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BoI_Admin · 08-19-2021 09:27 AM

I got an increasing amount of feedbacks in our organization about a particular issue with the Google Drive for Desktop app:

It seems that on Mac, the Spotlight is not indexing the files that are in the Google Drive desktop folder...
I looked into it and tried all the recommended solutions from these sources but no result:

Has anybody had the same issue and is there some clear solution?

colkurtz_78

So there have been a lot of false starts at my end, following steps on this forum, and some of the ALMOST working, but even when it did, speed was always a deal breaker. Happy to share that here in Jakarta, Indonesia, Google Drive version 69.0.0.0 update changed the game dramaticaly: It announced it was moving the Google Drive folder locally from Favourites - always a pain - to Locations. I have just tried searches and files are showing up in Search that live in GD (streamed) - just as fast as local files!

I will literally have to go back and re-teach myself to be as fast with GD efficiency, but that's a price I'm willing to pay to get my 15% speeed back - that has been missing for 1.8 years! The Google/Apple "Deciders" have finally made it work, I'm happy.

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Whiteinari

I also had the same problem after updating to Big Sur but found this simple fix: Go to Google Drive preferences (gear icon), then click again preferences (another gear icon) on the upper left. Check the box that says: Enable Spotlight to search streaming files. Everything started working again.

https://support.smartsourcedit.com/hc/en-us/articles/9570394247699-How-to-enable-macOS-Spotlight-to-...

kristinm

I don't see the last option either ("enable spotlight to search streaming files")

Marcel_MGR

I don't see that option - but that's maybe because I'm running Google Drive (83.0) on Apple Silicon?

GregW

I am on 83.0 as well on an M3 Sonoma, and no option like that is available that I can see.

VoiceGuyJoe

Heyy guys is there any solution to this problem ? I am using OS Sonoma too. Its frustrating not being able to search files in finder search our spotlight 😞

Mac Spotlight not indexing Google Drive files in desktop