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MacOS Monterey - Disable Files on Demand
I use OneDrive to synch all my files with another computer at work and just upgraded to Monterey. I need to be able to search for data in the files using Spotlight/Quick Look etc. so I typically do a...
- That sounds strange. I would expect it to be one or the other as you say. On my own Mac running Monterey I cannot duplicate your issue. As you say, you can't disable FOD from the OneDrive client settings but you should be able to do this with a PList as per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/deploy-and-configure-on-macos#filesondemandenabled
I seem to have found a solution to at least a part of this.
Starting point: a Mac machine that had to be taken out of "Files on Demand" mode, and the option to do so disappeared from the systray menu. Marking all folders in OneDrive as 'local' changed their onedrive icon, but DID NOT result in actual download of Files to the local machine.
BUT: the extra onedrive icon has appeared in finder (cloud + down arrow with "waiting for download" tooltip. AFTER (double)CLICKING THIS ICON for each of the key folders it changed to a "progress pie chart" (think: itunes track download), the tooltip changed to "downloading" and the hard drive stats indicate that the files are being, in fact, downloaded.
As this seems to be a new (confusing) UI for local files and not a hack, I am hoping it will result in local copies of Files updated or uploaded form other machines to these folders, but can't confirm yet.
Please note, the os language on the machine in question is not EN so the exact wording might be off.
Hope that helps somebody, cheers P
Starting point: a Mac machine that had to be taken out of "Files on Demand" mode, and the option to do so disappeared from the systray menu. Marking all folders in OneDrive as 'local' changed their onedrive icon, but DID NOT result in actual download of Files to the local machine.
BUT: the extra onedrive icon has appeared in finder (cloud + down arrow with "waiting for download" tooltip. AFTER (double)CLICKING THIS ICON for each of the key folders it changed to a "progress pie chart" (think: itunes track download), the tooltip changed to "downloading" and the hard drive stats indicate that the files are being, in fact, downloaded.
As this seems to be a new (confusing) UI for local files and not a hack, I am hoping it will result in local copies of Files updated or uploaded form other machines to these folders, but can't confirm yet.
Please note, the os language on the machine in question is not EN so the exact wording might be off.
Hope that helps somebody, cheers P
Thanks for this, this is what I found too. Only remaining problem I found is that new files don't seem to be downloaded by default (as in the past) even when you select "Always Keep on This Device" for the folder that contains it. If this is what MS wanted, then I think it's a bug.