Yay finally found someone who is clear, doesn't rush thru steps, without having to pause and rewind repeatedly to understand, and friendly. Not to mention knowledgeable. You are the one. Thanks Chris
I am in the UK. I have been using Onedrive for over 5 years and my files and folders were in a mess with copies everywhere (different versions too), as I wasn't confident how Onedrive worked. I have finally moved them into one place on Onedrive and with your video, I can honestly say that I understand how it works. I am now more confident to use my files on Onedrive. Great video. So easy to understand as you explained everything. Thank you very much.
Brilliantly explained in plain English that even I can understand. Been struggling to understand OneDrive and why it is taking up so much space on my C: Drive when my Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos folders are all on my D: Drive. Now I know! Not only that, I now know how to free up that space. Thanks ever so much.
This was great. I recently had a clean install of Windows 10 done on my PC. Although I had most of my files backed up to an external hard drive, I did lose some things. With this new install, I've made the decision to go to One Drive. I'm still a novice at One Drive so this was extremely clear and helpful.
I accidentally tapped that "always keep on this device" and my files turned out in green tick. dunno what that means since I am not really techie. 👏😊 now I'm on speaking terms with my laptop and OneDrive. Thanks Sir Menard ❤
Thank you chris menard . From 2021. I am searching for the green tick that comes on folder from one drive . Now I satisfied by this video u explain . Great job man . 👍
I don't know why files I had uploaded decided not to be marked with 'Always'... what a strange and terribly annoying bug. THANKS MAN. You helped me fix my issue where random folders were white filled green circle and half were green filled. I want everything available all the time, if I can see it. I dispise the linking system Microsoft has forced upon us that generates countless errors before we're able to utilize OneDrive properly.
I am a very slow learner in that my preference learning is from wholes down to parts. Your explanations have helped me a great deal to fill in those gaps though. Thank you.
🤔 I've watched several of the onedrive videos on RUclips and remained confused or worse more 😵💫confused than before watching. However, Chris finally managed to get onedrive status icons explained in a way or manner that made it MUCH easier for me. 👍
I had my doubts that you could save my opinion of OneDrive but kudos to you. Without your video OneDrive was the most confusing online back up systems I've ever seen. Now, it makes sense. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you for the clear explanation. Refreshing. Nice, calm pacing. Perfect delivery with the just the right amount of detail. Exactly the answer I needed.
This video is a gem. I've been searching for over a year for a good explanation and walk through on this. Finally a clear thorough explanation. Thank you
When I view onedrive online most my folders are empty, on my pc they have the blue cloud and I click on it and it is empty. I just started using ondrive, but years ago i'm sure my files somehow when to onedrive without me knowing. I was never interested in it back then, but now I'm starting to use it. Lots of stuff to learn. Your video was very good.
Excellent video. There was a lot I didn't understand with OneDrive. Chris made it so easy to understand. I wasn't sure I wanted to spend 13 mins trying to figure out how to sync my OneDrive but this was the BEST 13 mins invested.
1) In OneDrive settings one of the default options ticked is Files on Demand is ticked to save space and download files as you use them. I assume we can manually over-ride this when we right click on all our folders and tick "Always keep on this computer". The benefit by de-selecting Files on Demand is that when future folders are created, then the manual option to store locally would not be required. 2) My reason for storing my files both locally and in the web is because I want my computer to backup all my files. When they are only in the cloud it is a false sense of protection. Synch can run amuck, disaster can strike. I want my files protected by an external backup system, and that is not possible with files only available on the cloud. I learned this the hard way, thinking I was backing up my computer files, but actually every folder was EMPTY! So ignorance can be hell. - so to verify, if I have the solid green icons in my file explorer, my files are backing up?
Chris thanks for your outstanding explanation on using One Drive. It is essentially a perfect video. Very clear audio and great pacing showing where to click and the purpose of the activity.
Nice work. Clear and unhurried pace yet utilizing the available time so efficiently. Thanks for a great video. And excellent audio quality to go with it. Microsoft has its own tutorial, but yours is much better. Maybe they should hire you before they make their next tutorial. Thumbs up and subscribing.
Very very very nicely explained. It sorted out all my doubts and concerns. Thank you so much, Chris. You're doing a great & wonderful job! Keep it up! 😊
Thank you so much for this video. Could you show us how we can set up both a personal and a work or school OneDrive account on a new computer or desktop.
