Update (March 05):
My Mac storage capacity is not large. Now, I can use this app to cloud storage as an extra local storage. It supports 7 kinds of cloud services. I compared my frequently used 3 types of cloud storage: Google Drive, Microsoft OneDirve and Dropbox, I think, reading and saving speed fastest is Dropbox. My Mac storage capacity is not large. Now, I can use this app to cloud storage as an extra local storage. It supports 7 kinds of cloud services. I compared my frequently used 3 types of cloud storage: Google Drive, Microsoft OneDirve and Dropbox, I think, reading and saving speed fastest is Dropbox.
Google is now looking into the matter, to figure out whether it’s an issue at their end or Apple’s. Here’s what Google employee Rishi’s latest post says:
I’m not entirely sure this is an issue in High Sierra or in the application at the moment. I’ve found some other apps have a similar issue while others do not. I’ve filed a bug with the team for investigation into this further. Thanks for bringing this to attention
Original Story:
Have you been facing lag/delay issues with the Finder on your Mac OS High Sierra? For example, screenshots appearing after a gap of several seconds. If yes, then see whether you have the Google Drive/Photos client Backup and Sync installed. That’s because a large number of users facing the lag problem have confirmed that quitting/disabling Backup and Sync solves the problem for them.
If I have Backup and Sync on, my finder slows down tremendously. I take a screenshot and it only appears on the desktop literally 5 seconds later. Thats a long time. When I’m saving/exporting files from apps, the files show up in my Finder much later which makes me question if they were saved or not.
After a restart the screenshot delay issue hasn’t really changed. 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.
Slow screenshot saving to desktop on mac os High Sierra ( 10-60 sec). When the application is running. When the application is not running, the save normally works.
Mostly, I think Google Backup and Sync makes finder run like shit, anyone else notice this?
One of the affected users also shared an animated GIF showcasing the problem in question, and here’s how they explained:
It looks like the File System is OK as `ls` reports the new file right away. The problem seems to be with the Finder getting updated randomly slowly! Notice how the 2nd screenshot takes 4s to appear in the Finder and on the desktop:
From the looks of it, the problem seems to be with Backup and Sync. However, Google has a different story to tell. Recently, when an affected user brought this up on the company’s official forum, a company employee blamed Apple for the issue, and as a resolution until Apple fixes it, suggested the complainant to disable the Finder Extension.
Here’s what exactly they said:
You can disable the Finder Extension. Unfortunately this seems to be a bug on Apple’s end (afaict) and all applications that use the Finder Extension API are affected.
You can disable it by:
1. Going to System Preferences -> Extensions
2. Unchecking the Backup and Sync Finder extension.
1. Going to System Preferences -> Extensions
2. Unchecking the Backup and Sync Finder extension.
You will need to do this for all extensions there for your screenshotting to work again.
Alternatively you can go to Preferences -> Settings and uncheck “Show file sync status icons and right click menu” to specify the application to never load the Finder integration again.
It’s worth mentioning that we wentthroughmanyforumthreadswherethis issue is being discussed, and found that in almost 100% of cases the complainant confirmed the problem got resolved by quitting/disabling Backup and Sync.
Plus, Apple is yet to officially acknowledge the problem (in case it’s at their end). So everything is up in the air at the moment, but what’s confirmed is you can avoid the issue either by disabling Finder or Backup and Sync.
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For the past several months, users running the beta version of macOS High Sierra have been out of luck when it comes to support for the Google Drive Mac app. Now, shortly before we’re likely to see the official release of macOS 10.13, Google has updated its software to work with the new Apple File System.
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When Apple released the beta version of macOS High Sierra this past June, users noticed that the Google Drive app (now Backup and Sync) wasn’t compatible with the new APFS. At the time, a Google employee shared on the forum that Google would update the app with support for High Sierra in about 3-4 weeks.
Yesterday, Google started rolling out version 3.36 with support for macOS 10.13 and APFS. Although it’s a few weeks past the estimated release, it’s good to see this compatibility issue taken care of before Apple publicly releases macOS High Sierra.
You can download the latest version of Google’s Backup and Sync for Mac (formerly Google Drive) or alternately wait for the app to auto-update over the next week or so. Note that Backup and Sync is not intended for G Suite customers and will not work with those accounts. Google’s solution for those customers is the newly released Drive File Stream client.
For a detailed look at APFS vs. the previously used HFS+ check out our post here.