Yay finally found someone who is clear, doesn't rush thru steps, without having to pause and rewind repeatedly to understand, and friendly. Not to mention knowledgeable. You are the one. Thanks Chris
I am in the UK. I have been using Onedrive for over 5 years and my files and folders were in a mess with copies everywhere (different versions too), as I wasn't confident how Onedrive worked. I have finally moved them into one place on Onedrive and with your video, I can honestly say that I understand how it works. I am now more confident to use my files on Onedrive. Great video. So easy to understand as you explained everything. Thank you very much.
Thank you I need to bookmark this! I was a bit frustrated with moving from Vista 8.1 to Windows 11 because I believed I couldn't save anything directly to my computer but alas! Your explanation clearly showed me that my files can always be available if I choose!
🤔 I've watched several of the onedrive videos on UA-cam and remained confused or worse more 😵💫confused than before watching. However, Chris finally managed to get onedrive status icons explained in a way or manner that made it MUCH easier for me. 👍
I had my doubts that you could save my opinion of OneDrive but kudos to you. Without your video OneDrive was the most confusing online back up systems I've ever seen. Now, it makes sense. Thanks so much!!!
Brilliantly explained in plain English that even I can understand. Been struggling to understand OneDrive and why it is taking up so much space on my C: Drive when my Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos folders are all on my D: Drive. Now I know! Not only that, I now know how to free up that space. Thanks ever so much.
Thank you chris menard . From 2021. I am searching for the green tick that comes on folder from one drive . Now I satisfied by this video u explain . Great job man . 👍
This video is a gem. I've been searching for over a year for a good explanation and walk through on this. Finally a clear thorough explanation. Thank you
Excellent video. There was a lot I didn't understand with OneDrive. Chris made it so easy to understand. I wasn't sure I wanted to spend 13 mins trying to figure out how to sync my OneDrive but this was the BEST 13 mins invested.
I don't know why files I had uploaded decided not to be marked with 'Always'... what a strange and terribly annoying bug. THANKS MAN. You helped me fix my issue where random folders were white filled green circle and half were green filled. I want everything available all the time, if I can see it. I dispise the linking system Microsoft has forced upon us that generates countless errors before we're able to utilize OneDrive properly.
This was great. I recently had a clean install of Windows 10 done on my PC. Although I had most of my files backed up to an external hard drive, I did lose some things. With this new install, I've made the decision to go to One Drive. I'm still a novice at One Drive so this was extremely clear and helpful.
Thank you for the clear explanation. Refreshing. Nice, calm pacing. Perfect delivery with the just the right amount of detail. Exactly the answer I needed.
I accidentally tapped that "always keep on this device" and my files turned out in green tick. dunno what that means since I am not really techie. 👏😊 now I'm on speaking terms with my laptop and OneDrive. Thanks Sir Menard ❤
Chris thanks for your outstanding explanation on using One Drive. It is essentially a perfect video. Very clear audio and great pacing showing where to click and the purpose of the activity.
When I view onedrive online most my folders are empty, on my pc they have the blue cloud and I click on it and it is empty. I just started using ondrive, but years ago i'm sure my files somehow when to onedrive without me knowing. I was never interested in it back then, but now I'm starting to use it. Lots of stuff to learn. Your video was very good.
Nice work. Clear and unhurried pace yet utilizing the available time so efficiently. Thanks for a great video. And excellent audio quality to go with it. Microsoft has its own tutorial, but yours is much better. Maybe they should hire you before they make their next tutorial. Thumbs up and subscribing.
I am a very slow learner in that my preference learning is from wholes down to parts. Your explanations have helped me a great deal to fill in those gaps though. Thank you.
Hi Chris. Thank you so much for this. I've been looking for someone to explain this to me in plain language for so long now. From 'Subscribed & Happy'.