I'll make a video in the next couple of weeks. Do you have Windows 10? If yes, you should have OneDrive installed for personal. I added a business by opening up the personal OD and going to settings and accounts. I added an account (my work account) Here is a screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/1fmoqeZSFtQOqHgMj5ILMAERmWAJxN9MX/view?usp=drivesdk
Thank you Chris! I just learnt so many things. Was wondering why my documents and files have the green check. Now I am fully informed. Grateful for the knowledge sharing. Suli (Fiji)
I understand the icons, but I don’t understand how the files work between the computer and One Drive. I have genealogy folders and files. The folders are large, and I add documents frequently to various folders. Example: I have a main folder titled Genealogy families. Under that I have separate folders for each last name I research, say I have three folders titled Smith, Jones and Lee. Under each of the last name folders I have three folders titled Individuals, Misc and Photos. Under each of those folders are folders for individuals by name, like John Smith; places, like North Carolina; or dates, like 1850. The these last folders are where my actual files are placed. When I put the main folder, Genealogy Families, on One Drive (by “put on One Drive” I mean I have done a drag and drop) I assume that puts everything below it on One Drive. This is probably where I go wrong and maybe I don’t understand the icons like I think I do. I prefer to keep copies on my hard drive. (I don’t trust my understanding of One Drive to put it all out there.). Now that my files are available ion One Drive, what happens if: 1) I reorganize my folders on One Drive (create a new folder and move files around) 2) what happens if I add a file to my John Smith folder on my desktop 3) what happens if I add a file to my John Smith folder on One Drive I have a desktop computer at home and a Surface that I use in libraries. I want to use that Surface like my desktop only I am OK that those files stay in the cloud, which is why I may add files to my One Drive folders, but not my desktop. It seems like now I have files on One Drive, but not on my desktop and vice versa. I am so confused! I do have MS 365 family plan, so I have the same capabilities on both my desktop and my Surface. I apologize that this question is so long. I have watched several videos done by multiple people and none seem to address my lack of basic understanding of how One Drive works. Maybe I complicate the problem by having two computers??? BTW, I never share with other individuals what is in my folders.
This video is so helpful I think onedrive is quite complicated. btw, i have 4 different phone's brand. Then i backed it up to one drive, but onedrive made it everything in one folder (from 4 phone together), how to make it separate and rename every folders that come from each phone? Please help Thanks
Great video, clear explanations. I'm new to OneDrive. If you delete a file that's local, it goes to the recycle bin. What if it's cloud only, does it get downloaded and placed into the recycle bin? Also when a file, say is in the cloud Documents folder and is downloaded to your desktop, where does it go? I ask because my OneDrive Documents folder shows files with a green check mark, but my local Documents folder shows "This folder is empty".
Hi Chris. Thank you so much for this. I've been looking for someone to explain this to me in plain language for so long now. From 'Subscribed & Happy'.
Awesome Tutorial! I am a little confused about the cloud versus this PC for storing pictures and stuff. I have been conditioned to store files onto my PC; however, it seems that pics and files stored onto this PC C drive are also stored in my cloud?
Toni, great point. I like my files synced with OneDrive. I don't want my computer to crash and lose my file. Now, I have a few folders and files on my computer that are not synced. These are folders and files; if my computer died, I would not care if I lost them. See the folders and files in the red rectangle. They are not in the cloud and only locally stored. drive.google.com/file/d/1QWoEM4vZc3Z1jyaAyzac6Rvb4-HwwtIN/view?usp=drivesdk
Explained in detail. Question! 1. If you’re using your institutional one drive space allocated to you, I want to know if the institution can access that account without your knowledge 2. If possible, is there a way one can secure their documents so that the instructions cannot access it? 👍🏿👍🏿
With OneDrive for Work or School, the answer is *YES* . Technically, your company or institution, an IT Admin, could see your files. Will they? Most likely not, but they can. If you are worried about files being accessed, I would not store them on your school/work computer. You could use OneDrive Personal, which is free or you get it with a Microsoft 365 personal or family account for $69 or $99 a year respectively. That OneDrive is only for you.
Great video but I was looking for information about the brown box that seems to appear sometimes on the bottom left of some files that are saved in my one drive.
