Microsoft OneDrive | OneDrive Sync Explained

In this video we take a look at OneDrive file sync - what it is, why you might use it and how to set it up for OneDrive and SharePoint.

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[maorifulla]

The 'Free up space' option in Onedrive sync is good to know about for those people who have limited storage on their device.

[wyattspop]

One of the best tutorials of anything I've ever watched on Youtube. Thank you

[jimwlouavl]

Good explanation. It would be nice to have a playlist of basic topics and more intermediate and advanced topics. I think this sync engine has improved greatly over the last few years.

[StevenTorrey]

It should work in theory; in reality it didn't! Worse news: one reason for putting stuff in the Cloud (OneDrive) is to release space from your hard-drive. With so many computers coming with limited harddrive of 250 GB or even smaller in more compact computers, that is an asset. Imagine my surprise when I learned that OneDrive also saves to your own harddrive, which seems to defeat the whole purpose of the Cloud. Not only that, the sync process uses up a whole lot of bandwidth, so that the computer becomes almost useless, and syncing has to be turned off to regain access (use) of the computer. In the end, I just found the whole OneDrive things more of a nuisance.

[feemoheat]

Would really appreciate your help - i purchased Onedrive 100GB expecting my files on my desktop and documents to sync however for whatever reason it wont. I have gone into settings > choose folders and selected these holders however I find it still does not sync?

[williamd]

Excellent video.. Great for beginners, Thank you!

[GeoH]

Hi I'm having a problem with Onedrive for Business, with Syncing. Is it essentially like a 'handshake' between the onedrive and the cloud?

[curts]

Excellent video. I service a company with a lot of sync issues as they have Macs, PCs, and use OneDrive and Sharepoint with a lot of collaboration. If you could make a video on "the best workflow approach when working with documents in OneDrive and Sharepoint" that would be a huge help. I usually encourage users to work with browser-based versions as much as possible, which they often don't want to do. But I'm unsure as to what to advise when a user works in OneDrive locally.

[DavidMortaz]

If you could made a video on how two different systems can co-exists working on the same file system that would be awesome. My ideal would be for each User to sync their local copy with the one from OneDrive, work on it and then do a manual sync to update the OneDrive copy! It appears OneDrive does not get updated when each user is keeping a local copy!

[yxcheah]

hi. can we choose not to sync ? because it only allow not sync for certain time like 8 hours etc. thanks

[T_]

Good video- well done- thanks. I'm curious about good ways to fix things when the wheels come off. What to do when your laptop isn't syncing correctly with your OneDrive and neither is your desktop PC (to OneDrive or with the laptop)- three birds flying in formation, but only sort of.

Manually trying to get it all synced is going down a rabbit hole due to the many, many files you'd be dragging and dropping and deleting. Has to be a better way- ideas? I have an external SSD as well, so that can be part of the "fix" since its fast- maybe park everything on it (accept any duplicates?), delete the machine and OneDrive copies and start afresh? Or...?

Apologies for being late to the party, a new video on just this would be terrific.

[MentonEtParis]

Thanks for this. Would like to see comparison of SharePoint sync vs Add Shortcut to OneDrive.

[ClaysonShawn]

Im having an issue where some of the files in the cloud are not showing up in explorer. I have checked the "sync all files and folders" setting. Any ideas? The files that aren't syncing are larger videos. Would they be exempt?

[bulletkip]

is it possible to set up something where the sync happens using internet of a server instead of your local internet? to free up local bandwidth. thanks

[thelionwithin]

If i dont have internet connection, I change something from one pc, and do other change on the same file in pc2, and do more changes on the same file in pc3, when the internet will come back - which changes will be saved ?

[mesutramsey]

One drive, a million problems. It is so trash tbh.

[MazeYT.]

Hello, do you have any idea how i can fix “Onedrive is not signed in” please i need help

[myrabbitispink]

i've changed the name of my one drive folder and now i'm not seeing the little status icons next to the files anymore (seen at 5:33). this issue remains after i've changed the folder's name back to the default. how do i fix this, please?

[upcshri]

I use OneDrive not via browser-based platform, but rather via Windows Explorer. A problem I currently ran into. I first started to sync all my Project Files on my Desktop OneDrive to use with Windows Explorer. All my OneDrive Files became icons as Green circle with a white check mark = "Always keep in this device". This was I was able to work on my files anytime AND if I don't have internet access since I travel for work. Well, I got to the point where all my OneDrive Files became large in size, it ate up ALL my C-Drive storage space! So I changed the location to save the OneDrive Files from the C-Drive to an external HD. Problem is, I would always have to connect the external HD and that can be problematic since I can no longer connect external HD's to my work laptop due to company security policy. What to do????

[mickymouse]

What if different users (e.g.3 teammates in a company) what to use the same Folders and Dokuments in the same One drive? Will ist sync with every the team members computer? will every team members have all the files of the other two members on his/her computer because of synchronization? what if they all work on the same Dokument? (I heard on drive then somehow destroys everything and itself)