Questions tagged [google-drive]

Google Drive is a file storage and sync service by Google that was released on April 24, 2012

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Google Drive docs/sheets/presentation files don't show icons

I am using Google Drive for my documents and logged in using Online Accounts in the settings. (Ubuntu 23.10) It works fine, and I can double-click to open spreadsheets, but all the document files seem ...
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Gnome Online Accounts very slow with Google Drive

I am using Ubuntu 23.10 and did the whole process of configuring my Google Account with Gnome via the Online Account section in the settings. After doing so, and making sure only files is enabled as ...
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Cannot upload files that are in my local Google Drive to any website

In the pop-up window that appears to upload a file to any website, I cannot upload files that are in my google drive, I select them and they simply do not upload, any other file on my system can be ...
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Can't seem to sign into Google Account

I've and issue where I can't seem to log into google on my new installation of Ubuntu 23/10. I found it really useful on my old install which was the 22.04LTS but when I go to Settings>Online ...
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Google account login on a headless system?

I have a machine that is going to be put into a 'remote desktop center' to accommodate a WFH model. The system is running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for reasons left to another discussion. An issue I cannot ...
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How to upload a file to google drive?

I would like to just upload files to google drive from the command line. I don't care about synchronisation. I just want to upload things to google drive and if they exist they get replaced if not ...
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Rclone and Google Drive Authorization giving an error

I'm running a Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS public server. I'm attempting to install Rclone to back up a folder to my Google Drive. I'm using the notes from where I did this before but I cannot get it to work ...
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Is using a Google Drive client together with a sync tool a good or bad idea?

I have an employer-provided Google Drive account with almost 1 TB of data on. Basically everything I work on is on the Google Drive. It functions as a sort of live backup. Also, I'm running Ubuntu. ...
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Nautilus bookmarks to Google Drive not maintained on restart

New user here with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. I happily discovered that Nautilus allows me to browse my Google Drive contents, and was even happier when I found out how to bookmark my most-often used sub-...
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How to add shared drive to google drive

I'm using Google Suite and I have added my Google drive to Ubuntu online accounts. I can see my Google drive and its content when I open the File Explorer. I have tried and successfully given all ...
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Why are my file names hashed when I access them from my Google Drive Files on text editors?

When I try accessing my Google Drive folder on VS Code, the file names seem to be hashed and do not appear by their name. This is very annoying. I have tried different editors as well. I have tried ...
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How to Access Google Drive in Jupyter Notebook on Ubuntu

I've just installed a dual boot of ubuntu on my XPS15. I want to use this as a development environment for python as I've had many issues using windows and I was told that this was the best solution. ...
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Write access to Google Drive in Ubuntu 22.04

I added Google drive through online accounts and successfully mounted this drive. I can see the folder in GNOME files and read all the files, but cannot save anything to the drive (i.e. no write ...
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Google Drive in GNOME - garbled file names in other applications

I've used the GNOME method of linking my Google account, so that my files show up in Nautilus under "[email protected]". This works fine, as long as I stay in Nautilus. If I view the files in terminal, ...
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"volume doesn’t implement mount" for `gio mount`

In Ubuntu 22.04, when I do gio mount google-drive://<my email> I get "volume doesn’t implement mount". I used the Online Accounts Settings dialog to log into my account, I have gvfs, ...
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Use the same path for windows and ubuntu google drive?

So I just set up Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my XPS 9500 next to Windows. Everything working fine. Next, I tried to access the Google Drive files on my Windows partition, which also works fine. Of course, ...
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Cannot use Google Drive in my Google online account

I want to access files at my Google Drive from Kubuntu 23.04 I'm running. The problem is that when I add Google online account, it allows me to upload files to Youtube only, no traces of Google Drive ...
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Cannot see Google Drive from non-SNAP Firefox

I am running the NON-snap version of Firefox 115.0.2 on Ubuntu 22.04. I am already aware that the snap version of Firefox cannot see beyond the Home directory. I installed the non-SNAP Firefox using ...
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How do I sync Google Photos to a hard drive directory?

I take pictures on my Android phone, and I have them synced with Google Photos, which puts them on other devices immediately via the cloud. How do I enable Google Photos to automatically sync to my ...
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Google drive backup failed

Failed with an unknown error. Getting this while try to back up my files on ubuntu. I tried sudo nano /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/duplicity/globals.py^C and changed run time from 30 to 200. But ...
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Google Drive Repository from the terminal

How can I access this repository from terminal? It is the access to my google drive account from the desktop. Is there a way to make it accessible from \home
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How to download large Google Drive file with resume support in Ubuntu?

My prefered browser: Chromium My prefered download manager : uget+aria2 When I download a Google Drive folder shared to me, Chromium automatically downloads it by its default download manager. ...
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Unable to Backup Data restored to Google Drive via "Backups" Application. Please help to get my data RESTORED

When I got to know that Ubuntu 23.04 was out, I wanted to try it. I don't know why but previously while I was using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I had opted to get notifications for future releases of builds, ...
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Random names instead of actual file & directory names when using Google Drive [duplicate]

I have mounted my Google Drive after logging in using Online Accounts from Settings. I am able to browse all my Drive folders and files through Nautilus after mounting. But when I open a file - like ...
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How can we mount multiple Google Drive accounts on our system using google-drive-ocamlfuse?