Really liked the video. Subscribed and found various topic of interest. Was looking for solution where on doing a mouse over on a folder it showing "Availability Status: Sync Pending" - though all files in that folder have a "green tick" (on my local disk). A refresh on the explorer or restarting sync doesn't work. Could you please advise? Regards
Try making one file in the folder, cloud only. See if it turns to a blue cloud. It should. Now, go to OneDrive online and see if it worked. If it worked, I would right-click the folder and make the folder Cloud only. Now, the folder should be a blue cloud and all the files in the folder. Do you need all the files locally? If no, just right-click the files you need locally and Always on this computer. If yes, you need all the files on your computer, right-click the folder and choose Always on this computer. That is all I can come up with.
Thank you for such a clear explanation, Chris. Can't yet agree that "Onedrive is wonderful!" however. I've been having real problems with Onedrive and my Adobe Lightroom Classic catalogue. Somehow, the default location of the catalogue, which Lightroom must access each time it opens, is in Onedrive>Documents. I would like to keep the catalogue and its associated files OUT of Onedrive's control, so that its doesn't sync with the cloud each time the catalogue changes. I know that if I move the files, I need to inform Lightroom, BUT how do I move them? Do I need to turn the icon to a white 'check' mark? Leave it as a green 'check'? Advice would be appreciated!
I like your explanations on OneDrive. I have a question, if my folder is sync between onedrive and my pc, can I edit a document on my pc and the changes show up on onedrive
Absolutely. I do it all the time. If by chance, you lost your internet connection, you could still edit your files on your pc. When you get your connection back, it will sync the changes to OneDrive.
Thanks, I needed this. Just had to start using onedrive for work, my first week using and I lost internet and had none of my files to work with. I couldn't figure how how to get everything back on the new laptop. I'm running "always keep on device" right now, fingers crossed!
Thank you. I am an older non pc users and am trying to fathom how these online storages work. If I need to permantely delete many, many pictures, do I do that on the PC or the one drive? Saved for further study and subscribed,
Brilliant thank you, I think Microsoft need to put some safeguard defaults in place, the average user could easily loose files due to lack of understanding, by default user files should be always stored locally, we lost some photos recently because we did not understand this,when we set it up we did not select that feature
@@ChrisMenardTraining thanks it is my fault I'm experienced in IT but there are always got you moments, I don't like to loose anything, even a backup can't save you if the files were never local lol
Thank you Chris! Excellent explanation! Guys, I have a question, see if you can help me. My situation is as follows: - I am syncing files from a large folder (7 GB); - While OneDrive is syncing the large folder, I made a change to a small file (less than 1 MB) on my PC; - The problem is: the small file has to wait in the "queue", until the large file is synced and I need to access the updated version of the small file on my smartphone immediately; - My question is: is there a way to put the small file to the front of the queue or will I have to wait to sync the 7GB folder? Thank you very much in advance!
I do know when I sync multiple files at one time, which I do all the time, they sync together and the smaller file should sync first before the large file. So my files are not waiting in a queue. I tested and started by uploading a 7 MB video file. I then uploaded four Microsoft files, all under 500 KB, and they synced within 30 seconds while the large file was still syncing. You can open the folder and delete the large file, which stops the sync of it, but you can't pause the sync for just one file. That would be a great feature. I hope this helps.
BEST explanation of OneDrive I have ever seen. I do have a question. I am running Windows 10 21H1. When I Right-Click on either of my two OneDrive folders (personal and work), the "free up space" option is grayed out. Any ideas? Thanks again for an outstanding tutorial!
If free up space is grayed out, that means you are not using *Files on Demand* . See this screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/12Arvc0g9ZVPG9bt_g6JYszwto-tQamk_/view?usp=drivesdk it is possible your employer has disabled it, but with your personal OD account, you control it.
Great video Chris. Very simple and to the point yet very clear. One question though: if I work on any file locally how do I ensure the changes are mirrored in the existing cloud version of the same file, and vice-versa? Thank you.
Thank you! If I only want to use Onedrive for a cloud backup can I use "Unlink this PC" - then when I have changes to files I can manually copy and paste or upload.
Hello, Jim. Yes, you can do that. I'm curious why you don't let one drive just work as usual? You have 1 TB of storage. That way you don't have to manually back up files, which can be a hassle if you are in multiple files daily.
Chris, Hi! How did you get the status to display the icons for OneDrive? I have enabled 3 status columns in file explorer and none display icons. I am looking to sort the files by the status to weed out files not synced so I can repair them etc.
