However, when you try to access any by trying to copy or open, the app actually starts downloading the file. What this does it gives you an impression that all the files and folders are available in Finder. Here's how it looks like in the app preferences window:
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I have experienced this process to take unusually long time, thereby giving an impression that it's trying to download all the files.Īlso, the app by defaults comes configured with a setting called Files On-Demand enabled. What's happening is that the app is fetching the metadata for all the files on your cloud storage without actually downloading the files themselves.
While it appears that the app is trying to download all the data from your OneDrive cloud storage, in reality that's not the case. Soon after logging into the app, it appears to start syncing all the files and folders, and trying to access the app preferences result in a spinning beachball. Here's what I have observed setting it up on multiple personal Macs. I have run into and struggled with the exact same issue with setting up OneDrive app for macOS.
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So, is there any way for me to reliably set the folders to sync with OneDrive, without having to download the full 250GB of my OneDrive folder?īTW, I have the OneDrive app running successfully on an older iMac but I think that was already setup before I started backing up to OneDrive. (Dropbox, for instance has such a feature). Unfortunately, when setting up OneDrive, there is no option to specify what folders to sync. (don't have a screenshot right now, as it's hard to reproduce). It's almost impossible to get to the correct setting but if I get there and uncheck the relevant folders I get a popup from Onedrive telling me it can't do it because of some content that first needs to be uploaded. However, trying to do selective syncing configured, I bump into the spinning beachball when trying to adjust the OneDrive settings. I want to exclude a certain big (Backup) folder from syncing. The app starts syncing all the content, which is about 250GB, and which is not what I want (it would drain my ISP quota).
After installing the app from the Mac App Store and linking my Microsoft account, the app immediately start syncing. I am having trouble getting OneDrive setup on a new iMac running macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Or, to select the folders to sync during the setup procedure of the app? Is it possible to configure through the Terminal or otherwise which folders to selectively sync in the OneDrive app for macOS?
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