- Onedrive Sync Client For Mac
- Sharepoint Sync Client For Mac
- Sync Client For Multi File/folder Uploads
- Onedrive New Sync Client
- Onedrive For Mac Sync Issues
When you install the OneDrive app for Mac, a copy of your OneDrive is downloaded to your Mac and put in the OneDrive folder. This folder is kept in sync with OneDrive. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder on the OneDrive website, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted in your OneDrive folder and vice versa.
To upload files to OneDrive automatically, just copy or move the files to your OneDrive folder using the Finder, or save them in your OneDrive folder from an app. Files you upload this way can be up to 15GB in size if you're signed in to a Microsoft account, or 15GB if you're signed in to a work or school account. If you installed the OneDrive app on other computers, the files will automatically be added to the OneDrive folders on them, too.
You can also use the Finder to rename and delete files, create new folders, and move files around in your OneDrive folder. The changes will automatically be made in OneDrive and your other computers that have the OneDrive app installed.
The OneDrive sync client lets you sync files from your OneDrive for Business and even from SharePoint sites if your admin enabled it. (If you're the IT admin for your organization, see Enable users to sync SharePoint files with the new OneDrive sync client.)
Install and set up
If you have signed in to the OneDrive sync client with a Microsoft account (for example, [email protected]), you should already have the OneDrive desktop app and you can skip to step 2 below.
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Install OneDrive for Mac.Important: If you are currently using the OneDrive Mac Store app, you must first uninstall it before installing the latest build of the OneDrive desktop app.
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Start OneDrive Setup.
Method 1: If you have no accounts signed in to OneDrive
If you're not signed in to OneDrive with any account, start OneDrive to connect a work or school account.
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Start OneDrive by pressing cmd+Space to launch a Spotlight query and type OneDrive. This starts OneDrive Setup.
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Enter your work or school account and then select Sign in to set up your account.
Method 2: If you already have a personal account signed in to OneDrive
If you already have a personal account signed in to OneDrive, you’ll want to add a work or school account in OneDrive Preferences.
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Click the OneDrive cloud icon up in your Menu bar, click the three dots to open the menu, and select Preferences.
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Click the Account tab, and then select Add an Account to start OneDrive Setup.
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Enter your work or school account and click Sign in.
Key parts of OneDrive Setup
There are a few points of OneDrive Setup that are helpful to watch for:
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On the This is your OneDrive folder screen, click Choose OneDrive Folder Location.Select a location where you would like to save your OneDrive files and click Choose this location.When you see the This is your OneDrive folder screen, you’ll now see a path to the folder you selected. Click Next to continue.
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On the Sync Files from Your OneDrive screen, you can choose the folders you want to sync to your computer, and click Next. This conserves space on your computer, and reduces bandwidth needed for the sync processes.
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When you see Your OneDrive Is Ready for You, the last thing to do is make sure you select Open at login so my files sync automatically. This will ensure that OneDrive runs at login and you always have the most up to date version of all your files.After you enable OneDrive to open at login, you’re done! Click Open your OneDrive folder to see your files sync to your folder.
You can find OneDrive up in your Menu bar. You’ll have a cloud icon for every account you’ve connected to OneDrive. So you’ll have one cloud if you’re only syncing a work or school account, one cloud if you’re syncing only a personal account, or two clouds if you’re syncing both.
You’ll also see a folder in Finder called OneDrive – YourTenantName.
Turn on Finder integration
If you’re on OSX 10.10 or higher, get sync status directly from Finder by enabling Finder overlays in Settings.
First, click the Apple logo in the top left corner of your Mac Desktop and select System Preferences, then select Extensions in the top-level menu (shown in the 3rd row from the top).
Toggle on the OneDrive Finder Integration to enable Finder overlays.
You’re all set. Open up your OneDrive folder in Finder to see overlays on your files and folders.
Onedrive Sync Client For Mac
If you're an admin and want to enable sync icon overlays on multiple computers, you can use this Terminal command:
/usr/bin/pluginkit -e use -i com.microsoft.OneDrive-mac.FinderSync
Sync SharePoint sites
Sharepoint Sync Client For Mac
To sync libraries and folders
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Click the Office 365 app launcher , and then click SharePoint.
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Click the site that you want to sync.
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Click Documents or navigate to the subfolder that you want to sync.
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Click Sync.
