So suddenly OneDrive decided to update (once more...) today. As far as I can see, this did not bring any improvement as to the major issues that are reported in this discussion. Yes, I am one of those many users who want to have all files *always* on my computer, without having to think about it. So what do I (and many people here) ask:
- Solve this first and foremost annoyance: Currently a file can be local but at the same time not quite... Come on! The incomprensible situation of having one icon showing "Always keep on this device" and the icon just next to it saying "Not downloaded" has to be solved. Urgently. Not only is it incomprehensible (and the blog acknowledges this) but even much more importantly it forces me to click daily on the "not downloaded" icon to be able to use "quicklook preview" on my Mac. This is an essential feature that I use constantly, have you even heard about it? do you care? This is browsing though a directory and quickly pressing "space" on a file to check what's inside in a preview window, most handy (not available on Windows, as far as I know). This is a *core* MacOS feature which your current OneDrive setup has simply broken. Oh yes, indeed, it does work after clicking the "download" icon (to make files visible that are anyway already on the hard disk somewhere in a hidden directory - I don't want to even have to understand where exactly) or after opening the file. But it *does not* (!!!) work in a normal use case, that is the way it works everywhere for all other files on the Mac, yes: including those files in iCloud directories (which I understand are synced with the same engine as the one OneDrive has clumsily implemented upside down). Furthermore, clicking on download does *not* guarantee that this files remains available to Quick Look preview. So: turn this around: all files local *always unless the user decides otherwise* and all files are *always* previewable with the space bar with Quick Look preview without any additional requirements.
- Then solve this second huge annoyance: when I delete a file from a directory, it should go to the recycle bin. Full stop. No compromising here. This is what is expected. I was flabbergasted when I read somewhere else in this discussion that this was not the standard behaviour. I was not aware! And no, I do not want to have to dig into the recycle bin online to recover the file. Yes, I know it's there, but no that is not convenient (and I don't know how that would work when I work offline while travelling).. On my computer, that's where it should be.
By the way, While I am still using OneDrive for one of my jobs, I have to tell you that my other company has already decided to cancel its subscription following exactly this whole problem, and that was during the "insider preview". And I have also already cancelled my private subscription to OneDrive. Everything is moved to iCloud.