Wiktor19 Author

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Synchronising OneDrive

Hi,

I have a Macbook Air 13 with OSX 10.15.2 on which I have OneDrive installed. I don't want to store some the folders on my computer because of their size. When I disable their synchronization, they disappear from the finder and from the memory indicator as "Documents" but appear as "Other" and continue to take up space. I would appreciate your help in solving this problem.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 23, 2019 7:41 AM

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Wiktor19 Author

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Dec 27, 2019 12:16 PM in response to woodmeister50

I found out what was the problem. System was keeping delated files in private/var/root/trash.

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Dec 23, 2019 9:55 AM in response to Wiktor19

Clear your local TM snapshots may help

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015

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Wiktor19 Author

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Dec 23, 2019 11:46 AM in response to LD150

Thank you for your reply.

I do not use time machine so it would not help.

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Dec 23, 2019 4:05 PM in response to Wiktor19

Just ensure backup automatically is turned off.

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Wiktor19 Author

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Dec 27, 2019 4:34 AM in response to LD150

It is turned off.

I wrote e-mail to Microsoft and we will see.

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Dec 27, 2019 5:36 AM in response to Wiktor19

If they don't write back try

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us

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Wiktor19 Author

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Dec 27, 2019 5:48 AM in response to LD150

ok, thank you.

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Dec 27, 2019 7:43 AM in response to Wiktor19

Check out this MS document. Perhaps it will help:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/save-disk-space-with-onedrive-files-on-demand-for-mac-529f6d53-e572-4922-a585-e7a318c135f0

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