google drive stream encountered an error

However, the M1 makes use of the mobile ARM architecture.

Now, the previous MacBooks shipped with Intel chips which made use of the 圆4/x86 CPU architecture. Strangely enough, the issue seems limited to the latest MacBooks that ship with Apple’s new M1 chip alone. Detach your account and try again”.įollowing this, the app may crash as well. Has anyone been able to get Google Backup and Sync to work on an M1 Mac? I cannot get through the setup/installation process.Īs apparent from the above complaints, users facing this issue report that upon trying to configure their Google account in the Backup and Sync app, they get a popup saying “Something went wrong. For the last hour or so I’ve been Googling this issue, but all I can find so far is that there were some issues with Google Backup and Sync and Big Sur, but those issues were resolved in the latest beta’s. When I open/config my account in the Backup and Sync app, I get the error: “something went wrong. Previously, reports stated that the file stream wasn’t working, and now there’s the “Error: 8B227910” issue.Īs a result, there have been plenty of complaints about the same on Google Drive and MacRumors forums, as well as Reddit.

Google Drive Backup & Sync users seem to be having a really hard time using the app after the Big Sur update.

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…… Original story (published on November 30, 2020) follows:

Google drive stream encountered an error