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From "Available on this device" to "Always available on this device"
"Always available on this device" means that you explicitly requested to sync permanently the item. Hence the system will never automatically delete the local copy.
"Available on this device" means that the item has been used locally and hence temporarily synced to the device. Hence the system will automatically delete the local copy when needed.
Makes sense?
"Always available on this device" means that you explicitly requested to sync permanently the item. Hence the system will never automatically delete the local copy.
"Available on this device" means that the item has been used locally and hence temporarily synced to the device. Hence the system will automatically delete the local copy when needed.
Makes sense?
Salvatore Biscari
this seems misleading. At least in the way I understood you. I mean the statement that "system will never automatically delete the local copy" for "Always available on this device" option.
I have MS Team and there are some files. I synced sharepoint folder containing those files to my laptop. I chose "always available" option in OneDrive. Then I created a copy of a 1 file on my machine, this file appeared in MS Teams. Then I deleted the file using MS Teams. I expected that this file will remain on my local machine as you suggested (system shouldn't delete local copy as I understood). But it was gone...
Maybe I misunderstood something? But it doesn't look like always working this way (at least with syncing of Sharepoint folders)
UPD: after some test I found how it works. So if I created some file using online version of OneDrive - it will be automatically downloaded on my machine to the folder which was marked as "always available". But it will not be automatically downloaded to machine if folder was not marked with this option (always available). So it works one direction but doesn't work another. Hope it's clear