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

This may have been repeated by others, but once you re-download the folders/files to your computer it will still seem a hair slow if you are using the "OneDrive" folder to open things. I've found that if you repoint all your shortcuts/favorites to the actual OneDrive.noindex folder that others have pointed out in Group Containers - OneDrive StandAlone the slow lag is gone.

Nothing like having this ultra fast new MacBook Pro M1 Max and feeling like its slow to open excel files...

This obviously is not much of a permanent workaround since the whole file syncing and keeping files on local drive options is unreliable. But if you want to work within your files faster I'd try that for now.

How long is "a few days" that is a ridiculous thing to say when businesses cannot operate with your ridiculous enforced change with no notice whatsoever.

This has to be made a priority by Microsoft if you want any credibility with mac customers as Microsoft has a long history of treating us as second class citizens whilst charging us the same amount as windows users

Mia: As you are seeing in the many responses, we need to know the plan -- even if it's not immediate. We need to plan either temporary action or a permanent plan, as many of us are smaller businesses that can no longer operate with Microsoft if this problem is not corrected.

Mia,

you understand that many of us will have to make a decision on future use of Onedrive immediately. I certainly cannot wait until MS thinks about it. I have tried the alternatives suggested by MS and they are frankly useless. The other issue MS needs to consider is the loss of trust with your customers. After this debacle, I can never trust MS with my personal data again and will have to make alternate arrangements to secure my data.

I have tried MS' workaround that they tell you about AFTER MS has deleted all your data. If you click the "Always keep on this device' option, it appears to eventually store the file locally. You are now unable to see file or folder sizes and there is a significant delay in loading the supposedly local files. Totally unusable. I have no choice other than to stop using Onedrive. It makes me wonder whether it is time to ditch Office 365 (I have disabled auto renew until I make up my mind).