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I think you have misunderstood something. OneDrive duplicates as you say, syncs only those files and folders you want to have on your local PC, too. It does not sync all content. You are free to choose to sync nothing, keep everything in cloud.
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I have my ISO images folder on OneDrive almost 500 GB at the moment, you can be sure I will not sync those. It's enough I know they are always available. I only sync the content I need to access on regular basis, which I don't want to download every time I need it.
Hi,
Thanks for that Kari.
I guess I've only seen misconfigured OneDrive setting on friends computers so far.
Made me wonder what the heck was the point in storing stuff in a cloud whilst having several copies of it (including outside Onedrive's temp local storage folder) stored locally. Not to mention in backups....
I'll have a good look at that tut.
Thanks,
"Made me wonder what the heck was the point in storing stuff in a cloud whilst having several copies of it (including outside Onedrive's temp local storage folder) stored locally."
So you can access files from another computer just by signing in to OneDrive. Also, what if your house burns down with your computer in it, while you're away one day?
No worries :)
Here's my OneDrive folders list as seen in Edge when I sign in to it, almost 500 GB:
I sync 90 GB of that because I want all my pictures and videos also being stored locally, plus I need certain ISO images to play with virtual machines:
Rest I download when I need something.
There's one "rookie mistake" user often do: they move a file to OneDrive folder on local PC to get it synced to cloud, then remove the file from OneDrive folder. That's a big NO NO; when removed from local OD folder, it will also be removed from cloud.
That's why I always create a folder I call Transfer in my OD folder on local PC. When I want to sync something to cloud then remove it from local PC, I move the file to Transfer folder. When it's synced, I go to OD cloud storage from a browser, move the file there to it's "end storage location", a folder not synced to local PC. The file will now be automatically removed from local Transfer folder and is no longer on local PC only being stored in OD cloud.
Hi,
Great. As said, I'll dive into it. Been out of the pro life for far too long and it's great to learn something new.That's why I always create a folder I call Transfer in my OD folder on local PC. When I want to sync something to cloud then remove it from local PC, I move the file to Transfer folder. When it's synced, I go to OD cloud storage from a browser, move the file there to it's "end storage location", a folder not synced to local PC. The file will now be automatically removed from local Transfer folder and is no longer on local PC only being stored in OD cloud
Thank you for taking the effort. That's cool.
Cheers,
Hi,
I'm afraid I expressed myself badly. I meant to say that I don't want everything I put on One drive to appear also in its' local folder on my system drive.
Rest assured before I would store something on OneDrive I'll make sure I have a copy somewhere. I just don't want to clutter my system drive with personal data etc.
Cheers,
Got it... Coming up with a sensible strategy for OneDrive and all these other 'cloud' services is not always straightforward. I confess, I'm pretty old school about these things (been messing with 'microcomputers' since the late 1970's), and I don't trust my stuff on someone else's computer! It's not that I suspect them of malicious intent - it's just that things have a way of going wrong...