Forum Discussion

amaumexia's avatar
amaumexia
Former Employee
Jul 27, 2023
Solved

OneDrive Mac App stuck on "Preparing to upload" or "Processing Changes

Hi! I hope someone can help me, since I've been dealing with this issue for 2 weeks now and not even Global Support at Microsoft as an FTE could help me.   I'm using a MacBook Pro M1 (2021), MacO...
  • Eilaf-Barmare's avatar
    Aug 01, 2023

    amaumexia Check if this issue is because you are syncing too many files at once? We have a limitation: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restrictions-and-limitations-in-onedrive-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa#synctoomany


    1.Perform OneDrive Reset: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/reset-onedrive-34701e00-bf7b-42db-b960-84905399050c#ID0EBH=Mac

    (Perform below steps if step 1 does not resolve your problem.)
     

    2. Delete keychain,

    MAC by Finder > Go > Go to folder >  ~/Library/CloudStorage/*

    Open OneDrive -> Delete items (top right corner button in file explorer)

    3. Clear /Users/username/Library/Group Containers
    a. Unlink all libraries in OneDrive.
    b. Delete the folders xxxx.OneDriveStandaloneSuite and xxx.OneDriveSyncIntegration
    c. Delete them from Trash as well.

     

    4. Follow article to clear .DSStore cache: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fix-onedrive-sync-problems-on-a-mac-af3012d7-13ec-4ac9-bbb1-ebcd2a0cd756?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/remove-ds-store-files-on-macos-d2f8dca0-740a-4f7e-89b9-5b2cbbc50386


    Clear cache of local machine on MAC by Finder > Go > Go to folder >  ~/Library/Caches > Remove all files/folders


    Now navigate to Finder > Computer > Mac HD > Library > Caches > Remove all files folder



Resources