Hi Chris - thanks for the item on icons - I am having trouble accessing files held on my computer via my OnDrive account on my Android phone and tablet. When I go to the file on the other devices and open the file it is not the latest version.
Great video Chris, I'm new to using OneDrive so that was a clear to understand overview, thanks. One icon I have that isn't mentioned is the blue 'recycle' circle, two blue arrows in a circle, I am assuming this is the sync logo and I always seen to have this and not the cloud logo. Any ideas?
Nicely explained. Thank you. What if there are no icons showing in the icon section? Does this mean OneDrive is not currently active or syncing? Also, can you do a video on changing the path of files? For example, how do I get my files to go from c:/users/name/OneDrive/Documents to c:/users/name/Documents?
Here are steps on moving your OneDrive folder location.support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-location-of-your-onedrive-folder-f386fb81-1461-40a7-be2c-712676b2c4ae
Chris, Windows 10-How come the white check (tick) mark which was in the lower-left corner of each of my desktop shortcut icons suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a small blue right-pointing arrow in a white box. I would like to restore the solid white checkmarks in the small green circles back to where they were before they all went away. Thank you. Respectfully, Ken Millstein
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Yay finally found someone who is clear, doesn't rush thru steps, without having to pause and rewind repeatedly to understand, and friendly. Not to mention knowledgeable. You are the one. Thanks Chris
Thank you, Monalisa. Much appreciated.
@@ChrisMenardTraining I could not be more agree with Monalisa, Thank you Chris
absolutely
My words exactly!!! Big thanks.
If it wasn't so far away I would come to offer you a drink. Man , that's explained as the best. Thanks a lot.
Thanks, Marc. I could use a "beverage" today. :-)
100% agree
Yes I agree thanks so much 😊
I am in the UK. I have been using Onedrive for over 5 years and my files and folders were in a mess with copies everywhere (different versions too), as I wasn't confident how Onedrive worked. I have finally moved them into one place on Onedrive and with your video, I can honestly say that I understand how it works. I am now more confident to use my files on Onedrive. Great video. So easy to understand as you explained everything. Thank you very much.
Awesome compliment. I appreciate it.
So far the only tutorial I've seen that takes it slow and doesn't require prior experience to soft design.
Thank you!
Brilliantly explained in plain English that even I can understand. Been struggling to understand OneDrive and why it is taking up so much space on my C: Drive when my Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos folders are all on my D: Drive. Now I know! Not only that, I now know how to free up that space. Thanks ever so much.
This was great. I recently had a clean install of Windows 10 done on my PC. Although I had most of my files backed up to an external hard drive, I did lose some things. With this new install, I've made the decision to go to One Drive. I'm still a novice at One Drive so this was extremely clear and helpful.
Thank you, Beth
I accidentally tapped that "always keep on this device" and my files turned out in green tick. dunno what that means since I am not really techie. 👏😊 now I'm on speaking terms with my laptop and OneDrive. Thanks Sir Menard ❤
Excellent!
Thank you chris menard . From 2021. I am searching for the green tick that comes on folder from one drive . Now I satisfied by this video u explain . Great job man . 👍
once again RUclips has saved my life😭😭 thank you so much for the explanation👍💯
Happy to hear that!
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I don't know why files I had uploaded decided not to be marked with 'Always'... what a strange and terribly annoying bug. THANKS MAN. You helped me fix my issue where random folders were white filled green circle and half were green filled. I want everything available all the time, if I can see it. I dispise the linking system Microsoft has forced upon us that generates countless errors before we're able to utilize OneDrive properly.
I found your video to be the most useful instruction in all of the web. You kept me from making monumental errors.
I am a very slow learner in that my preference learning is from wholes down to parts. Your explanations have helped me a great deal to fill in those gaps though. Thank you.
🤔 I've watched several of the onedrive videos on RUclips and remained confused or worse more 😵💫confused than before watching. However, Chris finally managed to get onedrive status icons explained in a way or manner that made it MUCH easier for me. 👍
Thanks for your explanation!
Finally i found some one explain the main difference between the green check mark & the white check mark.
Thank you. I know what you mean. I've seen some horrible explanations of the check marks.
Finally, someone that knows what the purpose of the solid green circle means.
Thank you!
The icons were confusing and you have aptly clarified.
