The Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneDrive: 10 Tips for Success

Welcome to the ultimate guide for beginners to Microsoft OneDrive! In this video, I'll share 10 essential tips to help you succeed with OneDrive. Whether you're new to cloud storage or looking to optimize your OneDrive experience, this video has got you covered. #OneDriveTips #CloudStorage #microsoft365

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📽️ Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:34 What is OneDrive?
01:00 Install OneDrive On All Devices
03:15 Store Local Desktop Files in OneDrive
04:52 How OneDrive Sync Works
06:39 OneDrive Status Icons
08:21 Selective Sync
09:46 Colour Code OneDrive Folders
12:11 OneDrive Backup & File Revisions
15:33 Sharing and Collaboration
18:06 Paperless with OneDrive and Lens
20:28 Save Outlook Attachments to OneDrive
22:03 Final Thoughts

[Makumbi]

Solid green means keep a copy on device but sync to cloud. Clear tick means delete from device if unused for a certain period of time in order to save space.

[stuartlittle]

Great video once again Jonathan, appreciate you sharing your expertise!

[robertspiva]

Thank you for this video, very helpful in understanding the mystryies of OneDrive..

[Bluedragon-cokb]

@Jonathan Edwards Thanks Jonathan 😊 🙏 very well and clearly explained step by step 🚶‍♀️ 👏

[daveboylan]

Your content is always top-notch. I really enjoy your videos. I'm wondering if you could possibly cover syncing errors in a future video? I encounter them frequently and they're causing a lot of issues. For instance, I often run into problems like failed spreadsheet updates, unsuccessful downloads, overwhelming recovery files, Outlook sync failures, blocked uploads, and general sync and save issues. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[daveboylan]

I'd like to protect some files by making them read-only, including to myself. This means I won't be able to accidentally modify them, and the file date won't change when I open them

[JayDee-pobc]

I wish I understood all of this. As an older person I did not grow up with computer technology and I get in a mess when I try to follow these instructions. I finally synced photos on my android phone to my android tablet. Now I want to delete those photos on phone to free up space, but will this delete those photos on my tablet? 😮

[aussiegruber]

OneDrive screwed us, I work at a university and had 5tb of storage which got rolled back to 100gb, over night without warning.

[konstantingubanov]

I can watch these videos forever just to hear „let me show you

[wumpster]

Is there a way to connect to a domain automatically through Autopilot?

[daelra]

I've been using OneDrive for like forever but I still don't fully understand the light green tick.

I know the dark green one is like a forced 'always keep a copy on my computer', and the light green one is when you've basically tried to open it by either double-clicking on it or opening it in an application.

I also know the light green tick is linked to *Storage Sense*. If this is turned on and the drive is set to some sort of cleanup routine, the light green tick files will be cleared from the drive and become online only (cloud icon) either due to the drive getting too full or after a certain period of time if that's been set. It's Storage Sense that decides when a light green tick reverts to a blue cloud.

Any other services/situations that might force a light green ticked file to online only?

Any other functional differences between the two types of ticks?

[paulsommer]

How did you add the "Integral" logo?