Google Drive opens MacBook System Settings on launch

Can anyone help me? I have been stuck on this for a while now.

When I launch Google Drive for desktop on my MacBook, the System Settings extensions launches.

I have already deleted en reinstalled Google Drive and tried everything mentioned in this thread but with no succes.

Thanks.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.1

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 11:18 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2023 11:54 AM

I was able to solve it.

navigate to Macintosh HD > Users > YourUsername > Google Drive

Then I got a banner saying "Google Drive isn't activated" with a button next to it "activate" —> click it.

This did it for me, hope to help anyone else also facing this issue.

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May 3, 2023 8:24 PM in response to Apple_user_007

My solution is slightly different from Apple_user_007's, but his solution was the key hint.


  1. Open Google Drive Preferences
  2. Go to Google Drive tab
  3. Click "Open in Finder" (If this button redirects to Users/YourUsername/Google Drive, it would be the case of Apple_user_007. But my directory was somewhat very strange like this:

/Users/YourUsername/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-yourmailaddress@gmail.com/My Drive)

4. On the top of the Finder window, you will see the small banner mentioned by Apple_user_007. Click "Enable".

(I guess what Apple_user_007 meant by "activate" button was "Enable")


I want to attach the screenshots but I don't know how to reproduce this problem :(.

I hope all you guys get this very annoying bug fixed!

Google Drive opens MacBook System Settings on launch

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