No local file storage for OneNote on Mac version?

Thanks for the feedback and in the free version of OneNote for Mac it only syncs to the cloud as you see.  Why don't you have your files in the cloud?  Without doing this you all cannot use your notes on other devices.  And the team is looking to add Office 365 & SharePoint sync for work users who cannot sync to OneDrive; right now it was more consumer focused.

As for local files there isn't yet a way to upload them to OneDrive yet, do you have a bunch of old files that you don't have open in OneNote that you can't upload?  

Thanks for this feedback we are listening

If I upload to the cloud, OneNote doesn't see it. I have tried with numerous .one files - I don't even get an error message ... nothing!

I have LOTS of old note files that I would love to see again. I used to keep all my notes in OneNote until moving jobs to an Mac-centric environment. How do I get to see my old '.one' files in this version, or online? Nothing seems to work. So disappointed.

I do have a bunch of old files that I would like to upload into onedrive. How do I do this? I tried doing it through the onedrive app for mac, but the onenote notebooks are in the documents folder and not on onenote.com which is what is shared with my other IOS devices. Any ideas?

I agree! I've been waiting for MS to provide OneNote for Mac as well as the next version of Office. Windows laptops are provided at work and I do a lot of research and find OneNote really fits the bill. However, for personal R&D projects and research I use a Mac. I was disappointed to see that this version of OneNote basically forces you into the cloud.

Until this is resolved I will continue to use Outline. It is very very similar to OneNote and lets you create local notebooks and sync them to drop box, skydrive if desired. There are also apps for iPad.

I was excited to read the article on redmondpie.com regarding the release of OneNote for Mac.  I immediately downloaded the app and instantly found out that I cannot find a way to load or save local files, change the page pane to the left hand side as I'm used to as well as leary and waiting to find out what else I CAN'T do with OneNote for Mac.

I totally agree, we need option to save files locally, i was really excited for this app & i would have paid to get this app, i was so disappointed that i can't store files on local HDD, i can't save my OneNote files in a public cloud, even syncing files to SharePoint will not help either, i think MS is taking this cloud thing too far, its nice to have the option to save/sync files to cloud & across multiple devices, but MS should know better about regulations/restrictions.