So, I have my google drive synced in finder. But, when I right click 'get info' on folders within google drive, there is no 'shred folder' tick box, which means I can't share any google drive folders on my network. This is required so I can scan documents from my printer into a folder shared on the network. Any ideas please?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2
Perhaps with the new Google Drive software it may have changed with the Google Drive icon in the Sidebar, but regardless of that what I've found is that if I wish to share on my network any folders inside the Google Drive folder they have to be shared separately. At the top levels, Google Drive and My Drive, the Shared Folder box is not presented as you have observed, but below that level I have found on my system that Shared Folder box is presented.
When I put a tick in this box for any of these folders, those folders were accessible on another Mac on my network - at least in Monterey. I didn't test it with an older Mac.
Does this happen on your network and do any of these folders make themselves available to your printer?
This can also be done in System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing > Shared Folders
Perhaps with the new Google Drive software it may have changed with the Google Drive icon in the Sidebar, but regardless of that what I've found is that if I wish to share on my network any folders inside the Google Drive folder they have to be shared separately. At the top levels, Google Drive and My Drive, the Shared Folder box is not presented as you have observed, but below that level I have found on my system that Shared Folder box is presented.
When I put a tick in this box for any of these folders, those folders were accessible on another Mac on my network - at least in Monterey. I didn't test it with an older Mac.
Does this happen on your network and do any of these folders make themselves available to your printer?
This can also be done in System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing > Shared Folders
Google has a guide to sharing Google Drive folders here, and it's done via the Internet not a local network.
An alternative is sharing in iCloud drive and is built into Finder and again via the Internet. A recent addition to Sidebar is Shared, a sub-category of iCloud Drive, in which you can instantly see the folders you are sharing and with whom.
This gives you two options.
Hi David,
I'm comfortable with managing shared folders within google drive; that's now what I'm trying to do.
I have google drive connected in Finder. Within google drive shared folders, when I right click on a folder within finder and select 'get info', there is no 'shared folder' checkbox available, meaning I cannot share the google drive shared folder or any sub-folder with other devices on my network. I need to be able to do this so that my printer can 'see' the folder as a destination on the network for scanned documents.
Sharing google drive folder on network
