Till then, to continue with Drive’s service, some users have suggested rolling back to macOS 10.12 Sierra as one of the workarounds. Sadly, there was no word on exactly when the next version of the application will be released. Run installer, which downloads installer files, stop installer when it asks to restart.
“APFS support will be added in the next version” Use the App store (recommended) Download Install macOS High Sierra.app from App Store. Here’s what exactly a company employee said on official forums:
Slow screenshot saving to desktop on mac os High Sierra ( 10-60 sec). Find macOS High Sierra and click Install. However I’ve quite Google’s Sync & Backup (previously Google Drive) just to see what happens, and there you go: instant screenshots again Wow good find I can confirm that after quitting Google backup & sync files appear instantly on the desktop as they originally did. Once you have the installer downloaded, it launches automatically and. there will download the installer into your Applications folder. banner at the top and a featured item in the left panel). Google has acknowledged the problem, saying AFPS support is currently missing for Drive. Launch the App Store app and go to the Purchases tab. There is a link to get High Sierra on the Featured page (via an ad.
What’s more, some of them are even saying the issue affects Google’s newly-released Backup and Sync app as well. Since then, several users have reported the same problem.
The problem came to notice on June 7, 2017, where a user disclosed on the official Drive forum that Drive isn’t working on their macOS. However, the update has broken Google Drive’s compatibility with the OS.
As some of you might know, a recent update (High Sierra) to the macOS pushed by Apple made APFS the default file system (replacing HFS+). Google’s employee disclosed that the next version (3.36) of Backup and Sync app supporting APFS will be out in ~3-4 weeks time (August 9)ĭrive not working on macOS? You are not alone. You can either download Backup and Sync version 3.36 or give the already installed client time to auto-upgrade, something which should happen in a week. You can access the complete story here.įor users complaining about Drive not working on macOS (High Sierra), APFS support is now available. We have also compiled a detailed list of Backup and Sync related existing issues.