![]() ![]() ![]() But I had to visit every directory to make sure OneDrive created the symbolic links on my hard disk as many directories were completely empty. ![]() I found a workaround that allowed me to copy the physical directory on my hard disk to a removable hard drive and this forced OneDrive to physically download the file and then copy it to the removable drive. I then tried downloading the files from the Microsoft OneDrive website via the browser, but the ZIP files were too big in some cases and couldn't be opened. I tried the option before I downloaded the files, and after. I spent 14 hours trying to download the files, trying to use the “keep files on this device” option, literally going folder-to-folder to do this as there is no master setting. I have to remember the contents of everything in my head! Not to mention that, but Mac’s Spotlight now no longer has any files on my hard disk to index, so the whole ability to search in my files quickly and easily is gone. htaccess backup files for websites I manage are no longer there, and OneDrive can’t download them because it has a problem with this filename - so they are gone for good. I keep cache files for my video editing in my OneDrive so they were backed up. ![]() Microsft gives you the ability to “keep files on your hard disk” as an option in the right-click menu for a folder, but it’s so unreliable that it basically doesn’t work. Folders emptied while OneDrive replaced them with ‘symbolic links’ - mere ghosts of the files that were there before with zero bytes in the name of helping me conserve disk space. In the space of a few minutes, my files disappeared. I upgraded the app (as normal) and got an alert saying the new feature had been introduced, but nothing to say it was now the default. They would download them to you when you want to use them. They decided that ALL files in OneDrive would default to being held only in the cloud and not on your hard disk. Well, Microsoft did this when they released the update to OneDrive last week. It’s a sad day when a tech giant decides how you are going to manage your files and doesn’t give you an opt-out beforehand. ![]()
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