Thank you!
Cant believe I struggled so long to understand one drive - thank you so much for this
Glad to help. It can be confusing.
At last ... somebody who explains things clearly, not as if I should already know it!
Thank you Tyler.
Very well explained thank you. That has resolved my confusion as to where a particular file/folder is stored - cloud, local or both.
Thank you, Robert.
I had my doubts that you could save my opinion of OneDrive but kudos to you. Without your video OneDrive was the most confusing online back up systems I've ever seen. Now, it makes sense. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you for the clear explanation. Refreshing. Nice, calm pacing. Perfect delivery with the just the right amount of detail. Exactly the answer I needed.
I appreciate the positive comment. Thank you, Sheri.
This video is a gem. I've been searching for over a year for a good explanation and walk through on this. Finally a clear thorough explanation. Thank you
Thanks, Mustafa.
Well done! Clear, Concise, and Accurate! Clear videography, clean audio, excellent editing. Thank you.
Thanks, Dan! I appreciate the feedback.
Yes! Lol… Dan said it. Thank you. I needed this info and you got right to it.💕
Great Video Sir !!! Very much appreciated!!!
When I view onedrive online most my folders are empty, on my pc they have the blue cloud and I click on it and it is empty. I just started using ondrive, but years ago i'm sure my files somehow when to onedrive without me knowing. I was never interested in it back then, but now I'm starting to use it. Lots of stuff to learn. Your video was very good.
Thank you.
Thank you Chris for your clear explanation🙏
I like your clear pronounciation and the (slow) pace of your explanation 👍
My pleasure!
Excellent video. There was a lot I didn't understand with OneDrive. Chris made it so easy to understand. I wasn't sure I wanted to spend 13 mins trying to figure out how to sync my OneDrive but this was the BEST 13 mins invested.
Jim, thank you so much. I remember making this video and when I was done, I couldn't believe I went for 13 minutes. :-)
great video, just what i was looking for, concise, clear and informative. not to mention use of in time examples for better understanding.
Awesome, thank you!
Clear, concise,.and no time wasted. Thank you!
Thank you.
1) In OneDrive settings one of the default options ticked is Files on Demand is ticked to save space and download files as you use them. I assume we can manually over-ride this when we right click on all our folders and tick "Always keep on this computer". The benefit by de-selecting Files on Demand is that when future folders are created, then the manual option to store locally would not be required. 2) My reason for storing my files both locally and in the web is because I want my computer to backup all my files. When they are only in the cloud it is a false sense of protection. Synch can run amuck, disaster can strike. I want my files protected by an external backup system, and that is not possible with files only available on the cloud. I learned this the hard way, thinking I was backing up my computer files, but actually every folder was EMPTY! So ignorance can be hell. - so to verify, if I have the solid green icons in my file explorer, my files are backing up?
Yes
Chris thanks for your outstanding explanation on using One Drive. It is essentially a perfect video. Very clear audio and great pacing showing where to click and the purpose of the activity.
Very welcome!
I agree with @Marc Sierens so we'll have to make it a double as your explanation was so easy to understand and navigate through. Thank you very much
Thank you, Tim! I appreciate the positive feedback.
Thanks .You explained many things which were not clear to me or not discussed on other youtube videos. Great man.
Glad it helped. Thanks, Mohsin.
Thanks so much Chris....Ive had one drive for ages and its always been a mystery. You made it so clear and concise. Thank you.
Very welcome.
Excellent explanation. I'm new to this and you made it so simple and clear...far better than One Drive or Microsoft can do Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks, Robert.
It can't get anymore simple than this. Thank you soo much howtobasic!
Glad to help.
Very good explanation for OneDrive. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Thanks alot for this amazing informative video! 🙌🏻✨ I was searching for this for soooo long. Finally found this n now my all worries r gone. 😺
My pleasure 😊
Excellent. Awesome tutorial. Very simple and to the point. All the best Sir
Glad you liked it
Nice work. Clear and unhurried pace yet utilizing the available time so efficiently. Thanks for a great video. And excellent audio quality to go with it.
Microsoft has its own tutorial, but yours is much better. Maybe they should hire you before they make their next tutorial.
Thumbs up and subscribing.
Thank you. A lot of my videos end up on Microsoft's 365 RUclips channel. I appreciate the nice compliment.
Chris you are one of the best! Thanks for the detailed explanation
Happy to help!
