Macos – Google drive app not working in OSX Yosemite

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Just upgraded to OSX Yosemite. And the google drive app seemed not to be working. Anyone else experienced the same issue? It seemed to be able to sync the documents in my folder in OSX and the folder in drive.google.com even though the app is inaccessible.

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I tried to re-install it by downloading the google drive app and replacing it. But I was prompted that I could not replace it since it was running. I searched in terminal with command: ps aux | grep 'google drive' located it and killed it by kill 477 and then I was able to re-install it. But still it's not working since it's still grayed out like the attached picture above.

It's not working like; I could not open the application. I was not able to access the application to click around on settings to; sign in or sign off or sync. It's grayed out and when I click on it it's not working it's not responding. I tried to right click and do something but still it is not responding.

Best Answer

I found this workaround/fix:

  • Open Terminal.
  • Paste the following command:

    sudo cp /Applications/Google\ Drive.app/Contents/Resources/Google\ Drive\ Icon\ Helper /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/
    
  • Enter your password.
  • Either restart your machine or use Activity Monitor to force quit Google Drive and restart the application.