How to resolve "Fix folder issues to sync x items"?

That message (“Fix folder issues to sync 108 items”) generally indicates that some files or folders under your OneDrive (or OneDrive for Business) sync tree are failing to sync correctly. Possible causes include:

• Filename or path length conflicts, or illegal characters
• Permissions (OneDrive can’t access or write to them)
• The item is on a removed/externally unmounted volume
• Conflicts or inconsistencies in the local file database
• Storage limits, quotas, or file-locking
• OneDrive internal corruption or cache issues

Microsoft’s advice includes unlinking/relinking or resetting OneDrive.

Fix OneDrive sync problems on Mac

But before you do that, it’s often better to identify which specific items are causing the trouble and fix just those.

1. Try to locate a few of those problematic file names (like pj-93-book-04.jpg) in Finder / Terminal
2. Inspect their permissions, locked status, path, parent folders
3. Rename / temporarily move them to test if they clear the sync error
4. If that doesn’t help, back up your local OneDrive folder (just in case), then unlink + re-link, or reset OneDrive
5. After re-syncing, re-add subfolders gradually
6. If errors reappear, check logs to see which new files are failing

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