Why Google Drive Won’t Let Me Download Files? Let’s look at some of the reasons behind why you cannot download Google Docs and explore a few ways for how to fix it. Logically, you might wonder how that can be and why Google could be restricting access to your own files. Do a quick search online, and you’ll see lots of messages asking for help to the tune of “Google Drive won’t let me download my files.”Ī common error here is HTTP 403, saying that access to … was denied. The downloading part, however, does sometimes break. You can even share files with others and download them too. You can edit all kinds of documents, including Microsoft Office ones, right within the app. Personal accounts get 15 GB of storage for free basic corporate accounts get 30 GB. Thanks to the dominance of Gmail, both in our personal and professional lives, lots of us have switched to Google Drive for our cloud storage needs. CloudMounter connects unlimited storage to Finder.