OneDrive if not used properly can be a curse or a blessing. It
is one stop shop for cloud storage. It has been integrated with Windows 8.1 It’s
deeply integrated into Windows 8.1 and offers itself to become the one stop for
Cloud storage and syncing is done across for several devices. After setting up everything you would log
into Windows 8 from a device and find that the setting, files and apps are
there.
Change location of
OneDrive folder
Changing the default location is not hard and several
benefits. Just free up some space on hard drive, decrease the operations which
puts pressure on the SSD. You can also use external drives in an efficient
manner.
By default the cloud storage facility is in the C: drive. If
you want to move it to some other partition or external drive open the Windows
File Explorer and in the left hand side get a OneDrive. Just right click it and
choose properties.
In the Properties window, switch to tab location, choose
Move… and pick the preferred location. Do see to it that only content of
OneDrive folder would be moved and not the folder. Thereafter create a folder
called OneDrive in case that is the preferred if that is the desired
destination. Now click OK.
Just confirm that you want to shift all files contained in
the old OneDrive folder to new location. After this check whether the files are
removed safely which have been sifted to new place. Just go back to old one and
get rid of the empty OneDrive folder.
Customize the Sync
Settings
OneDrive doesn’t automatically sync all the files you’re
storing in the Cloud to your local drive. What you see in your local OneDrive
folder are often “smart files”; you could also call them “ghost files”. They’re
smart because they save you space. Instead of taking up disk space all the
time, only files you want to open are downloaded from the Cloud. The drawback
is that you won’t have access those files when you’re offline, for example
while traveling.
Here is a simple trick to make sure important files are
always available to you. Open the OneDrive folder on your computer, right-click
a folder you need to be able to access anytime, and select make available
offline. That’s it.
If you need a copy of all your files on your local drive, go
to the OneDrive app, open the right-hand menu, go to Settings, then Options,
and set Access all files offline to On.
Enable Camera Backup
OneDrive offers the Camera Roll feature which is required
for backing up the videos and images to cloud. Search for the Camera Roll through
the Charms bar to the settings directly. Uploads are by default turned off. To
save storage space upload photos and back up photos for the best quality. Using
Onedrive to upload them is totally a different option.
OneDrive would get you images and videos the relevant
libraries. The folders can be moved in the manner you move OneDrive through
explorer.
This can backup videos and photos from mobile devices. 3GB
of free online storage can be earned if Onedrive mobile app is installed and
enable Camera backup utility.
You can also use OneDrive as by default save. If you have
extra storage then you can sync all your files across the dives having Windows
8. You would like to have Windows 8 save your files by default to OneDrive.
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