OneDrive deleted thousands of my files?
I'm hoping somebody here can help me, because I can't find any kind of "Support" link just for OneDrive. Yesterday, for no reason I can determine, OneDrive (personal) deleted a couple thousand old files of mine and put them in the Recycle Bin. I was not using even half of my 1 TB storage, and I did not delete these files myself. They were in various folders. Some had been accessed very recently, some had not been accessed in years. I looked for the files on the app on my phone, on the website, and by trying to find deleted files through apps on my phone (i.e. I looked for a deleted Excel file and it was not found). They were all different file types - Excel, Word, PDF, pictures. I cannot figure out why it did this, and I haven't been able to find any documentation of a known glitch. Has anyone else had this happen?
One Drive Keeps Coming Back
So I recently updated to a new laptop. I completely resent that MS now defaults to everything going to OneDrive. I should be given a choice. I went through the laborious process of unsyncing, unlinking, and uninstalling OneDrive. It worked for the most part - except the Pictures Folder that was still pointing to a now unlinked Pictures folder. I managed to create my own Pictues folder and pin it. Fast forward to a couple of days ago. I wake up to my computer having been restarted due to an update. And lo - OneDrive is back and syncing again. I took a picture with my webcam and it automatically saved to OneDrive. I went in and unlinked the account again and I cannot understand why MS is so adamant that everything point to OneDrive. I should be allowed to back up what I wish to back up.
Add option to change priority of file sync in the OneDrive app
There is no way to prioritise the download or upload of individual files in OneDrive. This is in contrast to Dropbox which has robust prioritisation features. Where this becomes an issue is if you want to download some files as a priority to allow you to continue work. This lacking feature is especially noticeable if you want to download/upload large files, but need smaller files to download/upload to continue working. It's features like this, and the lack of being able to cancel a download of an individual file that makes OneDrive feel half baked, dare I say, amature.Add option to cancel download of individual files in the OneDrive App
Once a download starts in OneDrive on desktop, there is no way to stop it. This is a huge issue for anyone dealing with working files that link to multiple files. Files should be able to be cancelled on an individual basis. An example of when this lacking feature becomes a problem is if you open a Premiere Pro project that links to multiple videos, these videos will start downloading. If you then close the Premiere Pro project, the files linked within the project will still download. These may be many gigabytes worth of files. Other reasons why you might want to cancel a download: You may no longer need the file to be downloaded You may realise that your internet connection is too slow for the download but still need to download smaller files to continue working
Moving Images between Albums and OneDrive ?
In relation to this post, first OneDrive doesn't start for me as shown in this screen shot. How do I use OneDrive for Business and do what is mentioned in the linked post, when from what I understand I'm not using OneDrive for Business ? And besides I'm working with images, so if someone could give me some clarity on this and how to do what is linked above I would appreciate it.Public Storage Best Practice
Hi, I have a tenant of 15 Office 365 users with varied licenses and have a need to share files like email signatures, sales brochures and product images. No downloads, no uploads, read only. We also use Power Platform heavily and a Sharepoint site that is for internal use only. Looks like One Drive is the best solution but Im not sure how to set up. Does it need to be set up under a user? Or can I just have some generic non user specific setup? Or would a Sharepoint Document Library be a better approach? Any other thoughts, ideas are also greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Todd
No puedo iniciar sesión desde que cambié Autenticator por el teléfono como método de seguridad
Salí fuera de España e intenté acceder a OnDrive con un usuario dedicado a la enseñanza, me pedía un código en Autenticator y este no me lo daba, no me permite acceder al correo de Outlook dice que ese usuario no existe. Cuando he vuelto desde mi ordenador si podía acceder a OnDrive, pero al quitar Autenticator como el método de autenticación y cambiarlo por mi número de teléfono no me deja acceder a OnDrive tampoco. He intentado consultar el caso pero no obtengo respuesta. Por favor necesito ayuda, tengo mucha información que necesito en OnDrive y no puedo acceder. Gracias y saludos
OneDrive crashed the last time it ran ERROR.. over and over / MAC user /
Hello, I keep getting this error when I try to open my onedrive in my MacBook. I've tried resetting the app (through the command in the contents package), uninstalling and reinstalling (like a million times).. I even got help from apple support to open the computer in safe mode and it still gave us the same error. They suspect it's a corrupt file, and I've deleted the .DS_store files I've found.. but still NOTHING please help!Frightening destructive behaviour that seems so nonsensical
