OneDrive/Office removing Mac file tags upon sync?

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OneDrive/Office removing Mac file tags upon sync?

Team, When I modify a local MS office document (e.g. .pptx, .docx) & it's sync'd with MS OneDrive, Mac OS file tags I had on the file get removed. Only happens with Microsoft Office files... did not happen with .txt, .pdf, and others I tested.

Anyone else seeing this?

(other context: Why not use iCloud? Must use OneDrive to keep personal and biz files separate on this work machine. Using iCloud would sync all my personal files to this laptop since iCloud doesn't let me specify folders Vs machines to sync. )

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 8:10 AM

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Jan 26, 2022 4:59 PM in response to Gupster88

Yesterday, it seems that my OneDrive updated all my files, and in doing so, deleted every single tag I had set for every file in my drive. A complete disaster, since I used saved searches targeting such tags quite a lot to keep my files organized.

I don't know if it's related to Microsoft apparently no longer offering support for SharePoint, but it's been a real pain trying to find and reorganize everything.

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