Error when changing ownership of pdf files about google-drive-recursive-ownership HOT 6 CLOSED

I simply can't transfer ownership of a JPEG or PDF, not even through the web interface. I have a standard ("consumer") Google account. What kind of account do you have?

Google says:

Google Apps Customers: Only Google Apps customers in Government and Education domains can transfer ownership of a synced or uploaded file (like a PDF or image file).
Consumer Drive users: You can't transfer ownership of a synced or uploaded file (like a PDF or an image file).

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Uploaded files should not be any different from documents in the API. Indeed, most of the files I changed ownership for with this script were files, not native Google Docs.

Do you have more details on the error?

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This is the reason: "You can only transfer ownership of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Forms"

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@mightyiam is correct for general Gmail use. However, G Suite users can use this to transfer ownership of any file type located in Google Drive. This is not a bug, but rather the way Google handles permissions across gmail domains.

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This is a limitation of the Google Drive product. Several folks here are correct that it's useful to transfer ownership among accounts on a G Suite Google Drive, which is what I originally wrote this for.

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Thank you for following up, @davidstrauss.

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