Troubleshooting "Google Drive Needs to Be Running" on MacOS
Periodically, you may see that the Google Drive icon in the menu bar (at the top of your screen) is grayed out or while hovering your cursor over it shows you the rainbow wheel. Additionally, you may see that upon opening Google Drive within Finder, you are greeted with a "Google Drive needs to be running to order t…
Making your Google Drive files accessible without an Internet Connection
If there are important folders, files, documents, presentations, etc. that you need to access without an Internet Connection, you need to make sure (while connected to the Internet) that you make them "Available offline" 1. Navigate to your Google Drive , select a folder or file, Press and hold the Control key …
Record Your Screen using QuickTime Player
Apple's Native QuickTime Player allows you to record either a window or your entire screen while providing audio commentary on what you are recording. Below shows two methods that include accessing the recording feature by a key command and by accessing it through the QuickTime Player App. Use the Screenshot toolb…
Adding Google Drive shortcut to Desktop
Please read the following options to determine what method suits your situation the best: - If your Desktop Google Drive shortcut has disappeared or you would like to add a shortcut pointing to the Google Drive folder that contains both My Drive and Shared Drives, you can follow either of the two methods below. …
Connecting Google Drive to the Files App in iOS
The Files app for iOS provides one place for all your files. Files provides access to Apple’s own iCloud Drive and allows third-party cloud storage services like Google Drive to plug into it. You can access files from any service, transfer files between services, and search all your files from this app. You can view …
