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

Yes, but, Apples, Pages, Numbers and Keynote (or LibreOffice) are suddenly looking very attractive. The deciding factor in signing up for Office365 was 5TB of storage. They have just taken that away. I have spent the day migrating all my data from Onedrive (what a waste of my time!). Now I will be migrating to a different suite of office applications.

I hope their Onedrive savings are more than the loss of Office365 subscriptions.

Everyone is missing the brilliance of what MS has done! By making OneDrive an unattractive feature on the Mac, they have induced us to depart OneDrive and store our data elsewhere. That will reduce their storage requirements and network traffic, reducing costs, while keeping us all on the hook for an annual subscription to Office. This was a brilliant way to eliminate a feature of Office subscription without the appearance of eliminating the feature.

Never underestimate those geniuses at MS!

In the end, I decided to switch from OneDrive to Mega.io for good.

I have a Raspberry PI 4 with a 6TB HDD to make Time Machine backups and to store other data.

Since this weekend I am syncing that 6TB HDD with Mega and the files I previously had stored on OneDrive.

This way I have not only a good and reliable backup on the cloud but on my Time Machine storage too.

After all, this situation made me think about the best way to keep my data safe and accessible. Thanks for that Microsoft and goodbye!

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)

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

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

This is an extremely customer hostile stance.

It means that I cannot reliably back up my OneDrive files on a Mac. If I make a mistake, delete a file in Onedrive, and the change syncs and I don't realize it, I have no backup. Surely, Microsoft can come up with a more customer friendly stance.

Moreover, if I am offline, have previously created a new file and forgotten to mark it, and apparently I must now do for every single file that I want local access to, I cannot get to it. This is truly ridiculous, and it enrages your customers. Why would you do such a thing?

Please, have mercy. Fix this problem. I can't even pretend to call it a feature. It's a problem.

Many regards,

Katherine

Unfortunately, I have same issues with a 1Tb plan