Just moment ago, I experienced another incident of "my homework being eaten by the dog". I've been scarred for life by this kind of thing after Word for iPad decided it had the right to replace a much newer version of a University end of module assessment document, I had just spent 16 hours writing on my Mac, with the copy it had from three days earlier. This happened in Spring 2019. It had been the culmination of my work to that point. My best work-to-date. I was so elated I'd finished in time and went to submit when the browser upload warned that somehow it could see two versions of the same file. For some reason, my instinct was to pick up the iPad and open Word. Word opened and there before me was the empty document template I had constructed on the iPad three days earlier. I was surprised that it wasn't showing me the work I had just done as both devices were accessing the same cloud storage. It dawned on me... Word for iPad had somehow ignored the timestamp on the cloud version of the file and decided to overwrite it with its three day old copy. Yep. Can't figure out the logic there either. I went back to the Mac and frantically tried to find some kind of hidden backup copy but it was all in vain. It was 15 minutes to the deadline. I was going to fail the assessment. Luckily my grades had been great for the continuous assessment and I was allowed to pass the module but I was on track for a distinction. This was the key to a first class Business management degree and it had been obliterated by this total code failure. I never recovered after that. Attempts to get help from Microsoft got me nowhere. I learn a cold lesson that day. Never trust cloud storage and cloud storage syncing with your critical documents because it doesn't even have the logic to check the modification dates on the files to know which one is likely the newer... or to even duplicate the file and inform the user that it couldn't make Sophie's choice. Instead, it makes Sophie's choice and blows away your work. Anyway... this time today it was thankfully a few subtle document changes but nonetheless, I am horrified to discover that in 2024, OneDrive is still making these mistakes. I had a Word doc in my OneDrive. At 16:00, I opened it with M365 app on iPad and made some subtle changes. I navigated away from the file, hoping this would guarantee the file was written with my changes. I then walked over to my Mac to look at the file there and noticed right away that the timestamp still said 10:15. I clicked on the OneDrive menu to be told that "Your files are synced". I waited a moment to give it a little more time. Then I opened the file. Of course, I was shown the 10:15 version of the file. I saw Word acknowledging an auto-save was underway. I knew exactly what would be happening based on my 2019 experience. I headed back to the iPad and opened the file there. A banner appeared across the top of the file saying the changes were being downloaded. Moments later, there it was. The 10:15 version of the file. The 16:00 version of the file no longer existed. All my edits gone in a flash. I was moved to come and post this. I just couldn't believe that in 2024, something like this is still happening. How? Why? I mean... why isn't the software as simple as looking at the mod dates on the files. Am I stupid for thinking that? That the mod dates should come into some kind of sync check? Am I being unreasonable? Was I just a fool for expecting common sense in the first place? There is a saving grace this time around. I just checked Version History and there was a 15:55 version of the file with my original edits. There had been no version history in 2019. It beggars belief though. How can it have the newer file in the version history but not realise the newer entries were regressions? Clearly version history and sync don't talk to one another. OneDrive for Mac version was 24.166.0818 and it should be the standalone one, not the Mac App Store one. Funny Update: You wouldn't believe this. I couldn't get this to post. It was coming up with an error about having a previous version or something. Each time I tried to post again, it kept erroring. Then it said "Maximum flood limit reached". You'll forgive my cynicism. It's almost as though an AI doesn't like this post, so it's faking technical issues.Found 2 OneDrive repositories on my MacBook Pro - Safe to delete one?
I have a MacBook Pro M1 Max with a 1TB SSD, and it's starting to get full. I ran a disk space analyzer to get an idea of what I could delete. I found what appears to be two OneDrive repositories on my local SSD and want to know if it's safe to delete one, and if so, which one. I have three different OneDrive accounts (Personal, Business, Client). In /Users/{my name}/Library/CloudStorage are three folders with the OneDrive icon in place of the standard Apple folder icon. They all of "Last Modified" dates of yesterday. I assume these are my current files. But I also found three hidden folders in /Users/{my name}/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T3XXXX.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive - {accountname}.noindex. The three of them show "Last Modified" dates from 2021,2022, and 2023 respectively. Together they take up 38GBs worth of space. Are these remnants of an old version of OneDrive or something like that? Can I delete them to reclaim the space? I'm hesitant to touch them because as a test I created a new folder name 'zzzzz' in the OneDrive folder that opens when the OneDrive icon in Finder's sidebar is clicked. The new folder is created in both folders (the one under 'Group Contains' and the one under 'CloudStorage.' Do I have two instances of OneDrive running, each updating a different local repository? Any insight into the situation would be great. Thanks!
