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• What is OneDrive Personal Vault, and should you use it?

  Posted on September 16, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  ONEDRIVE

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Personal Vault offers an extra layer of security for sensitive or confidential files stored in OneDrive. Here’s why and how I use it.

  I use Microsoft’s OneDrive. I know some people find fault with it, partly because it doesn’t always work properly and partly because it requires an intrusive Microsoft account. But as someone who has to juggle multiple computers and mobile devices, I rely on OneDrive not just for backing up my files but also for syncing them across all my devices.

  Because my documents, photos, and other important files are housed in OneDrive, I need a way to secure them from unwanted access.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.38.0, 2024-09-16).

  OneDrive Newsletters, OneDrive, Personal Vault, Privacy, Security, Windows 10, Windows 11

• Better and safer file sharing in OneDrive

  Posted on March 25, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  ONEDRIVE

  

  By Peter Deegan

  I often use OneDrive to share photos, videos, and files from a trip or event with others who were there — or those who wish they had been!

  OneDrive has many options for people to edit, caption, and comment on photos and to play videos directly from their browser.

  Sharing photos, videos, and other files via cloud storage is a lot easier than using email, instant messaging, or the old “sneakernet” with a USB drive (quelle horreur!).

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.13.0, 2024-03-25).

  OneDrive File sharing, Microsoft 365, Newsletters, OneDrive App, sharing

• The state of OneDrive

  Posted on February 5, 2024 at 02:43 CST by Ed Tittel • Comment in the Forums

  ONEDRIVE

  

  By Ed Tittel

  Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based file storage service that dates all the way back to 2007.

  It has become more tightly integrated into Windows since the Vista days, through Windows 7, 8.x, 10, and now 11. OneDrive is also available for MacOS, iOS, Android, and Xbox.

  And, of course, Microsoft 365 apps also work directly and automatically with OneDrive.

  This article seeks to describe OneDrive’s status as of early 2024 and to illuminate some specific issues or potential gotchas that OneDrive can present — at least, for some users.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.06.0, 2024-02-05).

  OneDrive Documents, Excel, Microsoft Office, Newsletters, OneDrive, Pictures, PowerPoint, Videos, Word

• How to resolve synchronization problems in OneDrive

  Posted on June 12, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.24 • 2023-06-12

  ONEDRIVE

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Sometimes OneDrive fails to properly sync your files. Here’s how to deal with these annoying issues.

  I use Microsoft OneDrive to back up and sync my documents, photos, and other files. For me, it’s still the most seamless way to ensure that my files are not only backed up to the cloud but also synced and accessible across all my computers and mobile devices.

  However, OneDrive can be glitchy.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.24.0, 2023-06-12).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  OneDrive Newsletters, OneDrive, Synchronization, Windows

• When OneDrive isn’t OneDrive

  Posted on April 17, 2023 at 02:43 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  ONEDRIVE

  

  By Will Fastie

  You think you know what you’re talking about, and then reality hits you smack on the nose.

  You may recall that I have two OneDrive instances — one belonging to me, my personal Microsoft 365 account, and one belonging to the 365 Business plan we use to run this operation.

  I thought they were identical in every respect.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.16.0, 2023-04-17).

  OneDrive Microsoft 365, Mobile apps, Newsletters, Office Online, storage, Windows