Let me point out a few of the features I find most useful that aren’t obvious to the casual user. The sync engine, while originally persnickety, is now rock solid. It also integrates into nearly everything while saving space on your computer. That’s a shame because it’s got very good security including ransomware protections, monitoring, recovery, and backup solutions built in.
#Onedrive for mac not syncing all files full
Most people think of OneDrive as the place where they can store files and they don’t look much further into the full feature set. But as they’ve done before, Microsoft not only created the thing called OneDrive, but the comeback kid finally got it right. Open up your OneDrive folder in Finder to see overlays on your files and folders.In typical Microsoft fashion, they saw a good idea - online file store, sync, and share - and then took a long time to get it right. Toggle on the OneDrive Finder Integration to enable Finder overlays. If you’re on OSX 10.10 or higher, get sync status directly from Finder by enabling Finder overlays in Settings.įirst, click the Apple logo in the top left corner of your Mac Desktop and select System Preferences, then select Extensions in the top-level menu (shown in the 3rd row from the top). You’ll also see a folder in Finder called OneDrive – YourTenantName. So you’ll have one cloud if you’re only syncing a work or school account, one cloud if you’re syncing only a personal account, or two clouds if you’re syncing both. You’ll have a cloud icon for every account you’ve connected to OneDrive.
You can find OneDrive up in your Menu bar. This will ensure that OneDrive runs at login and you always have the most up to date version of all your files.Īfter you enable OneDrive to open at login, you’re done! Click Open your OneDrive folder to see your files sync to your folder. When you see Your OneDrive Is Ready for You, the last thing to do is make sure you select Open at login so my files sync automatically. This conserves space on your computer, and reduces bandwidth needed for the sync processes. On the Sync Files from Your OneDrive screen, you can choose the folders you want to sync to your computer, and click Next. When you see the This is your OneDrive folder screen, you’ll now see a path to the folder you selected. Select a location where you would like to save your OneDrive files and click Choose this location. On the This is your OneDrive folder screen, click Choose OneDrive Folder Location. There are a few points of OneDrive Setup that are helpful to watch for: Ĭlick the Account tab and in the new Add Account group, select Add a Business Account to start OneDrive Setup.Įnter your work or school account and click Sign in. If you already have a personal account signed in to OneDrive, you’ll want to add a work or school account in OneDrive Preferences.Ĭlick the OneDrive cloud icon up in your Menu bar and select Preferences. This starts OneDrive Setup.Įnter your work or school account and then select Sign in to set up your account. Start OneDrive by pressing cmd+Space to launch a Spotlight query and type OneDrive. If you're not signed in to OneDrive with any account, start OneDrive to connect a work or school account. Method 2: If you already have a personal account signed in to OneDrive Method 1: If you have no accounts signed in to OneDrive Important: If you are currently using the OneDrive Mac Store app, you must first uninstall it before installing the latest build of the OneDrive sync client.
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