I have a folder with at least 5000 files in Google Drive. I want to change ownership of both the folder and the files to another user. Changing the owner of the folder was quick and easy but didn't apply to the files in it. Instead I have to
- scroll down again and again (because otherwise only 20 files are listed)
- select a bunch of files
- click share
- change ownership
- switch account
- search for
pendingowner:me owner:someoneelse
- scroll down again and again (because otherwise only 20 files are listed)
- select all files
- click share
- accept the transfer of ownership
- remove the original users access to these files
And I can only do this for 200-300 files at the time, otherwise Google Drive chokes. And it doesn't stop there, the number of files I can change ownership on per day seem to be limited to 500-600 or so.
This is a PITA. Is there some better way to transfer the ownership of a large number of files in Google Drive?
I found this tool but it only works on filetypes that are built into Google Drive (e.g. Sheets and Docs) or on GDrive/Business suite accounts.