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From "Available on this device" to "Always available on this device"
With Files On-Demand, I am trying to understand the point of changing the status from "Available on this device" to "Always available on this device".
As I understand it, as soon as the status ...
"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?
The difference makes sense for Windows 10 users due to my knowledge with storage sense feature included, When you open an online-only file, it downloads to your device and becomes a locally available file. You can open a locally available file anytime, even without Internet access. If you need more space, you can change the file back to online only. Just right-click the file and select “Free up space.” or With Storage Sense turned on, these files will become online-only files after the time period you've selected.
Only files that you mark as "Always keep on this device" have the green circle with the white check mark. These always available files download to your device and take up space, but they’re always there for you even when you’re offline.
Only files that you mark as "Always keep on this device" have the green circle with the white check mark. These always available files download to your device and take up space, but they’re always there for you even when you’re offline.
so i have not seen anywhere anyone say what happens to files that flagged as "always available on this device". in regards to are they ever sync'd to the cloud? all kinds of stuff about what happens to physical file on harddrive when status is changed i.e deleted or restored(downloaded to hard drive). So is a file flagged as "always available on this device" automatically synced to onedrive in the cloud, or do you have to do that manually? If never synced how do you manually sync? I do not have issue with space, right now, but do notice considerable lag from cloud to download. so would like to have all files as "always available on this device". is it risky?
