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Christophe Humbert
Nov 20, 2017Iron Contributor
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 ...
- Nov 21, 2017
"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?
Song Youk
Apr 05, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi Christophe,
I have had a same question, and now I got an answer. Below is Summary
1. Available on this device
. It means this folder or file temporarily occupy your space in your computer.
. For instance, if you move any file in your PC into your onedrive folder, then sync will be started, but this sync is only available when you have internet connection.
. It means that if all the file or folder is synced between your machine onedrive and on-line onedrive, then this file will become only online available file or folder. And sync is finalized, then this file anymore occupy your space in your PC.
2. Always available on this device
. It means this folder or file permanently occupy your space.
3. Available when online.
. It means that you need internet connection
. Available on this device will be chanted into Available when online if sync is finished.
Is everything clear?
Best regards,
Kapitalk12
Feb 08, 2019Copper Contributor
Hi,
You stated for Answer #2 that
Always available on this device
. It means this folder or file permanently occupy your space
Does this mean that your folder/file is permanently on your computer and erased off your OneDrive Cloud. Or does it mean that it's permanently on your computer and at the same time, on the OneDrive as well??
- Christophe HumbertFeb 08, 2019Iron Contributor
There's always an instance of the files on the Cloud. The status only determines what happens on your device.
- Robert James ReberFeb 26, 2019Brass Contributor
Windows 10 has a feature called Storage Sense. So you can set the limit of a disk to say 90% before it begins to trim old unused files. This is incredibly useful for small SSD drives.
What does this mean for One Drive?
When Storage Sense goes out to trim from temp folders and such, it also looks at One Drive and will re-cloud the oldest files you opened and are resident on the machine so they are set back to the cloud. If you on occasion open files that are very important to you, you can set them to always on this machine and they will not be subject to this cleanup routine.