Sync with Google Drive not seeing Google file types

[RichD]

Hello,

Before I start I have read this thread viewtopic.php?t=7827 and am running the latest version of FFS.

I am syncing to Google Drive and it is working fine with the exception of Google Docsw, Google Sheets and Google Slides. I have used Google Backup and Sync and this does indeed download these files with the suffix .gdoc, sheets, gslides. Shown here:

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Is there anyway that FFS can download these files? Is the problem that they are shown in Google Drive as having no file size?

When I compare the drives I can see the files but they are not showing up on the right hand side. This is shown here:

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These are the files in Google Drive:

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Is there a setting that I have not used or is this something that FFS cannot yet sync? I thought I had found a solution to syncing my Shared Drives but cannot sync the native Google documents.

Thank you.

[Percus]

Hi team FreeFileSync, any news on this?

[Zenju]

Unfortunately Google doesn't allow this. You're supposed to keep everything in the cloud, not download it, remember?

[anykey]

I've been looking for a way to sync my Google Drive native docs, and I'd love to keep all of my syncs within FreeFileSync if possible.
Google made this a bit complicated, but it's possible to convert the Google Drive document types to other filetypes (as rclone does).

Is there interest in including this feature in FreeFileSync?