Terminal – Command to Quit Google’s Backup and Sync

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Is there a terminal command I can use to quit Google's "Backup and Sync" software? I am writing a Bash script to set the machine up for maximum battery life and I would like to shutdown all non-essential software that I usually have running in the background such as Backup and Sync. I tried the usual suspects (osascript -e 'tell app "Backup and Sync from Google" to quit' AND killall 'Backup and Sync from Google') without success.

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Weird, just tried killall "Backup and Sync from Google" and it failed.

Try killall Backup\ and\ Sync, that worked for me for some reason. Adding \ from seems to break things.

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