Thank you for offering such clear and concise information.
You're very welcome!
Very very very nicely explained. It sorted out all my doubts and concerns. Thank you so much, Chris. You're doing a great & wonderful job! Keep it up! 😊
You're very welcome! Thank you for the positive feedback.
@@ChrisMenardTraining - I just realized that I missed to subscribe! How could I not! Nonetheless, it's done now! 😊
Thanks! very informative. Stuff, if you don't know about it already, is useful immediately and supports productivity.
Thank you so much for this video. Could you show us how we can set up both a personal and a work or school OneDrive account on a new computer or desktop.
I'll make a video in the next couple of weeks. Do you have Windows 10? If yes, you should have OneDrive installed for personal. I added a business by opening up the personal OD and going to settings and accounts. I added an account (my work account) Here is a screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/1fmoqeZSFtQOqHgMj5ILMAERmWAJxN9MX/view?usp=drivesdk
Very well explained in very simple terms!!! Well done and many thanks.
You are welcome! Thanks, Brian.
Thank you Chris! I just learnt so many things. Was wondering why my documents and files have the green check. Now I am fully informed. Grateful for the knowledge sharing. Suli (Fiji)
Great to hear!
Outstanding! Best explanations I've ever gotten.
Great to hear! Thank you!
I understand the icons, but I don’t understand how the files work between the computer and One Drive.
I have genealogy folders and files. The folders are large, and I add documents frequently to various folders. Example: I have a main folder titled Genealogy families. Under that I have separate folders for each last name I research, say I have three folders titled Smith, Jones and Lee. Under each of the last name folders I have three folders titled Individuals, Misc and Photos. Under each of those folders are folders for individuals by name, like John Smith; places, like North Carolina; or dates, like 1850. The these last folders are where my actual files are placed. When I put the main folder, Genealogy Families, on One Drive (by “put on One Drive” I mean I have done a drag and drop) I assume that puts everything below it on One Drive. This is probably where I go wrong and maybe I don’t understand the icons like I think I do. I prefer to keep copies on my hard drive. (I don’t trust my understanding of One Drive to put it all out there.).
Now that my files are available ion One Drive, what happens if:
1) I reorganize my folders on One Drive (create a new folder and move files around)
2) what happens if I add a file to my John Smith folder on my desktop
3) what happens if I add a file to my John Smith folder on One Drive
I have a desktop computer at home and a Surface that I use in libraries. I want to use that Surface like my desktop only I am OK that those files stay in the cloud, which is why I may add files to my One Drive folders, but not my desktop. It seems like now I have files on One Drive, but not on my desktop and vice versa. I am so confused!
I do have MS 365 family plan, so I have the same capabilities on both my desktop and my Surface.
I apologize that this question is so long. I have watched several videos done by multiple people and none seem to address my lack of basic understanding of how One Drive works. Maybe I complicate the problem by having two computers??? BTW, I never share with other individuals what is in my folders.
Thank you so much for your excellent explanation.
You are welcome!
Great VDO, this is very helpful and simple understandable. Much appreciated.
You're very welcome!
Excellent video, Chris! Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Thanks, Patrick.
Great tutorial. What does the "circling arrows" Icon mean?
that means a sync is in progress
Thanks man!! great video, super concise and clear!
You're welcome!
This video is so helpful
I think onedrive is quite complicated.
btw, i have 4 different phone's brand. Then i backed it up to one drive, but onedrive made it everything in one folder (from 4 phone together), how to make it separate and rename every folders that come from each phone?
Please help
Thanks
Brilliant video, very informative and clear. Thanks for posting.
Now we understand - this was great information Chris July 202
Thank you so much! All perfectly explained and in a pleasant way to listen to as well :)
Great video, clear explanations. I'm new to OneDrive. If you delete a file that's local, it goes to the recycle bin. What if it's cloud only, does it get downloaded and placed into the recycle bin?
Also when a file, say is in the cloud Documents folder and is downloaded to your desktop, where does it go? I ask because my OneDrive Documents folder shows files with a green check mark, but my local Documents folder shows "This folder is empty".
Hi Chris. Thank you so much for this. I've been looking for someone to explain this to me in plain language for so long now. From 'Subscribed & Happy'.
Great info thanks for the 'simplified' training Chris
Glad to help. Thanks, Clay.
