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
    2022-02-27T15:50:40+00:00

    That’s the problem now. The trust is broken and you can’t really have that if it’s an SD card, hard drive or cloud backup. I’ve got a Drobo 5D that started playing up recently - unreliable now and poor support so it’s gone - can’t possibly be part of a secure back up for my work. This is a class action just waiting to happen.

    Do Windows’ users have to put up with this kind of **** all the time?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T15:07:23+00:00

    I seriously consider suing for the damage „caused by deleting my files from my system without warning“ and the hours I spent recovering them. The damage settlement will pay for my lifetime storage space on pCould, which seems to be working fine for now, and the license of Insync.

    And after downloading MY files for days just to get them back (some odd formats were damaged in the process too), I now configured Insync to keep a copy of my files on a local disc. I don‘t know if this is the perfect solution, but it was described here before, and gladly confirm that this works. And I now don‘t trust MS.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T13:42:31+00:00

    What version is this, and are you on Windows or Mac? I’m seeing an update from 02/22 (v.22.022.0130.0002) and don’t have the local storage option.

    Thank you again @Microsoft for royally screwing this up. Weeks of fighting this this garbage software, finding myself unable to access files when i’m between network connections, and your “work arounds” not working. In the most sardonic way that I can say it….your work on behalf of your customers continues to be simply stellar.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T13:33:19+00:00

    The situation indeed improved, but we still have a situation that caused a lot of damage, especially when it comes to metered connections and broken symlinks. I doubt there will happen anything more, at least the wait time is almost gone when browsing files. It was still better before and I assume this is due to Apples API.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T13:15:29+00:00

    Good morning,

    I just wanted to let everyone know that in the newest update the option for local storage appears to be back (see screenshot).

    I am testing this now.

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