@thealbs File Stream might be the right solution, thanks. I had actually totally forgotten about Google’s terribly-named Backup and Sync, but I don’t think that could work in this situation as it doesn’t seem capable of downloading shared folders.
For others—or maybe even myself again—trying to do this in the future, I had to:
- Set up Google Drive File Stream on my G Suite domain
- Get the group to share the folder with that G Suite account
- Install File Stream and get it synced
- Add the new Google Drive directory to my Alfred search scope
- Add every subdirectory I want to access to the Alfred Search Scope, as Google Drive File Stream does some weird stuff with file storage…
- Trigger a Spotlight reindex
Assumedly, once reindexing is finished, I’ll be able to retrieve the files I’m working on via Alfred.
Alas, files still open in whatever browser is already open, so that is lamentable.
@r2d2 Thanks. I have tried single-site browsers to work with Google Drive, but it quickly just becomes a weird Chrome window. If I was only working with one doc, though, setting it up as a Coherence X app would have been my first choice.
@rkaplan EasyFinder looks neat, thanks. My main trouble is that we’re working with a couple dozen files, and having to find the Google Drive browser tab to browse through Drive’s web interface to open a given doc has just been frustrating. I also find it hard to differentiate between different docs that are already open, such that I suffer a huge amount of friction when switching between docs. Moreover, if you open a doc you’ve already got open somewhere, you end up with two tabs open with the same doc. Et cetera.
As for the Book Sprint folks: I am a “recruited co-author,” as you say, so I can only comment on that piece. And yes, this is a virtual run. The Book Sprints team is very talented, however, and it’s a great experience as a result. The book is being written with/for a bigger organization so I imagine they’ll be the “publisher” per se.
It might help if I were to use Chrome for this, instead of Safari… ;|
I also wonder if there’s a way to force .gdoc files to open in a new chromeless browser window whenever I open them, or something. Hm…