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Where are synched Onedrive files stored on a Macbook

Until recently, I accessed files and photos in a folder called OneDrive.noindex on the Macbook. It appears to have changed with content now being saved in Cloudstorage. Was there a recent change in the way Onedrive works on Mac's? Can I delete the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-11-04T18:42:32.68+00:00
David Telford 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-05T09:47:42.9733333+00:00
David Telford 0 Reputation points
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OneDrive for Mac: new-file uploads loop forever after a quiet period; editing any existing synced file clears it

Environment: OneDrive for Mac (App Store version), macOS 26.6.2, Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, personal account. Symptom: After OneDrive has had no edits to existing files for a while (observed at about 14 and 21 minutes), the next new file added to…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-11T02:21:04.02+00:00
Ulvi Yurtsever 15 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-03T18:23:30.1233333+00:00
Ulvi Yurtsever 15 Reputation points
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My One Drive files aren't accessible on my Mac Hard Drive

Today my files on One Drive file weren't accessible from my computer, it keeps telling me to open One Drive, but when I do, it runs to the " A File Can't be Synced" and tells me to change the name but then it shuts One Drive off and won't let…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-11-02T19:25:21.7266667+00:00
Liz Armendariz 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-02T22:48:54.3233333+00:00
Jeronimo Fuerte 48,525 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Help needed: Remove orphaned OneDrive data on Mac (144 GB) — OneDrive won't launch

I'm using a MacBook Pro and have an old university OneDrive folder occupying approximately 144 GB of storage. I no longer have access to the university Microsoft account, and the OneDrive application won't launch. Most of the storage is taken up by…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-24T09:36:50.5366667+00:00
Lorenza Ippolito 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-31T09:24:54.99+00:00
Thomas4-N 23,140 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneDrive folder not found after upgrading to macOS 27

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my Mac to macOS 27 (Golden Gate), and ever since the upgrade I’ve been getting an error from OneDrive that I can’t seem to resolve. The exact error message is: We couldn’t find your “OneDrive (2026-09-13 05:36:04 +0000)”…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-19T22:20:33.67+00:00
Nik Andric 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T08:24:27.32+00:00
Jerry Gray 0 Reputation points
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OneDrive on external drive on Mac

For years I was an Office 365 user and used OneDrive on my PC. I had all my data held locally on my D: drive and then synchronised into the cloud. I've switched to Mac not long ago and set up my Mac with an external drive anticipating having all my…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-26T07:42:27.8733333+00:00
Mark C 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-26T09:40:39.9466667+00:00
Mark C 0 Reputation points
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Create a OneDrive Photo album based on a folder structure for my backed-up photos

Hi, I used OneDrive as my main backup solutions. So among plenty of other files, I have a Pictures Subfolder in my OneDrive. This Folder contains many subfolders of my pictures. Usually YEAR DATE-LOCATION PICTURES. Now I want to use the OneDrive…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-07-11T07:29:38.07+00:00
Julian Benner 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-24T16:26:58.4866667+00:00
Jérôme D 0 Reputation points
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Opening PDF files in One Drive

How do I set up one drive so that I can open all files witout restriction. Currently I cannot open most PDF files.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-21T16:54:53.47+00:00
Stephen Campbell 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-21T18:33:40.67+00:00
John Jefferson Doyon 90,530 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Comprei uma licença de 1Tb para cada um de 6 usuários (6Tb total) e recebi 2.1Tb compartilhados

Acabei de comprar uma licença do Office 365 Family, ativei-a e agora o limite de ˆTb, 1Tb por cada usuário, passou a um limite total, compartilhado de 2.1Tb, pelo que está indicado no painel. Não me atende, assinei por isto, pelo espaço individual de 1Tb…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-19T14:56:46.4366667+00:00
SCFilgueiras 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-20T14:35:23.2966667+00:00
DaveM121 945.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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one drive for Ventura 13.7.8

where can I find one drive app for Ventura 13.7.8.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-13T09:22:26.7033333+00:00
Thijs Koppers 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-13T09:30:54.3633333+00:00
Thijs Koppers 20 Reputation points
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I have 0.7 TB left on my one drive yet I cannot save/upload edited word documents as it says Upload failed due to exceeding storage

I have 0.7 TB left on my one drive yet I cannot save/upload edited word documents as it says Upload failed due to exceeding storage

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-10-06T11:00:21.2133333+00:00
Isuru Perera 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-06T15:23:04.5666667+00:00
TaoLi 119.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Current Mac system. The link to the cloud broke. I now have two onedrive folders and there is no onedrive icon in the menus bar.

No OneDrive icon in the menu bar. I have two OneDrive folders and want to get rid of the old one that is not syncing with my online account.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-27T09:24:44.2966667+00:00
Hunters 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-02T14:39:09.37+00:00
Thomas4-N 23,140 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneDrive stopped working on my Mac Mini

This morning it asked me to locate the folder for OneDrive on my Mac Mini, and when I chose "OneDrive," then it started giving me the message: We couldn't find your "OneDrive (2026-09-15 13:07:50 +0000)" folder in…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-18T19:01:02.6+00:00
mark dudley 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-30T15:49:19.1233333+00:00
Paul Desmond 0 Reputation points
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access personal vault

on desktop Mac os27, how to access personal vault? Can access on iPhone, but not on desktop

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-26T21:08:08.8566667+00:00
David C 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-26T21:08:21.3533333+00:00

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Missing MS Word and Excel docs

Recently I opened my Macbook Pro and found that my Desktop had been wiped clean. Searching my MS Word docs and Excel, I would only get Can't open file/doc. May have been deleted or is not accessible. Nothing on One Drive. This is scary that a program…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-25T09:16:48.54+00:00
Beth Jones 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-25T23:53:41.1533333+00:00
Jeronimo Fuerte 48,525 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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URGENT HELP PLEASE: onedrive and Mac unsync, lost all files adn won't let me restore onedrive.

Hello, please give me some urgent help! I am not good with computers. have been having unnecessary issues with my Mac storage and was advised by google to unlink my Mac and onedrive, google said the files on both ends would be left intact and accessible.…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-25T18:33:08.8033333+00:00
Elena Keane 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-25T18:33:29.57+00:00

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OneDrive app is not running on my MacBook; It does not open at all

The OneDrive app is not running on my MacBook. When I attempt to open it, it produces an error message. I've tried un-installing and re-installing but I still get the same error message. I have been trying to get some support from Microsoft for nearly a…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-23T21:39:42.6133333+00:00
Adeola Oludemi 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-09-24T20:53:43.9133333+00:00
Adeola Oludemi 20 Reputation points
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OneDrive app not working on MacBook

This entire week I've had an issue with using OneDrive—the issue being that I can't open the app on my Macbook! For the past six or seven years, I've exclusively used MS Word because of it's cloud syncing with OneDrive. Support says they’re experiencing…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-18T21:11:50.0966667+00:00
TS 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-24T14:29:09.07+00:00
Alex-L 13,280 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I can't unlock my OneDrive vault on my Laptop

I can't unlock my OneDrive vault on my Laptop. I can do it on my phone.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-07T14:16:34.2466667+00:00
Pedro Oliveira 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-09-21T23:48:03.2833333+00:00
Xavier-D 14,265 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneDrive not syncing

OneDrive is not syncing because it cannot fine a specific file. I cannot get to the help & preference functions. I have tried opening OneDrive from the icon and from Spotlight. I have delete the keychain cache and nothing has made a difference

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-09-19T20:44:37.7666667+00:00
Adeola Oludemi 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-21T03:02:34.7466667+00:00
Manoel Barros 23,275 Reputation points Independent Advisor