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The same dialog is seen when clicking the gear in either the Activity or Account view. How do I make Drive for Desktop confine itself to only mirroring, the way I have it set up in Windows?ĮDIT: Here's what I see in Finder and on my desktop Finder showing two Google Drive foldersĪfter clicking on the Google Drive taskbar icon One is my old Google Drive folder and a new one, containing the same files, but all having "cloud" badges indicating they're being streamed.

In Finder I now see TWO "Google Drive" folders. The Preferences dialog for Google Drive on the Mac looks completely different from the one on Windows and lists no options to control anything except Launch on Startup and some cache directory settings. It wants to sync my entire hard disk to Google so it can stream the files, which I do not want to do. I was just forced to install the new Drive on a MacBook in place of Backup and Sync, and there does not seem to be any such option. When you install the "new" Google Drive for Desktop on Windows you get an option in the preferences dialog to turn off streaming and just continue to use mirroring - you can specify which folders to sync. You should be able to see the second Google Drive folder.This question is about the new Google Drive for Desktop on a MacBook Pro with Catalina 10.15.7.

Once done, open Finder and navigate to Macintosh HD > Users > username > Google Drive.

Repeat steps #3 and #4 to set up your second Google Drive.

Click the Backup and Sync icon on the menubar, go to the 3-dots icon on the top right and select Add New Account.

Once done, open Finder and navigate to Macintosh HD > Users > username > Google Drive, and you’ll see that your files have started synchronizing.

Follow the on-screen instructions to have your primary Google Drive set up.

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Drag it inside the Applications folder, and open the app. If you still need OS X Yosemite, use this link: Download OS X Yosemite Connect to your Mac a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive 2 on Mac OS X Yosemite (10 It is running on the MAC OS X, GP2X, Amiga, QNX 6 42Z691-6232-A 42Z691-6232-A.

Download Backup and Sync (For Individuals).

Installing multiple instances of Google Drive

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So if you have the latter on your Mac, get it uninstalled. In order for this tip to work, you will need Google’s Backup and Sync app and not the Google Drive app. Many people have multiple Google Drive accounts - say, for work and personal use - but Google doesn't. How to Run Multiple Instances of Google Drive on Windows