I Replaced Google Drive With a $1000 NAS Setup: Here’s How

Google Drive was driving me insane. Not because of the price — though paying $100/year for 2TB of someone else’s storage isn’t great — but because of how badly it works on a Mac. Google Drive’s desktop app doesn’t give you a real folder. It gives you a mounted virtual drive that streams files on demand. Files disappear when you’re offline. Finder sidebar integration is flaky. You can’t just drag a…