Very very very nicely explained. It sorted out all my doubts and concerns. Thank you so much, Chris. You're doing a great & wonderful job! Keep it up! 😊
Thank you Chris! I just learnt so many things. Was wondering why my documents and files have the green check. Now I am fully informed. Grateful for the knowledge sharing. Suli (Fiji)
Explained in detail. Question! 1. If you’re using your institutional one drive space allocated to you, I want to know if the institution can access that account without your knowledge 2. If possible, is there a way one can secure their documents so that the instructions cannot access it? 👍🏿👍🏿
With OneDrive for Work or School, the answer is *YES* . Technically, your company or institution, an IT Admin, could see your files. Will they? Most likely not, but they can. If you are worried about files being accessed, I would not store them on your school/work computer. You could use OneDrive Personal, which is free or you get it with a Microsoft 365 personal or family account for $69 or $99 a year respectively. That OneDrive is only for you.
Great video, clear explanations. I'm new to OneDrive. If you delete a file that's local, it goes to the recycle bin. What if it's cloud only, does it get downloaded and placed into the recycle bin? Also when a file, say is in the cloud Documents folder and is downloaded to your desktop, where does it go? I ask because my OneDrive Documents folder shows files with a green check mark, but my local Documents folder shows "This folder is empty".
10:13 can you explain what to be careful with blue cloud on folder when at least one file in that folder is with blue cloud? In that case, the danger is only when hard disk drive is filling up? Have I understood well? Thank you!
Correct. for example, if a folder has 100 files in it, and all but one are stored locally and cloud, meaning they have a checkmark, and one file is cloud-only (blue cloud), those 99 files are taking up the hard drive space. That could be an issue if your hard drive is almost out of space.
@@ChrisMenardTraining Sir, thank you very much for your time and answer. I am sorry to insist but want to make one more clarification. The point that you are referring to has to do with the let's say status"label" of the folder. With what the user sees with his/her eyes. On your example with the 100 files (one blue and 99 green) the problem is that the user, if not being inside the folder to see its contents, out of the folder, he/she will see blue cloud folder. So, the blue label will be given to the folder by the only one blue label file. Maybe the user will be thinking that all 100 files will not be on his/her device, and these files will not be keeping up space to his/her hard drive. Maybe he/see will be thinking all data will be on OneDrive's hard drive. But no. The 99 files, will be keeping space of the device hard drive, that will be an issue if hard drive is almost full. A very good solution is not to complex on the same folder blue files with green files/folders.
@@yiannisserpico2646 I'm agreeing with you. That is just how Microsoft set it up. I just tested and it is still true. The blue icon on a folder, even if only one file out is blue and the others are checked. What I do occasionally, is select multiple folders I KNOW I want cloud-only, right-click, and select free up space. A perfect world would be if Microsoft make a new folder icon if the folder had multiple icon files in it. Screenshot - one folder in blue, but three files all with various icons. drive.google.com/file/d/1YKoLSiXMP8P_ulZPcKyq0vYs-qaHPvza/view?usp=drivesdk
@@ChrisMenardTraining Hello again and I am sorry for the answer delay. Too busy all week. All this week I came exactly to the same conclusion as the one you say:the best solution was if Microsoft created another new folder icon if a folder had mixed files/folders in it. e.g. exactly like the one on the picture you uploaded. It is a perfect example image to understand the whole thing. Thank you very much for the whole answering, your time, and image upload. Also, from many UA-cam videos I saw as a new OneDrive student, yours is no doubt the one that explains it perfect, and if he/she watches it, will for sure understand everything. Perfect video !!! Thank you again!
Thanks, I needed this. Just had to start using onedrive for work, my first week using and I lost internet and had none of my files to work with. I couldn't figure how how to get everything back on the new laptop. I'm running "always keep on device" right now, fingers crossed!
BEST explanation of OneDrive I have ever seen. I do have a question. I am running Windows 10 21H1. When I Right-Click on either of my two OneDrive folders (personal and work), the "free up space" option is grayed out. Any ideas? Thanks again for an outstanding tutorial!
If free up space is grayed out, that means you are not using *Files on Demand* . See this screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/12Arvc0g9ZVPG9bt_g6JYszwto-tQamk_/view?usp=drivesdk it is possible your employer has disabled it, but with your personal OD account, you control it.
Awesome Tutorial! I am a little confused about the cloud versus this PC for storing pictures and stuff. I have been conditioned to store files onto my PC; however, it seems that pics and files stored onto this PC C drive are also stored in my cloud?
