Note: Before beginning these steps, please make sure you are signed into your Google account in your web browser.
1. Navigate to https://drive.google.com/ in your web browser, and select the gear icon near the top right corner of the window.
2. From the gear menu, select “Get Drive for desktop”. In the new window, select “Download Drive for desktop”, and run the program that downloads.
3. Open the file that has downloaded and run the installer. The installer will walk you through the process. You may be asked to sign in with your Mac login during the process.
4. From the Applications folder, run the Google Drive app. A window will pop up with a “Sign in with browser” button.
5. Click the “Sign in with browser” button. This will open a new window in your browser. Select the “Sign in” option.
6. Once signed in, Google Drive will appear in Finder on your computer as if it were an external drive, and you will have access to any material stored on your drive or shared drives you have access to.