Hi Paul:
It looks like the problem with moving google drive files around within nautilus'
interface has been fixed in the latest version of Gnome.
Move and copy support on Google Drive:
http://ondrej.holych.net/whats-new-in-files-and-gvfs-for-gnome-3-36/
Just FYI since you said you would be working on a article about that.
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Gregory Lee Bartholomew
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