Toni, great point. I like my files synced with OneDrive. I don't want my computer to crash and lose my file. Now, I have a few folders and files on my computer that are not synced. These are folders and files; if my computer died, I would not care if I lost them. See the folders and files in the red rectangle. They are not in the cloud and only locally stored. drive.google.com/file/d/1QWoEM4vZc3Z1jyaAyzac6Rvb4-HwwtIN/view?usp=drivesdk
Great video Chris. Very simple and to the point yet very clear. One question though: if I work on any file locally how do I ensure the changes are mirrored in the existing cloud version of the same file, and vice-versa? Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video. Could you show us how we can set up both a personal and a work or school OneDrive account on a new computer or desktop.
I'll make a video in the next couple of weeks. Do you have Windows 10? If yes, you should have OneDrive installed for personal. I added a business by opening up the personal OD and going to settings and accounts. I added an account (my work account) Here is a screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/1fmoqeZSFtQOqHgMj5ILMAERmWAJxN9MX/view?usp=drivesdk
This video is so helpful I think onedrive is quite complicated. btw, i have 4 different phone's brand. Then i backed it up to one drive, but onedrive made it everything in one folder (from 4 phone together), how to make it separate and rename every folders that come from each phone? Please help Thanks
Great video but I was looking for information about the brown box that seems to appear sometimes on the bottom left of some files that are saved in my one drive.
Wow, so simple but first time I've understood exactly what these symbols mean. Thanks! Oh, do you have a vid on setting up 2 OneDrive accounts on one PC? Business and personal like yours? Also maybe a way to set up where you have more than one account and be able to see on one PC?
1) In OneDrive settings one of the default options ticked is Files on Demand is ticked to save space and download files as you use them. I assume we can manually over-ride this when we right click on all our folders and tick "Always keep on this computer". The benefit by de-selecting Files on Demand is that when future folders are created, then the manual option to store locally would not be required. 2) My reason for storing my files both locally and in the web is because I want my computer to backup all my files. When they are only in the cloud it is a false sense of protection. Synch can run amuck, disaster can strike. I want my files protected by an external backup system, and that is not possible with files only available on the cloud. I learned this the hard way, thinking I was backing up my computer files, but actually every folder was EMPTY! So ignorance can be hell. - so to verify, if I have the solid green icons in my file explorer, my files are backing up?
Thank you! If I only want to use Onedrive for a cloud backup can I use "Unlink this PC" - then when I have changes to files I can manually copy and paste or upload.
Hello, Jim. Yes, you can do that. I'm curious why you don't let one drive just work as usual? You have 1 TB of storage. That way you don't have to manually back up files, which can be a hassle if you are in multiple files daily.
Nicely explained. Thank you. What if there are no icons showing in the icon section? Does this mean OneDrive is not currently active or syncing? Also, can you do a video on changing the path of files? For example, how do I get my files to go from c:/users/name/OneDrive/Documents to c:/users/name/Documents?
Here are steps on moving your OneDrive folder location.support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-location-of-your-onedrive-folder-f386fb81-1461-40a7-be2c-712676b2c4ae
If it wasn't so far away I would come to offer you a drink. Man , that's explained as the best. Thanks a lot.
Thanks, Marc. I could use a "beverage" today. :-)
100% agree
Yay finally found someone who is clear, doesn't rush thru steps, without having to pause and rewind repeatedly to understand, and friendly. Not to mention knowledgeable. You are the one. Thanks Chris
Thank you, Monalisa. Much appreciated.
@@ChrisMenardTraining I could not be more agree with Monalisa, Thank you Chris
absolutely
My words exactly!!! Big thanks.
So far the only tutorial I've seen that takes it slow and doesn't require prior experience to soft design.
Thank you!
I am in the UK. I have been using Onedrive for over 5 years and my files and folders were in a mess with copies everywhere (different versions too), as I wasn't confident how Onedrive worked. I have finally moved them into one place on Onedrive and with your video, I can honestly say that I understand how it works. I am now more confident to use my files on Onedrive. Great video. So easy to understand as you explained everything. Thank you very much.
Awesome compliment. I appreciate it.
Finally, someone that knows what the purpose of the solid green circle means.
Thank you!
