Google Drive not working after Ventura update

I deleted Ventura and reinstalled Monterey and everything is working perfectly!

I did not, could not, do that fix. I simply deleted Ventura and reinstalled Monterey.

My thought is that somehow Google drive was corrupted when upgrading to Ventura. In the future uninstalling and reinstalling gdrive when upgrading to a new OS version is probably best.

I have macOS Ventura 13.0.1.

I am not able to see "Finder Extensions" under System Settings > Privacy & Security > Extensions.

I am however able to see "Added Extensions" under System Settings > Privacy & Security > Extensions.

Screenshot attached.

I'm having the same issue and have followed all of the advice listed above. I was unable to uninstall the app because an error message said that the app is still open even though it wasn't. It just sits on the dock like a poor, lonely app waiting for something to happen.

Help!

This did not make any difference. It still does not work. It crashes constantly and my files are not synced properly any more. I have uninstalled Google Drive and re-installed it several times but it just won't work. I start to get desperate! I have verified all the settings in System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Extensions (and tried to toggle them and rebooting in between but nothing helps).

Running on a MAC mini M1 2020, macOS = Ventura 13.0.1

Everything worked until I installed Ventura :-(

I have the exact same problem. My files just won't sync. I have noticed when I make copies of the files, the files will sync. But not when I save them originally.

I have literally tried every trick in the book. Logging out, restarting, de-installing, re-installing, making sure all the right things are activated ... to no avail. It has been ongoing for several weeks ... it's very frustrating and even Google Customer Service is not being very helpful at all.

If anyone out there was successful with any solution, please share!

Mac Studio 2022, macOS Ventura 13,1

Google Drive Version: 68.0.2.0

Fwiw, I tried to do this mapping and found it did not work, much to my chagrin. My conjecture is that Apple has disallowed adding symlinks or other mappings to /Volumes.

Facing the inability to map the OS location back to /Volumes/GoogleDrive..., I decided to adjust my home directory links ~/gd (My Drive) and ~/sd (Shared Drive) to the new Drive locations: ~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-foo@domain.com where "foo@domain.com" is the email address one would use to login to Google Drive. This was easy to do using the Macos Terminal app. Substitute your actual email address used to login to Google Drive for foo@domain.com in the following:

1. Start the Terminal app. I use the CMD-space key and type Terminal and hit the return key. This will start a program called "ksh" and show you a prompt, something like "foo@blue ~ % " where "foo" is your username and "blue" is the name of your computer.
2. Execute the following commands by typing the text in bold.

foo@blue ~ % ln -s ~/Library/CloudStorage/Google-foo@domain.com/My\ Drive ~/gd

foo@blue ~ % ln -s ~/Library/CloudStorage/Google-foo@domain.com/Shared\ drives ~/gd

Then use the links gd and sd in file paths to actually refer to the Google Drive base folders.

Apple broke this feature with no notice justifying it (I believe) as a security feature. Google and other third parties who would like to provide Users with access to non-Apple cloud storage are facing the reality that Apple will continue to make their jobs harder if not impossible. IMHO this is all about Apple wanting to own the whole pie rather than help make the pie bigger and have a larger slice. In a word, Greed, wrapped in a noble (but false) cloth of protecting Users. Shame on Apple.

Mine is doing the same thing. I’m not able to sign in to the Google drive app. But I can’t delete it due to the error message saying it’s in use. There has to be a solution.

Have you figured out how to map it back to Volumes/My Drive etc? Because I am unable to change the location

I do not know how to write those commands in terminal. Could someone provide a step by step tutorial?

Google.....stuck with no option. So frustrating! Yes, Ventura shut it all down....

I too have tried all the below "fixes". When is there going to be a better solution?

Thank you for this! I love the detail and your theory of why. As a non-programmer I am going to try my best.

@pajatopmr thanks again.

thank you so much for your insight. I will try this fix this evening.

Did this work for you? I am facing the same dilemma. Any thoughts or feedback you might have would be welcome.