Oct 05, 2017  I recently Found this article About Google Drive Sync going away and apparently I missed the announcement whenever it happened. They are Replacing it with Drive File Stream. Has anyone had the opportunity to try this program and see if it is a worthy replacement? May 07, 2018  As previously announced, the old Drive desktop sync client for Mac and PC—a feature officially known as “Google Drive for Mac/PC”—will start to shut down on May 12th, 2018.After May 12th, the sync client may not work for bConnected Google accounts. Please note: Google Drive on the web has NOT been discontinued; you can still access it from https://drive.google.com! Google Drive on PC/Mac is dead, long live Backup and Sync. It'll be replaced by the new, more capable app on March 12th, 2018. If you use Google Drive and/or Photos on PC and Mac, beware that both of those apps are being eliminated starting December 11th, 2017 and shut off completely in March of next year. Don't mourn their loss too much, though.

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Things are changing with Google Drive.

Jun 24, 2019  The heart of working with Google Drive is the Google Drive folder, where you can store items you wish to save to the Google cloud, as well as share with others you designate. While the Google Drive folder is where you'll spend a great deal of your time, it's the Menu bar item that will let you exercise control over your Google Drive.

If you are reading this, it could be because you googled the phrase 'Drive File Stream encountered a problem and has stopped.' If that is the case, rest assured you are not alone - hold steady, the solution is at hand.

Regardless of how you arrived here, you should know that if you use Google Drive to collaborate and share information across your organization, it's current incarnation is coming to an end. Google is replacing it with 'Google Drive File Stream', which will free up storage space because your files will now be served directly from the Cloud. (Nightmares of serving urgent client requests while travelling on dodgy data connections can start incubating in your sub-conscious now..)

We were recently shown the prompt 'Google Drive for Mac/PC is going away soon. To continue syncing files on your desktop, install Drive File Stream.'

When you see this, you can simply follow the prompts to install 'Drive File Stream'. Pretty straightforward. Right?

If you are on MacOS High Sierra (like us), you may then be presented with the following error message when trying to sign in and access all your important shared client files: 'Drive File Stream encountered a problem and has stopped.'

You will find that you are unable to access your organization's files. You may try repeated restarts and reinstalls, to no avail.

You might even try in desperation to revert back to the standard Google Drive, only to encounter the following error: 'Please select a folder on an HFS+ Drive that is not mounted over a network.'

Having fun? As you feel your morning's creative dev and deliverables slipping away, and you start to realize that you have lost the ability to sync and be synced with your team's data, your mind may drift towards greener pastures.. such as the time before you decided to upgrade to Google File Stream.

Persistence.

You may then spend a half hour on the phone with someone from Google G-Suite Support, who will untimately tell you that the Drive File Stream (by the way, could there be a less smooth product name) team is very busy and will call you back at some future, undetermined time.

You may then try online Chat support (starting at number 49 in the queue) who will then attemp to answer questions you are not asking, as you try to rearticulate the issue of not being able to sign in to the Fabulous Drive Stream.

After a relaxing hour, your Help Agent will ask you if you happen to be on MacOS High Sierra. At which point you will learn about a mysterious little golden setting..

The solution.

Hidden within 'Security and Privacy' inside 'System Preferences', it will say 'System software from developer 'Google, Inc.' was blocked from loading.' Click 'Allow'. It will appear in the area indicated below and will allow you to grant permission for Google to unleash the full wonder of the File Stream.

In this example, the option no longer shows since we have already granted permission..

At this point, you will again be able to access your organization's synced files.

Enjoy your new Google file sharing platform, and cross your fingers that your high speed connection never lets you down..

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Google Drive For Mac/pc Is Going Away Soon Message

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Drive File Stream is for GSuite users, looks great but we already use Egnyte in enterprise as we need hybrid storage (local in sync with cloud) for performance demand

Google Drive For Mac/pc Is Going Away Soon

The Backup and Sync for personal users is just an expansion of Google Drive. Its much better as you install it and it keeps your Google drive setting and lets you choose other folders from your local disk to sync. So if you have an existing photo library or bunch of stuff you can sysnc that now rather than having to keep it in your Google Drive folder