Thank you I need to bookmark this! I was a bit frustrated with moving from Vista 8.1 to Windows 11 because I believed I couldn't save anything directly to my computer but alas! Your explanation clearly showed me that my files can always be available if I choose!
I found your video to be the most useful instruction in all of the web. You kept me from making monumental errors.
🤔 I've watched several of the onedrive videos on UA-cam and remained confused or worse more 😵💫confused than before watching. However, Chris finally managed to get onedrive status icons explained in a way or manner that made it MUCH easier for me. 👍
I had my doubts that you could save my opinion of OneDrive but kudos to you. Without your video OneDrive was the most confusing online back up systems I've ever seen. Now, it makes sense. Thanks so much!!!
Brilliantly explained in plain English that even I can understand. Been struggling to understand OneDrive and why it is taking up so much space on my C: Drive when my Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos folders are all on my D: Drive. Now I know! Not only that, I now know how to free up that space. Thanks ever so much.
Thank you chris menard . From 2021. I am searching for the green tick that comes on folder from one drive . Now I satisfied by this video u explain . Great job man . 👍
This video is a gem. I've been searching for over a year for a good explanation and walk through on this. Finally a clear thorough explanation. Thank you
Thanks, Mustafa.
At last ... somebody who explains things clearly, not as if I should already know it!
Thank you Tyler.
2023 SETTING AND LOCATIONS : are not in this video , but you can figure it out yourself , with this video guide , it helped a lot
Cant believe I struggled so long to understand one drive - thank you so much for this
Glad to help. It can be confusing.
Excellent video. There was a lot I didn't understand with OneDrive. Chris made it so easy to understand. I wasn't sure I wanted to spend 13 mins trying to figure out how to sync my OneDrive but this was the BEST 13 mins invested.
Jim, thank you so much. I remember making this video and when I was done, I couldn't believe I went for 13 minutes. :-)
I don't know why files I had uploaded decided not to be marked with 'Always'... what a strange and terribly annoying bug. THANKS MAN. You helped me fix my issue where random folders were white filled green circle and half were green filled. I want everything available all the time, if I can see it. I dispise the linking system Microsoft has forced upon us that generates countless errors before we're able to utilize OneDrive properly.
This was great. I recently had a clean install of Windows 10 done on my PC. Although I had most of my files backed up to an external hard drive, I did lose some things. With this new install, I've made the decision to go to One Drive. I'm still a novice at One Drive so this was extremely clear and helpful.
Thank you, Beth
Thank you for the clear explanation. Refreshing. Nice, calm pacing. Perfect delivery with the just the right amount of detail. Exactly the answer I needed.
I appreciate the positive comment. Thank you, Sheri.
Well done! Clear, Concise, and Accurate! Clear videography, clean audio, excellent editing. Thank you.
Thanks, Dan! I appreciate the feedback.
Yes! Lol… Dan said it. Thank you. I needed this info and you got right to it.💕
once again UA-cam has saved my life😭😭 thank you so much for the explanation👍💯
Happy to hear that!
Thank you Chris for your clear explanation🙏
I like your clear pronounciation and the (slow) pace of your explanation 👍
My pleasure!
I accidentally tapped that "always keep on this device" and my files turned out in green tick. dunno what that means since I am not really techie. 👏😊 now I'm on speaking terms with my laptop and OneDrive. Thanks Sir Menard ❤
Excellent!
Great Video Sir !!! Very much appreciated!!!
Chris thanks for your outstanding explanation on using One Drive. It is essentially a perfect video. Very clear audio and great pacing showing where to click and the purpose of the activity.
Very welcome!
Thanks for your explanation!
Finally i found some one explain the main difference between the green check mark & the white check mark.
Thank you. I know what you mean. I've seen some horrible explanations of the check marks.
Thanks .You explained many things which were not clear to me or not discussed on other youtube videos. Great man.
Glad it helped. Thanks, Mohsin.
great video, just what i was looking for, concise, clear and informative. not to mention use of in time examples for better understanding.
Awesome, thank you!
The icons were confusing and you have aptly clarified.
Thank you!
When I view onedrive online most my folders are empty, on my pc they have the blue cloud and I click on it and it is empty. I just started using ondrive, but years ago i'm sure my files somehow when to onedrive without me knowing. I was never interested in it back then, but now I'm starting to use it. Lots of stuff to learn. Your video was very good.