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If your browser requests permission to use 'Microsoft OneDrive,' confirm that this is okay.Note: Your organization needs to enable SharePoint site syncing with the OneDrive desktop app for you to sync sites on your Mac. If you're the IT admin for your organization, see Enable users to sync SharePoint files with the new OneDrive sync client. If you're not the IT admin, contact your IT department.
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Choose the folders that you want to sync, and then click Start sync.
SharePoint team sites sync under a folder with your tenant name. This folder is automatically added to the left navigation pane in Finder.
Manage your syncing sites
You can manage your syncing sites in the sync client settings.
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Click the OneDrive icon in the menu bar.
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Click Preferences, and then click the Account tab.
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To change the folders that you're syncing, click Choose Folders for that location, and then choose the folders that you want to sync. To stop syncing a site, click Stop Sync next to the site. (Copies of the files remain on your computer. You can delete them if you want.)
Additional resources
For additional resources about the OneDrive desktop app:
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Learn how administrators can deploy the OneDrive desktop app on OS X to users in their enterprise environment.
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Release notes about the OneDrive desktop app.
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Knowledge base article covering limits and restrictions (such as invalid characters in file names).
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Need more help?
Get online help
See more support pages for OneDrive and OneDrive for Business. For the OneDrive mobile app, see Troubleshoot OneDrive mobile app problems. |
Email support
If you still need help, shake your mobile device while you're in the OneDrive app or email the OneDrive support team. To contact OneDrive for Business support from your PC or Mac, select the OneDrive icon in the notification area or menu bar, then select More > Send feedback > I don't like something.
OneDrive for Business Admins can also view the OneDrive for Business Tech Community, Help for OneDrive for Business Admins, or contact Office 365 for business support.
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Description
The app is an easy-to-use for beginners, has the ability to fine-tune synchronization settings for the most exacting professionals.
Sync Folders is perfect for folder synchronization on the external storage devices including:
USB, memory cards, disks on remote computers within your network, folders on Cloud services (Dropbox, etc.) With each resynchronization, the app finds and copies only new files and new file versions, thereby reducing synchronization time and extending the life of your storage devices.
Update to Pro+ (website version) and create a bootable clone of your hard drive and you can use it if your main drive is crashed.
The app can synchronize two folders 'on the fly' using our 'REAL TIME SYNC' technology, automatically or manually. The Sync Folders also provides robust tools to filter files and folders so that you sync exactly what you want.
Do you have terabytes (TB) of data to sync? No problem! Sync Folders has been optimized to work with extremely large number of files. Sit back and relax, your data is being automatically synced!
The app supports bidirectional synchronization!
Read the App Store reviews from 22 countries on our website! Customers are excited about the application, and we pride the customer support service. Please, contact us with any questions, we are very happy to provide quick answers and make the app better for you.
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Do you have questions?
Please watch our helpful video tutorial on our website.
FOR BEGINNERS
- Select 2 folders to synchronize.
- Select the synchronization mode, or use the default mode. You do not need to worry about other settings, they are set to the recommended.
- Click the 'Sync current task' button and your folders will be synchronized!
FOR BUSINESS
Set up an instant synchronization of documents between employees of your organization using the 'REAL TIME SYNC' mode.
Employees will always have the latest version of the documents for work.
This mode allows you to instantly sync documents in folders with a large number of files.
It works for 10.8 and later.
FOR PROFESSIONALS
- 2 modes of synchronization.
- 4 file comparison modes allow to synchronize files on the storage devices with different file systems (OS X, FAT32, etc.)
- Ability to select what package types synchronize as files, and which as folders.
- You can transform the app to the convenient file manager using powerful filters for files and folders and writing your own copy script.
- Synchronization over the network. The ability to automatically connect network folders before synchronization.
- The ability to disconnect network folders after synchronization automatically.
- Protection for unauthorized disconnect storage devices (folders) during synchronization.
- Saving the last/all versions of files to be deleted. Using this mode, you can always restore deleted files, even if folders have synchronized several times.
- Quick view the latest changes in synchronized folders.
- Ability to log events. You can filter events by type, task, status. Ability to export the event log to an external file.
- Ability to send event log by e-mail in case of synchronization errors.
- Writing your own copy scripts, for example:
- Copy all non-synced files to selected folder before copying.
- Copying files using Unix commands: cp, rsync ...
