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Strange Shared OneDrive behavior.
We have some shared folders on OneDrive that are used by both Mac users and PC (Win10) users. If a Mac user deletes one of these files on their local drive it goes both to their trash on the Mac, an...
And don't forget if you have files on demand and your deletes go to your cloud recycle bin - you have a second stage recycle bin for additional peace of mind for this very reason.
Have fun.
No, because the file goes into the recycle bin in the cloud when using files on-demand. So you can still recover it. If you think about it, when using files on demand, when you delete a files it's just telling onedrive to delete it, because the file doesn't actually exist on the device because it exists in the cloud and only has a breadcrumb basically for the file.
And don't forget if you have files on demand and your deletes go to your cloud recycle bin - you have a second stage recycle bin for additional peace of mind for this very reason.
Have fun.
- Right, I would agree, but in fact that did not happen. She created Test.Doc on her laptop, waited for it to sync. Opened it from the web, added a line, saved it, checked it on the laptop and saw the new, saved, line.
Gave it a couple of minutes, the little cloud icon was under status, and deleted the file from her laptop. Went to the web interface and the file was now gone. Checked the trash on the website, no Test.doc. Looked in the laptop recycle bin, no Test.doc. The file was gone.
So I do agree with your solution, but I don't agree that it is not a bug that a file can be irreversibly deleted when on demand is running. However, this was one test. I'll try to look into it from other systems to see if it is the norm or an anomaly.
Thanks for the quick response.
