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zackgeek2
Mar 14, 2020Copper Contributor
one drive syncing is too much slow
i have a good connection but still the syncing is very slow 😞 (25KB i have searched for issues but nothing is helpful any help please
netadmin37
Sep 16, 2020Copper Contributor
zackgeek2: Try Disabling Files On-Demand --> Under OneDrive Settings tab uncheck Files On-Demand option..Wola you would see OneDrive upload/download increased by incredible speed.
- panthibabuSep 20, 2021Copper Contributor
Thanks netadmin37. Works like a charm...
- Emil_BNov 05, 2020Copper Contributor
We're also experiencing immensely slow upload and download speeds using the OneDrive client, both for Mac and PC, but especially for Mac users. Tested both on and off our VPN client, as well as in numerous Internet configurations (at home, at work), WiFi and cable. Internet connectivity tests shows good speeds (>50MB/s, all the way up to 300MB/s), but still, OneDrive takes forever to even upload a couple of kilobytes in a Word document. This has serious implications as it severely impacts the speed at which we can work with and share files. For example, I just created a 637 kb Word document that I uploaded to my OneDrive for Business that I wanted to share with some colleagues over Teams, document is saved and closed on my computer, no one else has it open, but still, the document takes forever (several minutes) to upload..
netadmin37 I have heard this solution before, but as far as I understand from the "Disable Files on Demand" feature, all your synched folders are then downloaded to the local harddrive. This is obviously not a solution if you have three different SharePoint sites synchronized with several hundred Gigabytes, along with your personal OneDrive with 10's of GB stored. I can't be assumed to go buy a 1TB Macbook Pro just for OneDrive to work on my computer, right?!
- markh31Nov 09, 2020Brass Contributor
Emil_B We are also experiencing very slow sync. We were looking at moving to OneDrive for Business from Dropbox but the sync experience is so poor that we may have to pull the plug on doing this. I like a lot of the features of OneDrive for Business but slow sync can dramatically impact work flow and is a deal breaker.
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- Lou_MickleyNov 05, 2020Brass Contributor
Emil_B - are you using a current version of the sync client? Some of the older versions had performance issues. You can try unchecking some folder for sync performance testing. I run sync all day long on my home with 3 Mb down, and 1 Mb up (world's slowest connection). Keep troubleshooting.
- Emil_BNov 05, 2020Copper Contributor
Lou_Mickley running macOS version Catalina 10.15.7 and OneDrive client Version 20.169.0823.0006.
Don't really know what is causing it, seems like the file gets locked, or as if there are files being synchronized from one of the sites I have synced via OD that blocks the upload or something. Just did a connectivity check and as seen, I have a 50 MB downlink and 8,8 MB uplink..