Set up your computer to sync your OneDrive for Business files in Office 365 Use OneDrive for Business to sync your school or work files to your computer. After that, you can work with files directly in your file system and access them even when you're offline. Whenever you're online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically. To sync OneDrive for Business to your computer 1. Sign in to Office 365 with your work or school account. 2. Select the app launcher, and then select OneDrive. 3. Select the Sync button. 4. When your browser asks for permission to open Microsoft OneDrive, click Allow or Yes.
5. What happens next depends on whether you have the latest version of OneDrive already, whether you're signed in to OneDrive with your work or school account, and whether you use classic OneDrive. o If the Getting ready to sync dialog box appears and nothing else happens, click Get the latest version of OneDrive. When the download finishes you ll be asked to sign in. o If the Set up OneDrive dialog box appears, sign in with your work or school account.
o If you already have the latest version of OneDrive and you're already signed in, OneDrive will open and you'll be at the next step. 6. When OneDrive opens and the Sync your OneDrive files to this PC dialog box appears, choose the folders you want to sync, or select Sync all files and folders, and then select OK. 7. Sync is all set up now. You can close the Getting ready to sync dialog box now, if it s still open in web browser. Your OneDrive for Business files will now appear in File Explorer or Finder as OneDrive American University of Beirut.
One Drive for MacOS Install and set up If you have signed in to the OneDrive sync client with a Microsoft account (for example, someone@outlook.com), you should already have the new OneDrive sync client and you can skip to step 2 below. 1. Install OneDrive for Mac. IMPORTANT: If you are currently using the OneDrive Mac Store app, you must first uninstall it before installing the latest build of the new OneDrive sync client. If you have no accounts signed in to OneDrive If you're not signed in to OneDrive with any account, start OneDrive to connect a work or school account. 1. Start OneDrive by pressing cmd+space to launch a Spotlight query and type OneDrive. This starts OneDrive Setup. 2. Enter your work or school account and then select Sign in to set up your account. Method 2: If you already have a personal account signed in to OneDrive If you already have a personal account signed in to OneDrive, you ll want to add a work or school account in OneDrive Preferences. 1. Click the OneDrive cloud icon up in your Menu bar and select Preferences.
2. Click the Account tab and in the new Add Account group, select Add a Business Account to start OneDrive Setup. 3. Enter your work or school account and click Sign in.
Key parts of OneDrive Setup There are a few points of OneDrive Setup that are helpful to watch for: On the This is your OneDrive folder screen, click Choose OneDrive Folder Location.
Select a location where you would like to save your OneDrive files and click Choose this location. When you see the This is your OneDrive folder screen, you ll now see a path to the folder you selected. Click Next to continue.
On the Sync Files from Your OneDrive screen, you can choose the folders you want to sync to your computer, and click Next. This conserves space on your computer, and reduces bandwidth needed for the sync processes. When you see Your OneDrive Is Ready for You, the last thing to do is make sure you select Open at login so my files sync automatically. This will ensure that OneDrive runs at login and you always have the most up to date version of all your files.
After you enable OneDrive to open at login, you re done! Click Open your OneDrive folder to see your files sync to your folder. You can find OneDrive up in your Menu bar. You ll have a cloud icon for every account you ve connected to OneDrive. So you ll have one cloud if you re only syncing a work or school account, one cloud if you re syncing only a personal account, or two clouds if you re syncing both. You ll also see a folder in Finder called OneDrive American University of Beirut.
Turn on Finder integration If you re on OSX 10.10 or higher, get sync status directly from Finder by enabling Finder overlays in Settings. First, click the Apple logo in the top left corner of your Mac Desktop and select System Preferences, then select Extensions in the top-level menu (shown in the 3rd row from the top).
To sync libraries and folders 1. On the Office 365 app launcher, choose SharePoint. 2. Click the site that you want to sync. 3. Click Documents or navigate to the subfolder that you want to sync. 4. Click Sync. 5. If your browser requests permission to use "Microsoft OneDrive," confirm that this is okay. 6. Choose the folders that you want to sync, and then click Start sync. SharePoint team sites sync under a folder with your tenant name. This folder is automatically added to the left navigation pane in Finder. Manage your syncing sites You can manage your syncing sites in the sync client settings. 1. Click the OneDrive icon in the menu bar. 2. Click Preferences, and then click the Account tab. 3. To change the folders that you're syncing, click Choose Folders for that location, and then choose the folders that you want to sync. To stop syncing a site, click Stop Sync next to the site. (Copies of the files remain on your computer. You can delete them if you want.)