Thank you.
Nice work. Clear and unhurried pace yet utilizing the available time so efficiently. Thanks for a great video. And excellent audio quality to go with it.
Microsoft has its own tutorial, but yours is much better. Maybe they should hire you before they make their next tutorial.
Thumbs up and subscribing.
Thank you. A lot of my videos end up on Microsoft's 365 UA-cam channel. I appreciate the nice compliment.
I am a very slow learner in that my preference learning is from wholes down to parts. Your explanations have helped me a great deal to fill in those gaps though. Thank you.
Very well explained thank you. That has resolved my confusion as to where a particular file/folder is stored - cloud, local or both.
Thank you, Robert.
Thanks so much Chris....Ive had one drive for ages and its always been a mystery. You made it so clear and concise. Thank you.
Very welcome.
Clear, concise,.and no time wasted. Thank you!
Thank you.
Chris you are one of the best! Thanks for the detailed explanation
Happy to help!
Thanks alot for this amazing informative video! 🙌🏻✨ I was searching for this for soooo long. Finally found this n now my all worries r gone. 😺
My pleasure 😊
Hi Chris. Thank you so much for this. I've been looking for someone to explain this to me in plain language for so long now. From 'Subscribed & Happy'.
Excellent. Awesome tutorial. Very simple and to the point. All the best Sir
Glad you liked it
It can't get anymore simple than this. Thank you soo much howtobasic!
Glad to help.
Very very very nicely explained. It sorted out all my doubts and concerns. Thank you so much, Chris. You're doing a great & wonderful job! Keep it up! 😊
You're very welcome! Thank you for the positive feedback.
@@ChrisMenardTraining - I just realized that I missed to subscribe! How could I not! Nonetheless, it's done now! 😊
Excellent explanation. I'm new to this and you made it so simple and clear...far better than One Drive or Microsoft can do Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks, Robert.
Outstanding! Best explanations I've ever gotten.
Great to hear! Thank you!
Thank you Chris! I just learnt so many things. Was wondering why my documents and files have the green check. Now I am fully informed. Grateful for the knowledge sharing. Suli (Fiji)
Great to hear!
Very well explained in very simple terms!!! Well done and many thanks.
You are welcome! Thanks, Brian.
Very good explanation for OneDrive. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Excellent video, Chris! Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Thanks, Patrick.
Great VDO, this is very helpful and simple understandable. Much appreciated.
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much! All perfectly explained and in a pleasant way to listen to as well :)
Thank you for offering such clear and concise information.
You're very welcome!
Thanks!
Such an brilliant video. Everything so well explained. It all makes sense.
Thank you Sally. Much appreciated.
I agree with @Marc Sierens so we'll have to make it a double as your explanation was so easy to understand and navigate through. Thank you very much
Thank you, Tim! I appreciate the positive feedback.
Brilliant video, very informative and clear. Thanks for posting.
Thanks man!! great video, super concise and clear!
You're welcome!
Excellent Video! Very simple and to the point
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great info thanks for the 'simplified' training Chris
Glad to help. Thanks, Clay.
Hey man, very clean, interesting and professional. Good sNice tutorialt.
Hey, thanks!
Thanks alot! Your explanation was quick and easy
Thanks, Malar!
Great video. Very clear. Very useful. Thank you Chris.
You are welcome! Thanks Vee Bee.
Thank you so much for your excellent explanation.
You are welcome!
Explained in detail.
Question!
1. If you’re using your institutional one drive space allocated to you, I want to know if the institution can access that account without your knowledge
2. If possible, is there a way one can secure their documents so that the instructions cannot access it?
👍🏿👍🏿
With OneDrive for Work or School, the answer is *YES* . Technically, your company or institution, an IT Admin, could see your files. Will they? Most likely not, but they can. If you are worried about files being accessed, I would not store them on your school/work computer. You could use OneDrive Personal, which is free or you get it with a Microsoft 365 personal or family account for $69 or $99 a year respectively. That OneDrive is only for you.
Clear, Simple, Perfect
Thank you.
Great video. I didn't know this was how it worked. Thank you.
