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OneDrive Files on Demand for Mac
Yes, it seems that testing the software is forgotten by somebody ;-)
- UPDATE: So I clicked the link to download the "18.151.0729.0014" client for enterprise they say is for rolling out today...and I already installed it...so why does my client not say this version number? Ugh, MS...
So I just downloaded the MacOS 'Enterprise' client supposedly released today, from this website.
Is this supposed to fix my issues?...
I have Version 18.212.1021.0007 (Standalone).
The previous version has been hiccuping on small files and ruining my bootcamp back and forth workflow for the last month. I have 1MB jpegs that haven't synced that I created on October 30th...
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Makes sense - I'll give it a go from the link you provided and report back. Thanks Ben,see page 2 of this thread if the script doesn't run you can just enter the commands manually in terminal.
Makes sense - I'll give it a go from the link you provided and report back. Thanks Ben,- I would consider only 2 of the 6 people testing as tech savvy. In regards to insider, I have had to enable it for those users in order for it to work. Here is the article that I followed.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/try-files-on-demand-for-mac-529f6d53-e572-4922-a585-e7a318c135f0 Ben - Thanks for the quick reply, this is really good to know. Perhaps I'm mistakenly seeing all of the file names coming in, and it is just indexing the directories with file names/folders vs. downloading the actual file. I should look at the properties of the actual files on the machine.
On the 6 or so Macs you are testing it on, are these accounts considered in the "Insider Program" or are they standard Mac users who are pretty simple and not tech savvy (ie. would not be a beta tester). I have a quite a few of the non tech savvy users, so would like for it to be pretty painless for them if I've proven out that it works through my testing first.
Also - It appears I need to not direct these users to the Mac App Store, correct? I believe that version of OneDrive doesn't support Files-On-Demand, if I understand correctly?
Thanks!
- Interesting on your issues. I am testing on about a half dozens Macs now and everything is working great. Only main issues we have had is AV causing files to download and once a day having to do the relaunch command for the context menus to come back. Still haven’t figured that out. The only thing we have seen that’s a little misleading is the initial sync as it comes off as the files are physically downloading, but they are just downloading the file names and some meta type data.
- Anyone have any idea why this isn't out of the "Insiders Ring" / Beta, supposedly it's been nearly a year since it was announced. This is kind of insane they can't finish the interface and functionality to actually work. Like others have noted, I have constant problems with libraries, I even re-formatted my Mac with a fresh install of macOS Mojave 10.14.1 and the latest version of OneDrive and everything downloads.
Uwe Meyer wrote:Where can I see, when a new insider version is available?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Current+oneDrive+version
Haha
Where can I see, when a new insider version is available?
This minor update is not related to the version of OneDrive..
- My Mac is now updated from Mojave 10.14 to 10.14.1 --> Should I retry installing OneDrive client or is this update not related to OneDrive?
I run the 2 commands
I deleted everything regarding OneDrive with App-Cleaner-Pro
I installed OneDrive
During setup, Onedrive informed me, that know "Files on demand" is available (a screen with 3 scenarios/options)
I finished the installation
I start OneDrive and login
OneDrive starts synchronization of all files/folders
Files-on-demand is available and by default active
I go to setting and disable the sync of all folders
After around 5 minutes, Onedrive shows errors, folders are already exists on my Mac
I delete the folders under my Onedrive
After this, I can again select folders to sync, this works, but no files-on-demand shown in my Onedrive-Folder
Did you run the commands I mentioned? Are you sure the script actually ran?
Do you see the options in OneDrive Preferences to "Turn On Files-On-Demand"
- Hi Aaron,
I chosed way 2 - remove OneDrive with App Cleaner Pro. After this, start installation, Login to Onedrive, and Onedrive starts immedialty with sync of all folders. It doesn't work on my Mac, maybe I need to wait of new version, this one looks from my side of view buggy ... After a reset of the MacBook and a second try of downloading again the ODfB preview, I installed and it seems that the client is working and not downloading all the files but with each reboot to relaunch the ODfB so that it shows the downloaded or cloud files is annoying but at least it seems to work.
Then follow the step-by-step carefully and in order.
If the Script doesn't run for you then open the Terminal app and paste the following commands 1-by-1:
Defaults write com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater Tier Insiders
killall cfprefsd
rm ~/Library/Caches/OneDrive/UpdateRingSettings.json
Finder may need to be Relaunched
- The question, to be honest, I don't understand? Which popup?
- NO!
I had to block our AV (Bitdefender) and backup service (Code42) but after that files on demand seems to be working well.
Is there a way to proactively block an app or do you just have to wait for the popup?
Do you have Antivirus software on your Mac?
- Hi Adam,
I deleted the OneDrive Folder under my user name. Also I deleted the complete OneDrive Folder in the cache (not only the json file). I installed OneDrive, first everything looks good, but after finishing the installation, OneDrive starts to download all files/folder. I deactivate all folders, so now I have an EMPTY OneDrive Folder on my drive, and files-on-demand is activated, but did not work. I can recommend AppCleaner, mentioned in this article: https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-onedrive-on-mac
Reboot your Mac after removing the files..
