OneDrive - FAQ about Microsoft's OneDrive Sync Icons
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
- OneDrive is Microsoft's Cloud storage. There are three sync icons for files and folders - cloud-only, locally available, and Always keep on this device. I answer the following questions in this video. Why do folders show the cloud-only icon when it contains multiple sync file types? When you create a folder and add a file, what icon do the file and folder have? What is the easiest way to make sure a folder, and all the files in it, are cloud-only? What is the default icon when uploading a file to a folder? If you use Storage Sense, what icon will it affect?
Three sync icons for OneDrive Work or School and OneDrive for Home:
1) Online-only files - blue cloud icon
2) Locally Available files - a green checkmark icon
3) Always keep on this device - a white checkmark icon
Both locally available and always keep on this device are the same! The only exception is if you are using Storage Sense AND your hard drive is full.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:09 Create a folder and add a file, what icon for the file?
03:08 What icon will the folder have?
03:29 One file is cloud-only, what is the folder icon?
04:45 Folder with various icons, including cloud, what icon?
07:20 Folder with a blue icon, are all files in the cloud?
08:55 Storage Sense affects what files?
10:11 Main takeaway
11:22 Closing remarks
This video applies to OneDrive for work and school and OneDrive for home.
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This has been SO helpful. Im needing to free up space in my hard drive and i cant believe it is so easy to convert to cloud storage.
I'm a recent subscriber, and because I'm a recent adopter of MS 365's Cloud, your info is extremely helpful!
Welcome aboard! Thanks, Beth!
You describe and explain really well. Even Microsoft can't explain any better (BTW they don't at all). Good work.
Im among the people that subscribe after that video. Totally helps!! God bless you 😁
Thank you! Much appreciated.
Chris, what is the best way to save a backup of your One Drive to your local machine or external hard drives? Im in public safety and need to access files with no internet. Thanks
Do you have a vid about syncing Outlook between two PCs using OneDrive? Thanks
Good goin' Chris! Very helpful.
Thank you.
I hope you discuss synching issues here because of illegal characters that just seemed to start happening for no clear reason and any character I changed didn't help???
dear would u like to let me know that how can I see peesonal vault as a folder in mcbook, although it is visible online but not in mcbook air
Can we access checked mark files located inside cloud folder without the internet?
When or how does Onedrive know to put the file on cloud and remove from PC and turn the file icon from green tick to blue cloud icon?
Hi Chris, Is it possible to remove the onedrive icons from my desktop and onedrive continue to sync?
Hello, Vicki. I do not believe that is possible. Do you just not like seeing the icons?
@Vicki no you cannot remove the icons as this is a key indicator on the health of your files and their connection in their cloud storage locations (your OneDrive), You CAN hide the status column in the File Explorer view by right clicking on the column row and unchecking "status" option.
Do you know how to reinstall the sync icons (Desktop, Documents, Pictures) for OneDrive on Windows? I deleted them by mistake. I have uninstalled OneDrive and reinstalled but they are still gone. ☹
See if this works. Right click OD and go to Setting,. Click Backup tab. Here is a screenshot drive.google.com/file/d/12-q6C3bpGIoAlZv3hSUe3eODC6T_ajpC/view?usp=drivesdk
I'm on a mac. What's the grey cloud? This video just made more confusion. You need to define your platform.
I don't have a mac to test, but the gray icon means you're not signed in, or OneDrive setup hasn't been completed.
@@ChrisMenardTraining Thanks, which i don't understand why. It's been days on my new install.
Maybe files don't download until asked? The same files show up on both old and new mac, so I suppose they are there and safe.