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
    2022-03-01T11:16:33+00:00

    This ridiculous update introduced by the way critical bug on macOS:

    I have my OneDrive folder and files on a partition formatted as HFS+

    But HFS plus does not support files on demand.

    So what the OneDrive do? Crashes -61 saying "Files on demand cannot be enabled."

    Yes, it cannot and never will be, so the app should stay on current settings—especially if the partition cannot support FoD.

    Now I cannot:

    • Access the files online
    • Report the bug inside the app
    • Change settings because the app won't start anyway…

    I'm a premium user and such a behavior is not acceptable.

    I can move to Dropbox thorough.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T13:04:49+00:00

    What update "channel" are you on? I'm on Current (not Preview or Beta) and still on 22.012.0117.0003 with no local storage option.

    I got it using the Insider Preview (because I wanted the fix ASAP), but it's 22.033.0213.0002 (Standalone). If you didn't get it, try to enable Insider Preview updates in the About tab of your OneDrive.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T13:02:43+00:00

    This is a class action just waiting to happen.

    I would support a class action as well, even if we lose, it will get the media attention it needs, because it certainly did not so far, which is a shame.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T06:41:11+00:00

    same here for a 2TB quota

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