Glad to help. I kept getting asked about OneDrive so I decided to make a video.
Thank You ! Very clear and simple !
You are welcome!
Great video... so easy to understand!
Glad to hear that!
Excellent video. Please keep'em coming!
Will do. I publish between 2 to 4 videos a week.
Great Explanation!! 3 Dissimilar icons would have been better, MS!
agreed.
Excellent video, thanks Chris 👍
Thanks 👍
Thanks! very informative. Stuff, if you don't know about it already, is useful immediately and supports productivity.
Great video, clear explanations. I'm new to OneDrive. If you delete a file that's local, it goes to the recycle bin. What if it's cloud only, does it get downloaded and placed into the recycle bin?
Also when a file, say is in the cloud Documents folder and is downloaded to your desktop, where does it go? I ask because my OneDrive Documents folder shows files with a green check mark, but my local Documents folder shows "This folder is empty".
Thank you for the information. Exactly what I needed.
Glad to help. Thanks, John.
10:13 can you explain what to be careful with blue cloud on folder when at least one file in that folder is with blue cloud? In that case, the danger is only when hard disk drive is filling up? Have I understood well? Thank you!
Correct. for example, if a folder has 100 files in it, and all but one are stored locally and cloud, meaning they have a checkmark, and one file is cloud-only (blue cloud), those 99 files are taking up the hard drive space. That could be an issue if your hard drive is almost out of space.
@@ChrisMenardTraining Sir, thank you very much for your time and answer. I am sorry to insist but want to make one more clarification. The point that you are referring to has to do with the let's say status"label" of the folder. With what the user sees with his/her eyes. On your example with the 100 files (one blue and 99 green) the problem is that the user, if not being inside the folder to see its contents, out of the folder, he/she will see blue cloud folder. So, the blue label will be given to the folder by the only one blue label file. Maybe the user will be thinking that all 100 files will not be on his/her device, and these files will not be keeping up space to his/her hard drive. Maybe he/see will be thinking all data will be on OneDrive's hard drive. But no. The 99 files, will be keeping space of the device hard drive, that will be an issue if hard drive is almost full. A very good solution is not to complex on the same folder blue files with green files/folders.
@@yiannisserpico2646 I'm agreeing with you. That is just how Microsoft set it up. I just tested and it is still true. The blue icon on a folder, even if only one file out is blue and the others are checked. What I do occasionally, is select multiple folders I KNOW I want cloud-only, right-click, and select free up space. A perfect world would be if Microsoft make a new folder icon if the folder had multiple icon files in it. Screenshot - one folder in blue, but three files all with various icons. drive.google.com/file/d/1YKoLSiXMP8P_ulZPcKyq0vYs-qaHPvza/view?usp=drivesdk
@@ChrisMenardTraining Hello again and I am sorry for the answer delay. Too busy all week. All this week I came exactly to the same conclusion as the one you say:the best solution was if Microsoft created another new folder icon if a folder had mixed files/folders in it. e.g. exactly like the one on the picture you uploaded. It is a perfect example image to understand the whole thing. Thank you very much for the whole answering, your time, and image upload. Also, from many UA-cam videos I saw as a new OneDrive student, yours is no doubt the one that explains it perfect, and if he/she watches it, will for sure understand everything. Perfect video !!! Thank you again!
Thanks, I needed this. Just had to start using onedrive for work, my first week using and I lost internet and had none of my files to work with. I couldn't figure how how to get everything back on the new laptop. I'm running "always keep on device" right now, fingers crossed!
BEST explanation of OneDrive I have ever seen. I do have a question. I am running Windows 10 21H1. When I Right-Click on either of my two OneDrive folders (personal and work), the "free up space" option is grayed out. Any ideas? Thanks again for an outstanding tutorial!
If free up space is grayed out, that means you are not using *Files on Demand* . See this screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/12Arvc0g9ZVPG9bt_g6JYszwto-tQamk_/view?usp=drivesdk it is possible your employer has disabled it, but with your personal OD account, you control it.
Great tutorial. What does the "circling arrows" Icon mean?
that means a sync is in progress
Now we understand - this was great information Chris July 202
Chris, spectacular, thank you...
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks man, needed this video!
