How to Use Microsoft OneDrive - For the New User

In this video tutorial, I will show you how to use Microsoft OneDrive. Save your files and photos to OneDrive and access them anywhere from any device. Backup and protect your files with OneDrive and share your files and photos with family and collaborate on projects.

0:00 Intro
1:09 Getting an OneDrive account
2:02 Login into OneDrive
2:42 Walk around and views
5:30 Personal Vault
6:16 Creating folders and files in OneDrive
7:15 Moving folders
8:23 Creating documents and moving
11:05 Upload files and folders
12:04 Uploading photos to OneDrive
15:00 Downloading files and folders
15:55 Sharing files and folders in OneDrive
18:04 OneDrive app on mobile
18:42 OndeDrive shared libraries and Microsoft Teams
19:33 Scan a document with OneDrive Mobile app
20:33 Download scanned PDF then open and edit with Microsoft Word
21:58 Installing OneDrive app to sync the computer with OneDrive online

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[andy]

I appreciate that you provided "detailed how to" examples in your video and not just explained a type of feature itself. Knowing the "actions" that need to be taken for one of the features is most helpful. 👍

[JimE]

78 and tying to understand One Drive, how it works and if I really need it. This was really down to earth and extremely helpful.

[MrLightningYT]

This is amazing Jamie! I’m so glad I found your channel while searching for a google sites tutorial!

[kellykaiser]

Help! We use Onedrive for our company; however most of my files are in the cloud but not on my computer. How do I get all of our files that are already made to be in onedrive and on my computer?

[c.a.]

Nice video! You are such a good instructor. I like your pace in explaining everything. You make it easy for non-techy people to understand you. Thank you! =)

[minhtrinh]

Many thanks for explain so clearly. It's so helpful and you have making easy to understand.

[T_]

Nice find! Here's something I need help on- Onedrive on desktop PC and a laptop. Over the years OneDrive is all messed up- some of this, none of that- no file directory looks like the other. Any schema that I can employ that will clean up (my) mess? Getting ready to throw in the towel and just start a new Docs folder "2023" and start saving stuff there as I use or create a file.

[veme]

HI Jamie. I am grateful for you and your videos and want to wish you Happy Thanksgiving! May Thanksgiving be wonderful for you, your family and friends.

[jhen]

Awesome info! very detailed, easy to understand

[HeatherJohnson]

The best tutorial I found to help me understand and work with OneDrive. Thank you very much 👍😀

[chrisjaskolka]

Great video! Do I have to have One drive actually installed on my laptop in order to use it? My laptop is company owned and I don't want to install anything on it. Thanks

[tomotobe]

might i ask, if i share a document using shared library with onedrive with a colleague, what is the difference with shredpoint's dcoument libraray? when my colleague opens the shared document by me from his onedrive, the document is essentially a sharedpoint again?

[costa]

Thank you very much for your patience in explaining, a very useful video. I am a bit confused with 18.09 time, as I see "sharepoint" at the top of your screen, and not "onedrive" as previously used on the video... could you explain the difference? I got stuck just here, with this "change"! Many thanks.

[mtkullmann]

How do you first check in to open One Drive. I don't get all the icons or my files I see on your screen.

[Mikee]

Can't get One drive to accept the folders I have selected to back up, but insists on a full back up and me purchasing more one drive space. Yep, done all the managing selecting etc. easy to use but not working correctly on my Windows 11 machine brand-new laptop.

[minhtrinh]

Hi Sir, How many folder. & files allow to create in ONEDRIVE? Please advice. Thank you.

[sohail]

Please do a tutorial on how you layer your video with transparent background over the screen recording just like in this video. Thanks

[xpicklepie]

So what do you do if onedrive syncs 100 gigs but you only want the 5 gig free version? How and what can you access?

[america]

I appreciate you doing this video but I got lost around the 7:25 mark, "u said, if I click on this one, it went into that one" I had no clue what this one or that one meant or why you would want to do that...
It started moving so fast and I was lost by then..
Can u make a video for people who have no clue about why someone needs a One Drive and the difference between One Drive, Samsung Cloud, Gallery, and Google Photos and Google Drive? Are they all the same thing? Do we need them all? Also, why would we need to take photos from our computer and put them in One Drive? Does that mean you will then have another copy of each pic? One copy in your computer and another in a One Drive place?

[raymondkemper]

I don't see how the personal vault is secure. I have my email and phone number all over my compute so if someone gets my computer open they can get a code in my email. I think I need a folder in one drive that won't open unless I put in a pin number that only I know. What say you?