

The deprecated Backup and Sync app will cease functioning entirely on October 1.

(Optional) two-way file and folder synchronization-automatically download files to local folders and vice versa.Syncing external storage devices (thumb drives, USB hard drives, and SSDs) to Google Drive.Uploading and syncing photos to Google cloud storage-including automatic compression and resizing, for those choosing "Storage saver" rather than original image quality.Featuresįrankly, there doesn't appear to be much new in the upgraded app-the update looks like more of a clean-up and unification effort than anything else. The new Drive app builds in features from Google Photos, Backup and Sync (the old, primarily consumer app), and Drive File Stream (the old, business-targeted version). Just proceed with step 3 to allow all extensions and thereafter, your MAC will reboot again and hopefully everything works again.Google has released a new Google Drive desktop app that replaces old versions for both home and business. Upon reboot, you will be prompted a warning message “Panic Medic Boot” which you may ignore. The above steps will disable all third party extensions from your MAC which essentially “reseting” and forcing it to allow the extension approval prompt again. (if your volume’s name has been changed previously, just replaced “Macintosh HD” with the new name).Īpple menu → System Preferences → Security and Privacy → General and allow extension Kmutil trigger-panic-medic -R “/Volumes/Macintosh HD”

All these problems were resolved with the following simple steps:Ģ) Go to and execute the following command: Was having multiple problems with the KEXT issues for Google Drive File Stream, Paragon NTFS and Bluestacks. One user find the solution and it works for me (Macbook 16" 2019, Intel-based). Any solution for beta versions of Big Sur doesn’t work too. I tried to uninstall/install again google drive file system but it doesn’t work. A popup window tells me to open Preferences > Security and privacy and allow the loading of the “ Google Inc” software, but when I open it no software to enable appears.
