How to disable Files On-Demand in OneDrive MacOS? It's enforced since the last update ...

Anonymous
2022-01-27T12:43:10+00:00

For OneDrive home and business, I cannot disable Files-On-Demand since the last update. This is crucial, I need full access to my files at all time.

What is going on? Why would you enforce Files On-Demand on your customers, isn't it enough to enable it by default? My 70GB of cloud data is not local anymore, sometimes I have no internet, you are locking me away from my files. Also making it impossible for me to do full text searches. Files On-Demand is also too slow, waiting a second to display folder contents is too much when you organize things in deep folder structures.

How I can disable Files On-Demand? Will you please stop knowing the best for your customers? We aren't toddlers. Thanks!

If Files On-Demand is enforced by policy, I will leave your cloud service once and for all.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | MacOS

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-20T00:24:16+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for posting in our community.

    Based on the detailed description, we do understand the inconveniences it caused on your side with the latest updates in OneDrive for Mac desktop app that Files On-Demand will be enabled automatically. Kindly check the statement in the official article: Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Mac (microsoft.com)

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    For the possible workaround currently, it is suggested to right-click on the offline-needed files/folders and select 'Always keep on this device'.

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    For this updated setting, we do understand that it would be better if there have another button/option to turn off the Files On-Demand feature instead of selecting all files/folders manually. As forum engineers here have limited resources to the building of OneDrive apps, kindly submit your feedback to the related OneDrive for Mac product team so that they can get informed that this can cause some inconveniences for users who need files locally when offline. See: How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office?

    Your understanding is highly appreciated and hope a nice day for you!!

    Best Regards,

    Mia

    Everytime you kept saying "we do understand the inconveniences it caused..... blablabla.....". Did you really understand? ---NO! Have you been making more troubles after each so-called "updates"? ---YES!
    Everyone ever worked at Microsoft are genius --- at least you think you are. As an MS Excel user, I tell you the best version was 4.0 & 5.0. Since then, all new versions were rubbish. You could become the would's greatest people if you kept the old versions for all of your products & never made any trouble-making updates/upgrades.
    Not sure you've heard a joke form the 90S: If we were compensated $1 for everytime our computer got hung by MS products, Bill Gates would go bankrupt in a week. The joke still stands today!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-31T23:57:11+00:00

    You can use the free trial of CloudMount to sync your files indefinitely. This doesn't work for business unless you have admin and/or can ask your superior for admin, but it will work for personal. I am not 100% sue whether it will enable files offline (as I could not test it - I don't have admin in onedrive business), but for free, it's not a bad idea to try: https://cloudmounter.net

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-31T13:32:00+00:00

    Correction to my previous reply; It was set to be local and was on my drive, but it was in the OneDrive hidden folder.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-31T13:30:13+00:00

    Yes, it was set as a local file and was on my local drive (before it got obliterated).

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-31T13:14:12+00:00

    Hmm, I had a similar issue with a couple of large PSD files (400+mb) but I figured it was because I first tried to enable that "Keep files locally" and I had both icons for those folders (cloud icon + local icon) . I figured that somehow corrupted the files. Did you try to first set the files as local and after that move them out of the hidden folder?

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