Suddenly Bridge has stopped showing Google Drive (virtual drive) in the Folders panel. I can see its alias under Users (in the Content panel), but it's not clickable. It doesn't work in the Favourite panel either. Everything was working fine until two days ago, though. Systems:MacBook Pro 15-inch, 2019MacOS Catalina 10.15.7Adobe Bridge v 11.1.1.185Tried Adobe Bridge v 12 but it didn't work either Google Drive:They're all stream files, not mirror files (= all files are in the cloud, and nothing is on my Mac). Mac:Security & Privacy > Full Disc Access > Adobe Bridge "ticked"Security & Privacy > Files and Folders > Adobe Bridge "Full Disc Access" Bridge (Folders panel on the left): It used to show Google Drive on top of everything, just like an external HD or a business server. I might have updated it to 11.1.1.185 two days ago when I updated other apps, i.e. Illustrator, Photoshop, etc., without thinking, but I'm not 100% sure. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Unable to see Google Drive in Bridge anymore

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November 1, 2021
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Suddenly Bridge has stopped showing Google Drive (virtual drive) in the Folders panel. I can see its alias under Users (in the Content panel), but it's not clickable. It doesn't work in the Favourite panel either. Everything was working fine until two days ago, though.

Systems:

MacBook Pro 15-inch, 2019
MacOS Catalina 10.15.7
Adobe Bridge v 11.1.1.185
Tried Adobe Bridge v 12 but it didn't work either

Google Drive:

They're all stream files, not mirror files (= all files are in the cloud, and nothing is on my Mac).

Mac:

Security & Privacy > Full Disc Access > Adobe Bridge "ticked"
Security & Privacy > Files and Folders > Adobe Bridge "Full Disc Access"

Bridge (Folders panel on the left):

It used to show Google Drive on top of everything, just like an external HD or a business server.
I might have updated it to 11.1.1.185 two days ago when I updated other apps, i.e. Illustrator, Photoshop, etc., without thinking, but I'm not 100% sure.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Geline

Participant

To add it, just open the google drive folder in your finder and drag it to 'favorites' in bridge.

It will add the shortcut.

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Neodoubleo

Participating Frequently

This whole thread is about seeing Google Drive folders in Bridge's "folders" panel, not favorites @Geline

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thomden

Participant

I made an Alias of Google Drive on my Desktop.

Navigated to Desktop in Bridge.

The Alias shows up in Bridge.

From there I moved all my important working folders in Drive to my Favorites in Bridge.

Works fine so far.

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Kmar

Participant

I did this and it worked for me. Thank you so much for posting this, I was getting frustrated 🙂

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nothinglesssss

Participant

Same thing happened to me after a recent upgrade, but I was able to fix it by going to the View menu inside Bridge and ticking "Show Hidden Files"! Suddenly Google Drive was back in my sidebar and fully browsable and workable like always. 🙂

Utopia Creative Group

Participating Frequently

This seems to be fixed now. I have Google Drive setup with Online Only view and it shows up in Bridge and I did not have to click on Show Hidden Files.

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Neodoubleo

Participating Frequently

How @Utopia Creative Group ? I stilll don't see Google Drive under "Computer".

@nothinglesssssthe Show Hidden Files trick works (yay), but it also makes all the unnecessary files visible. One trick that might work is to use it once to display Google Drive under "volumes", which you can then add to favorites, and turn off Show Hidden Files. Seems like a potential solution, but I'm not sure if it'll stick after a restart.

Thanks,

-oo

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Neodoubleo

Participating Frequently

Same problem here. It's as if Bridge doesn't recognize Google Drive as a network drive anymore. I can open an image from google drive in bridge, then I can see google drive in the file path, but it's still not listed under "computer" in the folder list below (see image). So frustrating. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -oo

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Neodoubleo

Participating Frequently

Also, given that the Google Drive icon doesn't match any of the other icons in Finder tells me Google Drive is not compatible with MacOS Monterey.

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Lumigraphics

Legend

You cannot use Google Drive reliably with Bridge. Period. Bridge does not understand cloud services or support them. Your files MUST be local to work.

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Joker B

Participating Frequently

this is not entirely correct.

1. if folders are synced in GDrive, they *are* local

2. while Bridge's folder browser doesn't find Google Drive folders, Bridge "favorites" from before the recent chnage *still work* and can browse into GDrive folders.

My cynical nature says this is not a priority for Adobe since they'd prefer to force you to use thei cloud $ervice.

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Joker B

Participating Frequently

Also, to add un-browseable folders as favorites, just drag them into Bridge's Favorites panel from the Finder. Problem not-solved-but-workable.

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