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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
In my case, the files were always on my machine, they just weren’t ‘synchronised’. It’s the same if you have had to remove OneDrive for done reason and re-install. It does not delete the files but when OneDrive starts up it has to ‘process’ all the files. I assume it checks what’s in the cloud and what’s on your machine and matches them. Because MS have removed the single option to do this you seem to have to click on every folder with the cloud/down arrow icon to sync up - it does not have to download anything as they are already there. The pain for me was I seemed to have to do this at the lowest folder in the hierarchy and work up rather than at the parent folder. So it took a lot or right clicking! At the moment (for me) it all seems to be working, albeit my confidence level is low and I did have real problems with Apple Music and Adobe Lightroom catalogues - but that’s another drama!
Same thing for me. I had to go and click all the main files. The system kept on getting stuck on a 40GB folder I have. I finally got everything downloaded this morning and moved it all to iCloud. None of these systems are perfect. I moved to OneDrive because I was sick of the problems of DropBox. I only used iCloud for personal stuff (e.g., photos, iPhone backup, etc.). But I'm going to try this and see how it works. It goads me that Microsoft would take off a basic, fundamental condition for use of a cloud service. For some, sure, they don't care because they are somewhat oblivious. But in the end, I want my files on something "hard," too.