The main difference from the similar apps on the App Store:
- Real bidirectional synchronization. Tracking deletions, additions, changes in synchronized folders.
- Faster synchronization of the large folders.
- 'REAL TIME SYNC' mode.
- 4 synchronization statuses in the 'Menu Bar'.
Many thanks to falconexe for his ongoing help with the English translation!
What’s New
- Minor improvements.
v.3.x:
- Added Spotlight Manager for 'Real Time Sync' mode. Ability to enable / disable disks indexing.
- Added the Mojave Dark Mode.
- Improved log. You can select multiple log events to view.
- Include/Exclude DS_Store files (Exclude List)
- Added 'Sync a package type as file' mode (Pro Settings)
- Added 'Start app at login' in the app settings.
- Added the ability to enable / disable to display the copying file progress.
- Shows the description when select the sync mode.
- Improved Log. Increased the writing speed in the log. Added grouping, sorting in the log view.
- Improved synchronization of the network and the NAS folders.
- Added 'Exclude List'. You can exclude the subfolders, files, aliases, hidden files and subfolders, files with specific extensions.
- Improved mode 'Last changes' (Optimized to work with a large number of items).
- Additional monitor of the synchronization process.
v.2.x:
- Added 'Resolving the file versions conflict'.
- Limitation of file date, file size, copying speed and other solutions available on the website.
- Added 'Prevents accidental deletion of all files' mode.
- Improved protection for unauthorized disconnect drives (folders) during sync.
- Added 'Email Error Log'.
Drive Type (for better compatibility with different drive type):
- Mac OS. Drive supports the saving original timestamp of Mac when copying.
- FAT32, ExFAT. Timestamp may differ from the original timestamp in some seconds after copying.
- Drive doesn’t support the saving original timestamp of Mac when copying. Some NAS types.
Comparison mode:
- Timestamp
- Timestamp+Size
- Timestamp+Size+Checksum
- Timestamp+Checksum
- The app prevents sleep mode during synchronization or using 'Auto Sync' mode
- Enable/disable showing App icon in the Dock
- Grayscale/Color icon in Menu Bar
- Enable/disable character indication of Sync-Results in Menu Bar
- Enable/disable 'Reset of Error-Indication Every New Sync'
- Sync locked files
- Added button 'Reset Database'
- Improved protection for unauthorized disconnect drives (folders) during sync
- Improved work 'Folder Filter'. Possibility to make «Folder Filter» for sub-path as: =exact=subfolder1/subfolder2/subfolderN
- Added 'Use shell command to copy'. You can write your own copy scripts, for example:
- Copy all the synchronized files to a selected folder (in addition)
- Copy files using Unix commands: cp, rsync, etc.
- Real Time Sync: It allows you to instantly synchronize changes in folders with any number of subfolders and files (including those with a lot of subfolders and files). It works for 10.8 and later. The Real Time Sync mode supports the main types of files as: .pages, .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .dot, .ods, .jpg, .png, .avi, .mov, and etc. Low usage CPU and RAM in this mode
- Shows the date of the 'Next Sync'
- Protection during copying
- Timer before Auto Sync
- Connect to network folders at launch
- Disconnect network folders after sync
- Improved filter. Filter by the beginning, ending, exact match, any match string. =begin=String, or =end=String, or =exact=String, or String. You can use complex filtering conditions as (=begin=2009, and =end=.jpg,) or (=begin=2010, and =end=.png,)
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Sync Client For Multi File/folder Uploads
I know it’s free, but...
1. The app doesn’t show up in the task bar, I can’t even find the window with CMD+TAB, no where to be found after focus is lost. The only way to get back to the app is opening it again from the AppStore, really guys?
2. I created my first task and start it, it was running. Now I want to create the second task… no + (plus) button to add a second task? I tried to see the menu but, yeah, there’s no menu from the top bar, it doesn’t even show up in the task bar, so I don’t know how I’m gonna have my mirroring tasks. No multiple tasks? Does it even save the tasks to be repeated over time? Seems like there’s a way to sync them every number of seconds, but now I doudbt it. Is it single/mono task? It’s confusing to say the least.
Hopefully I will find out how to open the app, how to get back to it, and have at least the two sync tasks that I need, working periodically, as intended...
Free Version Didn’t Meet my Needs
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Onedrive New Sync Client
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