OneDrive is for syncing files across devices. It’s not a backup.
Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why
mrslt@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Happened to me, too. Now I just ignore OneDrive entirely. I don’t think Microsoft understands what cloud storage is supposed to be used for. If I delete something from the cloud, I should still have it locally on my PC. The fact that this isn’t the case means essentially, that OneDrive isn’t actually a cloud service. They’re trying to get you to pay a subscription fee to use your own hard drive. You know, the one you’re already using for free. I wonder why that isn’t taking off? 🤔
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
87Six@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
The problem isn’t one drive’s purpose, it’s that it’s so shoveled into windows that people that have no idea what it is use it accidentally then see files disappearing. It’s unintuitive shovelware with terrible UX, a dreadful combination.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Oh. So it should be called Onesync?
Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
I disagree, it can easily be both. I pay for Google drive and don’t have the client on any of my devices except for my phone, and it’s replicated to my NAS. I use as a form of remote backup and not to sync files.
mrslt@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Then it shouldn’t bitch at me about storage limits. Does it expect me to delete my shit again? All I’m hearing is OneDrive is better off being ignored entirely.
cmhe@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
So like syncthing but you have to pay for it and requires a server. Seems useless…
If you want to sync while not all devices are online, just spend 50$ or something and get a RPI and put syncthing on it.
qevlarr@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Right, so how many files you have on your laptop do you also need on your phone? How many desktop does Microslop think the average person has? If cloud storage is actually only cloud syncing, is there a market?
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Most of them. I use my files across my Windows laptop, desktop, tablet, and Windows 10 Phone. The syncing allows me to have access no mater what device I am on. Just because you don’t use this feature, does not mean it isn’t useful.
qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s why I asked about the actual files. I know it’s cool to have the ability but really it’s typically only specific files, not every fucking thing you ever opened or saved. And please keep in mind people on Lemmy are not your average user. Most people have only a phone and a laptop, and creating a file is not typically done on the phone. So what is there to sync
filcuk@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Sorry, that makes no sense to me. These cloud sync apps are setup for mirroring. If you change one side, it’s reflected on the other. This is just user error (or poor UI, lack of explanation on what delete does in the cloud)
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Don’t point out people are misunderstanding the product, we’re here to shit on the product for anything and everything
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
To be fair when it’s a product a person didn’t ask for and the OS forced it on them, it’s not unreasonable that they may not understand how it works and make mistakes.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Yeah, you can’t yell at someone to RTFM when they didn’t opt to use the product, and the “manual” is just a barrage of question on a Microsoft support forum where every answer goes to a Microsoft.learn page that hasn’t been updated since 8.1.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It is unreasonable to assume you can delete a file from a sync app’s clod dashboard and not expect that the deletion would be synced to the device.
I get that OneDrive is a mediocre product that gets forced on end users, but so many people turn their brains off and just try to kill it with fire instead of thinking through their actions before making rash decisions.
mrslt@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
If that’s the case, then OneDrive shouldn’t bitch at me aboutt storage limits. What does it want me to do? Delete my shit again?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
onedrive is even more intrusive than google drive.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I still haven’t forgiven google for hijacking the g:/ drive letter. I was using that letter already!
Not that it matters to me anymore since I use Linux now, but still.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
I still prefer them hijacking a particular drive letter to Microsoft’s approach of not even using a drive at all
Yes thank you so much Microsoft for making every single employee’s file path different when we’re trying to send each other the location of files, all of them within unnecessary multiple levels at the start because the default installation is c users user documents OneDrive
this is actually one way that I see which of my new hires actually read the fucking onboarding document and followed the instructions. One of the first steps is “unlink your OneDrive account and set up a OneDrive folder in the root of one of your drives instead” (with actual instructions on how to do that). two out of three new hires without fail will send me a link in their first week that points to c users. It’s a nice litmus test for who is going to be useless and/or a pita
derpgon@programming.dev 16 hours ago
This is what made me stop using Google Photos and start self hosting Immich. I lost a video from my house construction that showed where the cables were exactly laid.