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Here’s an example: I often use my laptop while traveling. On my worksites, I often do not have any internet access. Or, if I’m lucky, I have a slow and unreliable Wi-Fi connection. Before I leave my office or home connection, I tell OneDrive to download and keep my files on my laptop so I can edit them without internet access. Then when I return home, my laptop will automatically upload any changes I’ve made to OneDrive.
Here’s another example: I am a programmer who often works with many small files. Although I’m editing only a couple files for a project, my current file reaches out to many others in the folder while compiling. I’m tell OneDrive to keep these folders on my computer so my compiler doesn’t need to reach out to OneDrive to download many tiny files for my different projects.
To set an item to “Always keep on this device” and consume space on your computer, right click on the file/folder and choose “Always keep on this device”.
Icons Glossary
Your OneDrive files and folders in have one of three statuses.
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