Glad it helped!
This was so helpful! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Chris brilliant video thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Michael.
Awesome Tutorial! I am a little confused about the cloud versus this PC for storing pictures and stuff. I have been conditioned to store files onto my PC; however, it seems that pics and files stored onto this PC C drive are also stored in my cloud?
Toni, great point. I like my files synced with OneDrive. I don't want my computer to crash and lose my file. Now, I have a few folders and files on my computer that are not synced. These are folders and files; if my computer died, I would not care if I lost them. See the folders and files in the red rectangle. They are not in the cloud and only locally stored. drive.google.com/file/d/1QWoEM4vZc3Z1jyaAyzac6Rvb4-HwwtIN/view?usp=drivesdk
clear explanation.. good graphics , Thanks
You're welcome!
thanks for a really nice walkthrough
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, Kasper.
Great video Chris. Very simple and to the point yet very clear. One question though: if I work on any file locally how do I ensure the changes are mirrored in the existing cloud version of the same file, and vice-versa? Thank you.
If you are updating files and you want they stay sync. Make sure they have the check mark. That takes care of it.
Thank you so much for this video. Could you show us how we can set up both a personal and a work or school OneDrive account on a new computer or desktop.
I'll make a video in the next couple of weeks. Do you have Windows 10? If yes, you should have OneDrive installed for personal. I added a business by opening up the personal OD and going to settings and accounts. I added an account (my work account) Here is a screenshot. drive.google.com/file/d/1fmoqeZSFtQOqHgMj5ILMAERmWAJxN9MX/view?usp=drivesdk
That really was a great explanation
Thank you! Much appreciated. I love OneDrive.
This video is so helpful
I think onedrive is quite complicated.
btw, i have 4 different phone's brand. Then i backed it up to one drive, but onedrive made it everything in one folder (from 4 phone together), how to make it separate and rename every folders that come from each phone?
Please help
Thanks
Informative... OneDrive is wonderful indeed.
I agree! Thanks, AJ.
Your videos are so helpful!!!
Great video but I was looking for information about the brown box that seems to appear sometimes on the bottom left of some files that are saved in my one drive.
Nice explanation, thanks!
You are welcome.
Excellent video. Thanks. And yes, OneDrive is very good
Thanks, Anthony.
I was always fascinated by trap soft, been listening to trap long ti and i finally decided that i will try to make my own but i was so
Wow, so simple but first time I've understood exactly what these symbols mean. Thanks! Oh, do you have a vid on setting up 2 OneDrive accounts on one PC? Business and personal like yours? Also maybe a way to set up where you have more than one account and be able to see on one PC?
Thank you for the video, it was very helpful!
You're welcome!
1) In OneDrive settings one of the default options ticked is Files on Demand is ticked to save space and download files as you use them. I assume we can manually over-ride this when we right click on all our folders and tick "Always keep on this computer". The benefit by de-selecting Files on Demand is that when future folders are created, then the manual option to store locally would not be required. 2) My reason for storing my files both locally and in the web is because I want my computer to backup all my files. When they are only in the cloud it is a false sense of protection. Synch can run amuck, disaster can strike. I want my files protected by an external backup system, and that is not possible with files only available on the cloud. I learned this the hard way, thinking I was backing up my computer files, but actually every folder was EMPTY! So ignorance can be hell. - so to verify, if I have the solid green icons in my file explorer, my files are backing up?
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Thank you! If I only want to use Onedrive for a cloud backup can I use "Unlink this PC" - then when I have changes to files I can manually copy and paste or upload.
Hello, Jim. Yes, you can do that. I'm curious why you don't let one drive just work as usual? You have 1 TB of storage. That way you don't have to manually back up files, which can be a hassle if you are in multiple files daily.
Great explanation..thanks so much..
You are welcome!
Nicely explained. Thank you. What if there are no icons showing in the icon section? Does this mean OneDrive is not currently active or syncing? Also, can you do a video on changing the path of files? For example, how do I get my files to go from c:/users/name/OneDrive/Documents to c:/users/name/Documents?
Here are steps on moving your OneDrive folder location.support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-location-of-your-onedrive-folder-f386fb81-1461-40a7-be2c-712676b2c4ae