11 replies

1. Eric Eggert 9 min later

   @zachleat Because Google Drive is a data base and not files.

   1. Zach Leatherman 45 min later

      @yatil if database or files or simply amorphously file-shaped I would still like this feature

      1. Eric Eggert 47 min later

         @zachleat Yeah, I would also like it to work like real files, but that’s not how it works, unfortunately. So cumbersome to work with.

2. Keir 22 min later

   @zachleat if absolutely should have that yeah. One option is mounting it with something like @mountainduckapp which will let you view that like any other folder in finder

   1. Zach Leatherman 47 min later

      @keir @mountainduckapp good tip, I am already using Arq backup here, I just want to see how big the backup folder is without downloading it 😅

      1. Keir 1 hr later

         @zachleat @mountainduckapp that's a reasonable request that shouldn't be this difficult 😄

3. Doug Wilson 1 hr later

   @zachleat OMG THIS.

   I assume it is because they don’t want you to know how much space something is taking up so it’s not easy to delete when you run out of space and you just purchase more space from them.

   1. Julianoë 1 hr later

      @onpaperwings @zachleat yes, thats by design.

   2. Zach Leatherman 2 hr later

      @onpaperwings ugh, well I hadn’t even considered that it was a profitbug

4. Thomas Steiner 12 hr later

   @zachleat There's also historically "free" folders that mess things up, for example from Pixel launches where you had unlimited photo storage which back then was somehow internally part of Drive, or Chromebook launches with similar "free forever" cloud storage. All I'm saying is that it's a bit of a mess, and while I fully agree with you that this is something they totally should offer as a feature, it's not that easy when you see how the sausage is made (and I have by no means much insights).

   1. Zach Leatherman 16 hr later

      @tomayac complexity all the way down! 🫠