Awesome Tutorial! I am a little confused about the cloud versus this PC for storing pictures and stuff. I have been conditioned to store files onto my PC; however, it seems that pics and files stored onto this PC C drive are also stored in my cloud?
Toni, great point. I like my files synced with OneDrive. I don't want my computer to crash and lose my file. Now, I have a few folders and files on my computer that are not synced. These are folders and files; if my computer died, I would not care if I lost them. See the folders and files in the red rectangle. They are not in the cloud and only locally stored. drive.google.com/file/d/1QWoEM4vZc3Z1jyaAyzac6Rvb4-HwwtIN/view?usp=drivesdk
Explained in detail.
Question!
1. If you’re using your institutional one drive space allocated to you, I want to know if the institution can access that account without your knowledge
2. If possible, is there a way one can secure their documents so that the instructions cannot access it?
👍🏿👍🏿
With OneDrive for Work or School, the answer is *YES* . Technically, your company or institution, an IT Admin, could see your files. Will they? Most likely not, but they can. If you are worried about files being accessed, I would not store them on your school/work computer. You could use OneDrive Personal, which is free or you get it with a Microsoft 365 personal or family account for $69 or $99 a year respectively. That OneDrive is only for you.
Great video but I was looking for information about the brown box that seems to appear sometimes on the bottom left of some files that are saved in my one drive.
Such an brilliant video. Everything so well explained. It all makes sense.
Thank you Sally. Much appreciated.
Clear, Simple, Perfect
Thank you.
Great Explanation!! 3 Dissimilar icons would have been better, MS!
agreed.
Thank You ! Very clear and simple !
You are welcome!
Really liked the video. Subscribed and found various topic of interest. Was looking for solution where on doing a mouse over on a folder it showing "Availability Status: Sync Pending" - though all files in that folder have a "green tick" (on my local disk). A refresh on the explorer or restarting sync doesn't work. Could you please advise? Regards
Try making one file in the folder, cloud only. See if it turns to a blue cloud. It should. Now, go to OneDrive online and see if it worked. If it worked, I would right-click the folder and make the folder Cloud only. Now, the folder should be a blue cloud and all the files in the folder. Do you need all the files locally? If no, just right-click the files you need locally and Always on this computer. If yes, you need all the files on your computer, right-click the folder and choose Always on this computer. That is all I can come up with.
Thanks alot! Your explanation was quick and easy
Thanks, Malar!
Thank you for such a clear explanation, Chris. Can't yet agree that "Onedrive is wonderful!" however. I've been having real problems with Onedrive and my Adobe Lightroom Classic catalogue. Somehow, the default location of the catalogue, which Lightroom must access each time it opens, is in Onedrive>Documents. I would like to keep the catalogue and its associated files OUT of Onedrive's control, so that its doesn't sync with the cloud each time the catalogue changes. I know that if I move the files, I need to inform Lightroom, BUT how do I move them? Do I need to turn the icon to a white 'check' mark? Leave it as a green 'check'? Advice would be appreciated!
Excellent Video! Very simple and to the point
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like your explanations on OneDrive. I have a question, if my folder is sync between onedrive and my pc, can I edit a document on my pc and the changes show up on onedrive
Absolutely. I do it all the time. If by chance, you lost your internet connection, you could still edit your files on your pc. When you get your connection back, it will sync the changes to OneDrive.
Hey man, very clean, interesting and professional. Good sNice tutorialt.
Hey, thanks!
Great video. I didn't know this was how it worked. Thank you.
Glad to help. I kept getting asked about OneDrive so I decided to make a video.
I was always fascinated by trap soft, been listening to trap long ti and i finally decided that i will try to make my own but i was so
Thanks, I needed this. Just had to start using onedrive for work, my first week using and I lost internet and had none of my files to work with. I couldn't figure how how to get everything back on the new laptop. I'm running "always keep on device" right now, fingers crossed!
Informative... OneDrive is wonderful indeed.
I agree! Thanks, AJ.
Great summary, thanks. How do I unshare something?
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Great video... so easy to understand!
Glad to hear that!
Chris, spectacular, thank you...
Glad you enjoyed it
Super helpful, thanks! But now I need to know how to get the One drive symbol into the hidden folders/bottom right of screen. Any tips?
Thank you. I am an older non pc users and am trying to fathom how these online storages work. If I need to permantely delete many, many pictures, do I do that on the PC or the one drive?
