google Drive streaming offline files do reside on one's computer, but they are integrated into the app in what they refer to as a virtual drive, making them inaccessible to the Time Machine.

Google Drive has its own history function, but it is not nearly robust as Time Machine.