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OneDrive newbie
I have resisted using OneDrive for years because way back then it took photos from an amazing vacation off my phone before I was done editing them on my phone. I swear I did not have it set to automatically backup if I was running out of space on my phone, but that's what the customer service person said. And I can't batch download them back to my phone (to my knowledge), just one at a time. Why would a home user want to use OneDrive? Every time I try to open OneDrive to delete files there (just to keep it clean, and yes, not use it) it immediately starts synching to my computer, and if I stop that, I can't see my pictures on OneDrive. It says I have to be connected or something like that. Again, you can tell I'm a newbie because I'm not even sure what to do with it. Any information and advice would be incredibly welcomed. Thank you.
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Here is a beginner-friendly guide, with relevant official tutorials and trustworthy help pages so you can safely control OneDrive instead of it controlling you.
Camera Upload (OneDrive photos backup ON/OFF):
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-onedrive-on-android-and-ios-devices-2b7a570a-1715-4c16-a545-f268762b4aae
Files On-Demand (why files are “cloud only”)
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/save-disk-space-with-onedrive-files-on-demand-62e8d748-7877-420f-b600-24b56562aa70
Stop syncing Desktop/Documents/Pictures
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-cancel-or-stop-sync-in-onedrive-4885c27e-3d89-4d69-be75-2646c71367d3
Video tutorial (beginner overview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO9Oa10HRp0
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