Saved for further study and subscribed,
Brilliant thank you, I think Microsoft need to put some safeguard defaults in place, the average user could easily loose files due to lack of understanding, by default user files should be always stored locally, we lost some photos recently because we did not understand this,when we set it up we did not select that feature
Thank you, Wayne! Sorry about your photos,
@@ChrisMenardTraining thanks it is my fault I'm experienced in IT but there are always got you moments, I don't like to loose anything, even a backup can't save you if the files were never local lol
Thank you Chris! Excellent explanation! Guys, I have a question, see if you can help me. My situation is as follows:
- I am syncing files from a large folder (7 GB);
- While OneDrive is syncing the large folder, I made a change to a small file (less than 1 MB) on my PC;
- The problem is: the small file has to wait in the "queue", until the large file is synced and I need to access the updated version of the small file on my smartphone immediately;
- My question is: is there a way to put the small file to the front of the queue or will I have to wait to sync the 7GB folder?
Thank you very much in advance!
I do know when I sync multiple files at one time, which I do all the time, they sync together and the smaller file should sync first before the large file. So my files are not waiting in a queue. I tested and started by uploading a 7 MB video file. I then uploaded four Microsoft files, all under 500 KB, and they synced within 30 seconds while the large file was still syncing.
You can open the folder and delete the large file, which stops the sync of it, but you can't pause the sync for just one file. That would be a great feature. I hope this helps.
Great video. Very clear. Very useful. Thank you Chris.
You are welcome! Thanks Vee Bee.
Thank you for the information. Exactly what I needed.
Glad to help. Thanks, John.
Thanks man, needed this video!
Glad it helped!
BEST explanation of OneDrive I have ever seen. I do have a question. I am running Windows 10 21H1. When I Right-Click on either of my two OneDrive folders (personal and work), the "free up space" option is grayed out. Any ideas? Thanks again for an outstanding tutorial!
If free up space is grayed out, that means you are not using *Files on Demand* . See this screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/12Arvc0g9ZVPG9bt_g6JYszwto-tQamk_/view?usp=drivesdk it is possible your employer has disabled it, but with your personal OD account, you control it.
Great video Chris. Very simple and to the point yet very clear. One question though: if I work on any file locally how do I ensure the changes are mirrored in the existing cloud version of the same file, and vice-versa? Thank you.
If you are updating files and you want they stay sync. Make sure they have the check mark. That takes care of it.
clear explanation.. good graphics , Thanks
You're welcome!
Excellent video. Thanks. And yes, OneDrive is very good
Thanks, Anthony.
Thank you! If I only want to use Onedrive for a cloud backup can I use "Unlink this PC" - then when I have changes to files I can manually copy and paste or upload.
Hello, Jim. Yes, you can do that. I'm curious why you don't let one drive just work as usual? You have 1 TB of storage. That way you don't have to manually back up files, which can be a hassle if you are in multiple files daily.
Chris, Hi! How did you get the status to display the icons for OneDrive? I have enabled 3 status columns in file explorer and none display icons. I am looking to sort the files by the status to weed out files not synced so I can repair them etc.
Hi Chris - thanks for the item on icons - I am having trouble accessing files held on my computer via my OnDrive account on my Android phone and tablet. When I go to the file on the other devices and open the file it is not the latest version.
thanks for a really nice walkthrough
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, Kasper.
Great video Chris, I'm new to using OneDrive so that was a clear to understand overview, thanks. One icon I have that isn't mentioned is the blue 'recycle' circle, two blue arrows in a circle, I am assuming this is the sync logo and I always seen to have this and not the cloud logo. Any ideas?
Nicely explained. Thank you. What if there are no icons showing in the icon section? Does this mean OneDrive is not currently active or syncing? Also, can you do a video on changing the path of files? For example, how do I get my files to go from c:/users/name/OneDrive/Documents to c:/users/name/Documents?
Here are steps on moving your OneDrive folder location.support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-location-of-your-onedrive-folder-f386fb81-1461-40a7-be2c-712676b2c4ae
Chris, Windows 10-How come the white check (tick) mark which was in the lower-left corner of each of my desktop shortcut icons suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a small blue right-pointing arrow in a white box. I would like to restore the solid white checkmarks in the small green circles back to where they were before they all went away. Thank you. Respectfully, Ken Millstein