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• Thomas commented  ·  October 26, 2018 4:10 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  This is such an old thread and they’re still no solution. Shame on you, Microsoft!

• Charles Charlton (GM) commented  ·  October 23, 2018 8:01 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  Shouldn't this just be implemented as Known Folder Move so there is feature parity to Windows?

• TGBX commented  ·  August 26, 2018 8:22 PM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/913525-onedrive-on-mac/suggestions/35048038-sync-native-mac-folders-to-onedrive

• TGBX commented  ·  August 26, 2018 8:21 PM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  No, no, no, no, no. DON"T do symbolic links. Just give it the capability of targeting native, default folders. Syncplicity, for example, can do this. Symbolic links can be a problem. If they become invalid, the OS gets into a panic and you end up jamming up login and other processes, applications generate errors and so on. Users shouldn't have to know how to create a symbolic link to use capability like this.

• Anonymous commented  ·  August 15, 2018 4:14 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  This feature would make OneDrive on par with iCloud and Google Drive.

• Raymond DeGennaro commented  ·  March 26, 2018 2:52 PM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  The only thing that prevents OneDrive from being literally 100% useless is that it's needed to work-around the crippling of OneNote by excluding the use of local export. Between the lack of support for all legal Mac Filenames and the need for everything to be under the OneDrive folder, I really can't use OneDrive for much of anything.

  There is no reason for this. Symbolic Links and Aliases have been part of the macOS for almost 20 years. Aliases had been part of the Mac Classic since System 7 (1991) and symbolic links part of *nix since the '80s. Google Drive and DropBox have no troubles following symbolic links.

• benjamin commented  ·  September 6, 2017 3:55 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  It's really a blocker for me too as it's preventing me from syncing with my NAS

• Scott commented  ·  August 12, 2017 7:29 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  If symbolic links too hard, please can we add folders from anywhere on the OS?

  My personal issue is I have about 40,000 files organised for pro-audio applications like Logic and Ableton Live. If I move the root folder to a new Onedrive folder, all my songs break as the file paths for samples have moved. It would take me weeks to remap everything.

  I'm using Dropbox with symbolic links but I'd rather just use my Onedrive but this is a deal breaker.

• Anonymous commented  ·  August 7, 2017 2:05 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  It works but only sync files when OneDrive started or when file was alerted at another computer which has it directly in OneDrive folder.

• Scott commented  ·  May 2, 2017 7:14 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  Agreed. Symbolic links would ensure we do not have to move and redirect most of the folders in user land.

• Brian commented  ·  September 27, 2016 11:33 AM  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete…

  Plus 1 for this request.