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Bacchinif
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Jan 26, 2020

Invalid Characters: Uploading 700GB to OneDrive using Chrome on Mac OS

Hi everyone, I'm Francesco from Italy and I'm trying to upload my entire HDD to OneDrive Business (1 TB of free space).  I'm actually a Mac user (the HDD belongs to an old Macintosh), and that's the...
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Bacchinif
Copper Contributor
Jan 27, 2020

Dear Paul de Jong thanks for your prompt response.

 

I wasn't aware of that services, thanks for your good advice. Do you think is it worth giving them a try? Of course, I don't want to pay for the service and I think Microsoft itself should be able to handle the issues like Google Drive and Dropbox usually do. 

 

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Paul de Jong
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Jan 27, 2020

Bacchinif It is not an actual service. The trial version of the tool can be used for 8 days so transferring the 700 GB is possible within that time frame (I know because I am affliated with the vendor).  The positive side is that there are no costs.

The other options to upload such a large amount of data from a mac is limited. Using PowerShell is the other main option. I am not aware how well this works on mac OS (e.g. you may run into problems with the illegal characters)

 

Paul

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