MicroSoft OneDrive. PC alway busy.

thestoloffs wrote:
TenOC, what operating system are you running? There's quite a difference between how OneDrive runs on Win 8/8.1 & on Win 10.

Window 7 - 64 Ultra My OS is on the C: Drive. I have a separate F: drive for all my data.

TenOC, what operating system are you running? There's quite a difference between how OneDrive runs on Win 8/8.1 & on Win 10.

coolmom42 wrote:

TenOC wrote:
When I install OD it ask what folder I wanted to syn to. The default was on the C: drive. This is way I changed to the F:\OneDrive folder. I assume that any file I put in this folder would be automatically syn to the cloud.


Are you suggesting that I simply manual upload to the OD cloud the files I want to store AND SHARE on the cloud?

That is the way I use OneDrive, just as a manual backup. I don't want everything automatically synced, because if you delete a file or get a corrupted file, then your backup is gone, too.

I use Dropbox for sharing. It's designed for that.

I suspect your sync setting is why it's continually running, although that seems odd. My other Microsoft apps like OneNote don't run forever to sync.

The One Drive sync client allows you to work on and offline. It does this by saving a copy of your OneDrive content locally on your c drive. By doing this your files are continuously re-syncing as you make changes to them whether it's in on your computer, a public computer, iPad or other device. Basically the cloud and your local one drive content constantly talk to each other to make sure all your files are updated regardless of where and when you work on them. Change the location of your local one drive folder back to its default location. That is my recommendation. Not sure what your f drive is. Good luck, Matt

TenOC wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
One Drive content is not meant to be copied to your local hard drive. By definition One Drive is intended to be "cloud" storage. There's no reason to put its content on a local drive.

Best use of One Drive is to back up your local content and put files in it so you can access them anywhere you can log in to your Microsoft account.

You might find this website useful.

If you are not going to SYN between the cloud and your PC, why does one need the OD app?

You can store content exclusively in the cloud, download it to work on, then upload it back to OneDrive. You can access the content from anywhere you are logged into your Microsoft account.

TenOC wrote:
When I install OD it ask what folder I wanted to syn to. The default was on the C: drive. This is way I changed to the F:\OneDrive folder. I assume that any file I put in this folder would be automatically syn to the cloud.

Are you suggesting that I simply manual upload to the OD cloud the files I want to store AND SHARE on the cloud?

That is the way I use OneDrive, just as a manual backup. I don't want everything automatically synced, because if you delete a file or get a corrupted file, then your backup is gone, too.

I use Dropbox for sharing. It's designed for that.

I suspect your sync setting is why it's continually running, although that seems odd. My other Microsoft apps like OneNote don't run forever to sync.

When I install OD it ask what folder I wanted to syn to. The default was on the C: drive. This is way I changed to the F:\OneDrive folder. I assume that any file I put in this folder would be automatically syn to the cloud.

Are you suggesting that I simply manual upload to the OD cloud the files I want to store AND SHARE on the cloud?

coolmom42 wrote:
One Drive content is not meant to be copied to your local hard drive. By definition One Drive is intended to be "cloud" storage. There's no reason to put its content on a local drive.

Best use of One Drive is to back up your local content and put files in it so you can access them anywhere you can log in to your Microsoft account.

You might find this website useful.

If you are not going to SYN between the cloud and your PC, why does one need the OD app?

One Drive content is not meant to be copied to your local hard drive. By definition One Drive is intended to be "cloud" storage. There's no reason to put its content on a local drive.

Best use of One Drive is to back up your local content and put files in it so you can access them anywhere you can log in to your Microsoft account.

You might find this website useful.