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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
Same problem here. Very annoying. Folder show "Always available on this device" and also "Not downloaded", so I can't use preview for example on the file. For every new file, I need to click on the cloud icon to be able to "use" the offline file.
This is frustrating since my workflow involves the "Save to OneDrive" on Outlook web and them going into Finder to work on the file, that now is just not there, even that the attachment folder is set to always available.
I was using the standalone version, tried to uninstall, reset and reinstall the App Store version without any change.
Mac Os Monterey 12.1
OneDrive 22.002.0103.0004