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NiX260
May 22, 2019Copper Contributor
"Free Up Space" Issues with OneDrive for Mac
I am having an issue with OneDrive's "Free Up Space" issue on my Mac. While in OneDirve in Finder, I see a folder that has the icon for locally available files that I want to only be in the cloud and...
ronaldpoi
Oct 23, 2020Copper Contributor
NiX260 I have just noticed that the storage used by OneDrive is NOT NECESSARILY the one presented in Finder information panels. I too was baffled by this but turns out macOS may be tricking us. I set almost all my files to "online-only" and even though OneDrive still reports 50Gb being used, the size ON DISK is just 1.3Mb.
Yes. This is confusing. Maybe someone who knows more about macOS engineering can enlighten us.
- chasapple4Jul 21, 2022Copper ContributorMake sure the Finder extension is enabled (System Presence > Extension > Finder Extensions and make sure OneDrive is checked)