Where Are My OneDrive Files?

☑️ What OneDrive does with your files can be both frustrating and confusing. I'll walk through two important aspects: what's really on your computer, or not, and the impact of using OneDrive's horrid backup "feature".

☑️ Your OneDrive files
OneDrive files can live in different places and perhaps be only partly downloaded. They might be on your PC, online only, or completely hidden. OneDrive’s backup “feature” complicates things by moving files without telling you. Remember, if your file’s somewhere within OneDrive, check OneDrive.com online. Everything should be there.

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Chapters
0:00 Where Are My OneDrive Files?
0:50 Understanding Basic OneDrive
1:30 Finding your OneDrive files
2:50 OnDrive.com online
4:30 Space saving feature
5:15 Three states
5:30 Online only is the cloud icon
6:25 On this device icon
7:10 Always available icon
8:00 Backup issues
8:55 Controlling the status of files
10:25 Changing the state of folders
12:25 The backup feature
20:40 Where are your OneDrive files?

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