
Redeploy or reinstall Drive File Stream. Make sure to complete step 3, to clear cached files. Uninstall Drive File Stream, as described above. In the menus at the top of your screen, click Go Library. Rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/DriveFSĪlternative: Use Finder to delete the DriveFS folder, the library folder may be hidden. To clear the Drive File Stream cache, delete the user folder using this command: Step 3: Clear files cached on your computer.
Enter the command above exactly as it appears. It will not give you a chance to confirm deletions. Important: When running the rm -rf command, it’s critical that you specify the proper directory. Sudo rm -rf /Applications/Google\ Drive\ File\ Stream.app/ Consult the OS instructions for your computer if you need assistance. Use standard procedures to uninstall the Drive File Stream application.
Return to Drive File Stream, click More and then Quit. In your task bar, open Drive File Stream. Step 1: Sign out and quit Drive File Stream. If Drive File Stream still isn't working, then continue with these troubleshooting steps. Next to "System software from developer 'Google, Inc.' was blocked from loading," click Allow. At the top left, go to System Preferences Security & Privacy. I'm hoping that this is a SOFTWARE / User Error issue that I can solve at home-maybe I'm bogged down somewhere in OSX because I need to clean something out? Could OSX think it's still there somehow? Point III: I *DID* recently get rid of a Windows partition via Boot Camp, but I'm not showing that partition in existence anymore. I'm completely open to upgrading components if this is simply a hardware issue, but what gets me is that Leopard was working great: smoothly, nice startup time, etc.-then lately I get this feeling of resistance (and the frequent appearance of the little swirly "I'm busy" anti-hourglass) very often. Point II: Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Point: I'm showing 52.98GB free in a 92.84GB hard drive.
The Patient: MacBook Pro, 2.16GHz with 2GB 533 DDR2 SDRAM, recently upgraded to Leopard (currently working with 10.5.5) when it released-and it all ran very well with no noticeable slowdowns upon upgrading.Īttempts to Fix: Repaired permissions, deleted junk files (pics, music, meh) then erased free space, at which point I'm warned that "YOUR HARD DRIVE IS NEARLY FULL.blah blah blah" The Symptoms: Recent marked slowdown in startup and general performance in the last two to three weeks-with no abnormal use or abuse or upgrades on my end.