There are many different file synchronization tools, but Microsoft OneDrive is meant to be used with Office 365; it comes as part of the bundle. It provides a well-integrated platform for sharing and working together, especially as a business, while also effectively saving all of your documents.
Sync across devices
Microsoft OneDrive is a backup and sync app, which is available for download from the OneDrive website. OneDrive by Microsoft Corporation is an app available from the Microsoft Store app, which lets you view your OneDrive. You may have one or both apps installed (which is fine), but please note the Store app does not backup and sync your files. Our original app for borrowing digital content from libraries and schools. Best Software 2019. 2019 AASL Crystal Apple. OneDrive - how do I download the app on PC? If you want to download the software on your pc or mac, you could either first visit the Mac store or Windows AppStore and search for the app OR you can easily use any of the download links we provided above under the 'Download and Install' header section to download the application.
OneDrive is a cloud storage platform from Microsoft. While it boasts plenty of storage space and ease of use, it has a few issues that prevent it from supplanting Google Drive.
When you’re using the Office 365 suite, OneDrive is a must-have. It offers a fair amount of storage space. However, it falls in comparison to its main competitor, Google Drive.
It’s perfect for collaboration across all Microsoft products, namely Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You can also decide which files sync to which devices; this is very useful for devices with limited storage space.
There are connection issues when using OneDrive. You’ll find yourself having to re-login multiple times on your computer or on the cloud to make sure everything is working and that your files are properly syncing.
Where can you run this program?
You can run OneDrive on macOS 10.12 with a 64-bit processor.
Is there a better alternative?
Yes. Google Drive is compatible with more file types. It also has a cheaper subscription option compared to OneDrive, in addition to its free option. SyncDrive is better than both with its syncing; however, it is significantly more expensive.
Our take
While OneDrive is a good option when you primarily use Microsoft, it fails when it comes to total compatibility. It’s decent at what it does and has a lot of available options, but it has a complicated setup process.
Should you download it?
No. There are other, better applications. This likely won’t be useful for you unless your company or school uses Microsoft Office.
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If you’re having issues with high CPU usage with your OneDrive for macOS installation you might want to try the following fix suggestions.
Microsoft has made Files On-Demand available for High Sierra or later back in January 2019.
I have been using this in order to keep the Files On-Demand feature that has been available for some time now in a specific preview build. I can’t say though, if there has been any kind of update to this build Microsoft is making available (download here).
The Files On-Demand feature works well enough on this build and it’s so useful that I’ve been using despite the issues it has.
The main issue I’ve been struggling with is that OneDrive will stop working after some days – it will just crash without any warning soon after the app loads. As this is a silent crash, you won’t even be aware that your files are not being synced at all uploading files correctly, at least some files appear to get stuck in the upload queue.
Check File Permissions and Attributes
One issue that may be causing files getting stuck in Onedrive for Mac’s upload queue is wrong permissions. While Apple has a specific permission reset instructions article available, my experience it didn’t help. I found that the files getting stuck had 644 permissions in contrast to the rest, which had 755.
In the example above the two top files were stuck in the upload queue.
So using Terminal I reset these permissions for all files back to 755 by issuing the command below within the OneDrive folder:
sudo chmod -R u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx .
If your OneDrive folder is in the default user home location you can get there by issuing cd ~/OneDrive after which you can issue the command above.
The files didn’t upload straight away after these commands, but a few minutes later all were uploaded. After that I exited OneDrive, and started it again, after which I had no more excessive CPU usage.
Another Fix
The following instructions are only for the Standalone version of OneDrive (i.e. if you didn’t get OneDrive for Mac via the Mac Store; if this is your case, just try removing the app and clearing the KeyChain manually).
Considering that OneDrive is not loading or if it is constantly crashing, you might want to follow the steps below. This will reset all KeyChain entries (including the login), and some other settings, so you’ll basically have to login again and wait for OneDrive to check all your local files against the online stored versions.
Here we go:
- Close OneDrive using the app (if open), by pressing the cloud icon and selecting Settings > Quit.
- Open Activity Monitor and kill any OneDrive related task you find (there might be some OneDrive Finder Integration entries there as well).
- Open Finder, navigate to Applications > OneDrive.app, right-click it and select Show Package Contents.
- Navigate to Contents > Resources
- Find “ResetOneDriveApp.command” or “ResetOneDriveAppStandalone.command” and double-click it.
- After that a Console script should run on its own and you can close it when completed.
- Open OneDrive again and login.
Caveats for the Fix above
Note that if you are using Files On-Demand and experiencing similar issues to mine, the procedure above will probably also reset your default selection for files and folders you have manually excluded from your synchronization selection (i.e. “Free up space”).
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Essentially, you’ll have to choose whichever ones you want or leave it to OneDrive to manage it.
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