One Drive: A Story Of “Nobody Wanted This”
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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MacOS does have OneDrive just fyi lol my work has us install it on our MacBooks. It’s even integrated into Finder.
I got rid of One Drive on my Win 11 machines. It was kind of a pain to do, but so glad I did.
Tbh, its just chill to have a nativ windows Backup Tool.
I just installed my new build yesterday, and its just Nice that After your Login with your Microsoft Account he just restores all your Folders.
Dunno, I have 1 TB there, it’s convenient to store files you might need to dl on your phone
Mac OS does have access…
I like onedrive
Ill get downvotes for this but fukit. It fine.
I’m going to be that guy. Onedrive is actually pretty nice.
I don’t get it. It’s the best hassle-free cloud service out there, I use it exclusively on desktop and iOS.
pcmasterrace is great at making stuff up in their head
Um, OneDrive works on macOS.
I still hate it though.
I like OneDrive on Android cuz it’s easy to use and not confused like OneDrive on Windows.
This meme wreaks of *”this is my perspective, therefore everyone has the same perspective”* lol
I use OneDrive quite a bit. I find it very useful. It auto-backs up photos I take on my phone *when* I take them, I useit to access documents I need on the fly on my phone or when I’m at my computer.
Granted, I want to build a personal cloud as a second computer, but thats less about disdain for OneDrive and more about storing and backing up my personal files locally.
the fact that you cant use autosave on Office programs without it is just criminal
can confirm this. first thing I get rid of of after setting up Windows.
I work in IT. Giving someone a new laptop and having everything synced up via OneDrive saves *so much fucking time*
I don’t use it privately, but in business settings it’s great.
The only thing that absolutely annoyed me and which I painstakingly got rid of was that it kinda replaced my “User” Folder and somewhat hindered me to actually fully delete something. (altough as I just looked into it, because Screenshots still get saved there, it did ask me if I want to delete or restore the images I deleted on my PC.. That’s a nice improvement. I still don’t want my whole User Folder stuff on there though)
Otherwise I really like the functionality of it being a cloud server to quickly swap around files etc.
… I honestly don’t have much else use for a cloud server at all, so if someone would enlighten me as to how I could get even more out of it, I’d be thankful (outside of backups)
I love it
This must be some NA problem because here in the EU we can just turn it off and never think about it again.
macs have onedrive lol i use it
I enjoy using it, and I even have MacOS lol
Phones and tablets use cloud storage, macs use cloud storage, games consoles use cloud storage, many apps and game launchers use cloud storage, cctv systems use cloud storage, even home thermostats use cloud storage. But windows implements a decent version of cloud storage and everyone loses their shit about how useless it is.
The way its implemented into Windows is what pisses me off. On Linux it’s fine, it’s just like any other cloud drive.
I like it. The only problem I have is that it doesn’t let personal user expand the storage space beyond 2TB.
Many of my game saves and photomode pictures that is automatically stored inside were saved by it when transferring to new PC without paying any attention. I also used some power tool to link Minecraft save with it.
Also my MBP has perfect access and seamless integration, no such thing as “macOS has no access to Onedrive”
Hello mac user here macs can use OneDrive but luckily only if they willingly download the OneDrive for mac app
Sharepoint is pretty big in the coorperate world.
We have it for work, because of course we do. It’s okay. We have a terabyte of storage online and It backs up everything on my desktop automatically. Except video files. IT has it blocked from uploading videos. I’m a video editor. What’s the ONE file format I constantly have to send to people? Huge video files. And I have to open the OneDrive website and manually upload everything there to send to clients and coworkers. It’s a small but stupid and annoying thorn in my side.
me here happy that all my shit is synced if i do a fresh install, all my pics, videos etc thanks to onedrive
Why would I want One Drive bottlenecked by my internet speed when I can have many drives bottlenecked by higher IO speed
Nah. It’s good. Getting a “free” 1tb of cloud storage with Office is super handy
I… I like OneDrive. Been using it since it was called SkyDrive and I have 1TB to store all my documents and pictures.
It’s just you OP
I have been using onedrive for years now. Have absolutely no problem with that.
Hard disagree.
As someone who bounces between anywhere from 3-5 computers a day (with a mix of operating systems) OneDrive makes accessing files way more simple than trying to keep a share server and vpn to access it when I’m not at home is a god send.
Granted; I have mine setup in a pretty unique way (Dedicated NVME drive that syncs everything and keeps copies on the device) so I get that others are going to have a different experience.
I use it, I don’t see why people don’t. Free backup and if you’ve had a Microsoft email or Hotmail account for a few years you’ll have a lot of storage by now.
I pay for it. Works great. Getting Word, Excel, etc. is a bonus.
idm the OneDrive existing but i hate how it forces the user to use it
As a car owned by a grandma, I agree.
Well, I don’t know. I set up a backup of my project on OneDrive. It makes it surprisingly easy to access the files I need from all my devices. Just set it up once and that’s it.
I can imagine it’s a pain if you don’t need/want it and mostly just use your PC for gaming but as an owner of both a laptop and a desktop at home it’s pretty awesome if you take the time to learn how to use it and set it up.
I can even access all my stuff from any browser on my work PC or elsewhere and never risk loosing all my files which would be a catastrophe.
Very useful for employed people.
Oh no access to all my uni files from all my devices. I hate it🥺.
How do you turn it off?
The cloud is just someone else’s computer
I dunno. Last year I bought a new laptop and I was worrying about the daunting task of moving all my files over. Then I realised I could just enable OneDrive. The second I booted up my new laptop it started downloading all of my files, and it was pretty much set up the same as my old laptop by the time it was done.
It’s also great that I can take pictures on my phone and access them on my laptop without having to do any kind of manual transfer.
I never install OneDrive on my gaming PC because it would mess with my games save file but in my work laptop, it is so much convenient.
I use onedrive, have been using it for years. Nothing wrong with it
I get 1 tb free for each family members plus 1h of Skype calls, super useful while travelling, all that with office 365. For less than other services. I don’t get the hate. Also Mac user have had access since the days of skydrive.
And it’s stil the best cloud service