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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-14T09:05:53+00:00

    Interestingly, if you right lick on a onedrive folder, and chose "always keep on this device", it seems to incorrectly show the files as in the cloud only (there is a cloud download icon, and a strange round icon/button which looks like an aeroplane taking off), but they do seem to be downloaded. To test this, I disconnected from the network, and tried opening several files which I had not opened before.

    Very very strangely , there is a noticeable delay to opening them, compared with non onedrive folder files, but it does open them (at least all I have tried so far).

    So it seems to be possible to get onedrive on always download specific folders (which is exactly what I want), but you would not know it works from the incorrect UI icons.

    To make it more confusing, files which should all be always downloaded randomly have the cloud, take off, or both on them with no obvious pattern

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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
    2022-02-27T16:13:34+00:00

    I'd support a class action in a hot minute!

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T09:20:09+00:00

    When I tried to download all my files back to the mac - OneDrive said it needed to be reset. Since resetting it - I haven't been able to log in. The app just hangs after choosing the existing folder. Did you even test it on Macs with large numbers of files and 600Gb of data?

    After 2 uninstall/reinstalls I got it working (for 5 mins anyway) only to get another request to reset OneDrive. Please fix this!

    The fact that you did this silently in an update is beyond comprehension; not to mention it was done so badly it makes it impossible to return your Mac back to the state it was in before it got hijacked by OneDrive.

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