I am trying to mount multiple Google Drive accounts on my system using google-drive-ocamlfuse but I am unable to access multiple accounts. Can anyone tell what the problem is?
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Access Google local drive with Visual code

Good evening everyone, I wanted to ask a question. I have some applications on Ubuntu, which I can access the My Google Drive folder. I wish I could do that with Visual Code. But when I need to open a ...
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How do I properly run this systemd service on shutdown?

I am mounting my Google Drive on login using google-drive-ocamlfuse. The problem is that shutting down or rebooting now seems to have an added 2 minute pause. Now if when I unmount the Google Drive ...
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Accessing other computers synced through Google Drive from Ubuntu 18.04

I have a Ubuntu desktop and a Macbook Air. I use the Google Drive mac app (Backup and Sync) to sync everything on my laptop. I can access it from my phone, I can access it from a browser etc. ...
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Google Drive in Ubuntu with full local copy

From OneDrive (Windows) or GoogleDrive (Windows) I am used to much more than I currently have in Ubuntu. The built-in GNOME Online Accounts is not what I want. I've also tried other clients but all do ...
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How to create a symbolic link in a GDrive folder

I have a folder $HOME/important_folder that I want to have a backup of on Google Drive. The Google Drive is setup and mounted (under /run/user/1000/gvfs/google-drive:host=gmail.com,user=myUserName) In ...
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How to use storage available in two SSDs together?

I have a notebook with Ubuntu 22.04LTS installed (no dual boot). It has two SSDs disk: one with 1TB and another one with 512Gb. I have more than 1TB in my Google Drive and I would like to have my ...
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Can't access Google Drive via Files

Running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS I used to be able to access my Google Drive via Files, but now I can't. When I hover over the entry [email protected] in Files I get Mount and Open [email protected], when I click it ...
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Backup and synchronizinf Gdrive

Since I am a control freak, I like to have a copy of my professional google drive (I don't keep any confidential file on it) on on my desktop and laptop that I update daily using FreeFileSync. I also ...
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Online account not responding [duplicate]

I want to add my Google Drive to sync a specific folder on my home PC to access it from anywhere. I processed to do that by adding my Google account to the gnome online accounts, but sadly it's not ...
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unmount google-drive-ocamlfuse

I am trying to unmount google-drive-ocamlfuse. I entered the following command: fusermount -u ~/google-drive it returns: fusermount: entry for /home/<user_name>/google-drive not found in /...
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Google Drive mount problem

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. I have Google account added and see Google Drive as a external disk. But when I try to mount it I get "timed out". It worked fine before. I believe the problem has ...
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Ananconda jupterlab access grive file like colab?

It is possbile to mount gdrive like colab doing in anaconda local jupyter lab? I have tried jupterdrive but not working.
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Google Drive filename issues in Ubuntu 22.04

This may not be an issue particular to Ubuntu 22.04 but rather simply the way Google Drive works, but I would like to find a workaround somehow. I am new to Ubuntu, so apologies if I cannot give more ...
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How to use Google Docs on Ubuntu desktop?

How to use Google Docs on a desktop? So when say I click an 'xlsx' file it opens with Google docs. Of course, I can upload the file to GD and then edit it, but is there a way to open files with GD by ...
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"Device invalid" error trying to open Google Drive remote files with LibreOffice

Premise: I have never used LibreOffice's remote access option before - I just discovered it today and I think it might be very useful for me: I don't know how (nor whether) it works. I'd like to ...
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Opening PDFs Denied Access Google Drive in Nautilus (Files)

I've logged in to my Google account in the Ubuntu 22.04 settings. A link to my Google drive appears in Nautilus. I'm able to open photos and doc files, but when I try to open PDFs I receive an error ...
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How to get Google Drive working in Kubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I have installed KUbuntu 16.04 LTS with all updates. I opened their dash menu and tried to search for Google. This leads me to icon named Configure your internet accounts such as Google, ...
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Gdrive don't show up anymore in my file menager

after installed "github cli" following it documentation tutorial by this link, my gdrive stopped working. I checked my "online accounts" in "settings menu" and my google ...
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Copy pictures from ubuntu folder to google drive folder

I am trying to make a crontab schedule to copy all picture files - steam screenshots - to my google drive account, then back them up to my home server. So far I have "cp - R /home/(user)/Pictures/...
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Open Google Doc in Libreoffice with Gnome file integration

I signed into my Google account in Gnome, and I can access my files from nautilus, however opening any document opens google docs in my browser directly, and opening in LibreOffice Writer results in ...
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Upload Files in Chromium which are stored in a Cloud-Storage

I use Chromium. When I want to upload a file, then Chromium only let me choose local files which I have on my laptop. I would like to upload images from a cloud-storage (gdrive, dropbox, onedrive, ...)...
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Can Google Drive desktop be used on Ubuntu?

I'm thinking of switching my operating system from Windows and I use Google Drive desktop with all of my video work.
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Google account/google shared drive: cannot open libreoffice files clicking on files

I have logged in to my google account in "online accounts" and I have seen my files there both in a shared drive and in my personal drive. I can copy them to "Documents" and open ...
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How can I change modified date to the creation date stored in the meta data of a photo/video in mass?

I am trying to download all of the photos and videos stored on my google photos account. When I download the files they are slapped with the download date as the modified date. However, I want to ...
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Jupyter does not work with dir and file names of Google mounted drives, becuase the names in the Temrinal are not the same as the Files app

I recently migrated from Windows to Ubuntu (22.04 LTS). I use Ubuntu online accounts to sync with my Google account, which is where I keep all my work. I followed all the steps to correctly mount the ...

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