On January 26 th , we released a new version of OneDrive sync (22.002) on macOS 12.1+ with an updated Files On-Demand experience. Prior to this release, OneDrive used a kernel extension for Files On-...
Updated Mar 01, 2022
Version 4.0
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If you are syncing your OneDrive to an external drive, we will not be able to remove conflicting icons.
This is not acceptable, and this is a terrible user experience. How could you possibly think this is good?
Opening files will bring them into your OneDrive folder on the external drive and onto your home drive and allow you to open them without an internet connection.
Sorry, no, this makes no sense. The entire purpose of keeping my OneDrive files on an external volume is so that they are never, ever, ever on my home drive. I do not consent to OneDrive ever touching any files on my home drive, period. My home drive is not large enough to store the 600GB of files I have in my OneDrive, which I need local access to at all times. This update doesn't change or fix anything in this regard. When will this be corrected?