Deploy and configure the new OneDrive sync client for Mac.; 4 minutes to read Contributors. In this article. This article is for IT administrators managing OneDrive for Business settings in work or school environments.
Hi there, I am a computer science professor and head of IT department in our university. We have recently moved to office365 education plan.
I am really disappointed with the problems of office 365. I was expecting much more satisfactory application but unfortunately no. It's worse than an average open source application.
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(for example owncloud application behaves much much clear and stable than onedrive). I am not going to go into criticising Microsoft whether they ONLY use interns to do the programming or not. But we need to have a service. Ok well, good looking guys, corporate parties, hotels, sales force.
All of them are. If you cannot provide a service.
Please do not ask me to send my screenshots or anything. Yes ı can of course. But try using the application yourself in real situations. Do not type asdfasdf for testing. Your application even cannot correctly display UTF8 charset in menubars and directory names. (it displays backslash 00nn and so on). Yes I have the latest version.
But hey, it still displays 2014 in about box. Test your apps throughly guys.
Check all the bits. Or, abandon the service. Half service is not a service.
It's much worse. Because I have lost hours for setups and configs in office365 admin. No luck in many places. For example: skype for business external communication.
Outside skype users cannot get into contact. You may call that it is a 'feature'. Yes you may say we can enable it from admin panel. It does not show external skype contact add menu at all. If you think so.
Please post screenshot of MAC APPLICATION here. So that we can see. I am really disappointed guys. We had a choice between microsoft and google for our organization. Both were educational.
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Now what can I do? File name limitations, extension limitations.directory name length limitations. This is 2016.
Unless you want people not to use your service but you can still advertise that you are offering the service. I will be explaining this in all platforms until you guys fix your software. If this project would be a senior level project. It would get CB.
What does it mean to have 255 chars path length? Not being able to have some symbols in file names? What are you trying to say?
Shared with me type folders are also junk in terms of usability. Share folder is not available.
Not even in organization:) unfortunately it is also not usable due to that. Share via link requires microsoft password. Typical microsoft arrogance.:) Tell me someting guys? At least do what you promise and don't crash. Hi mehmet, for these questions/issues you met, we will do our best to help you figure out. After reading your post several times, i would like to explain some concerns you mentioned, and for some default settings/limitations, i will let you know the correct place to let ms related engineers hear your voice. For the utf8 charset question, if you mean the office 2016 for mac, you can submit feedback to microsoft related engineers by clicking the smiley face on the top corner of the menu bar.
If you have the latest version of office on your mac (namely office 2016 for mac), then the about box will be like (i just take word 2016 for mac as an example): there is no 2014 as you said, can you double check it on your side? After the administrator enabled the public im connectivity in skype for business admin center, in sky for business 2011 for mac (it’s the only version for mac),we need to type the skype account and then add it into the contact list. For the file name limitations, extension limitations and so on question, here are the details:. For this case, the best way to influence the product is by submitting your idea to uservoice. Additionally, i recommend you use the newly released sync tool onedrive for business next generation sync client.
Onedrive for business update on storage plans and next generation sync client: 5. By saying “share folder is not available. Not even in organization”, can’t you share folders in all office 365 sharepoint sites? Have you checked the permissions you own for these sites? Besides, we can choose “view/edit link – no sign-in required” when sharing via a link so that the customer can access the shared file directly. For these questions, you can post separate threads on this forum to get a quicker response from us.
Also, we will much appreciate your continued patience and working closely with office 365. Best regards, april.
I sympathize your concern and warm approach. But in these issues microsoft is the one who is responsible. I am well aware of what is what. Generally what i read from these forums is that we users are replied with full of irrellevant questions as if someone on your side has not been used the applications at all. We therefore get sick and tired of dealign with endles debates and suggestions whick we already tried. And never mention sending people to other support forums and marking the issue as solved.
Not it is not. (forgive me because of my tone). Here are the numbered replies for your replies. 1- no i dont mean that. Latest onedrive application for macos.
Menu bar app has no utf support in menus. If you don't believe me i will send pictures.
2- i don't mean latest version of macoffice. I mean onedrive. Office365 core as a file system.
When you share a folder with dropbox. (do you happen to use dropbox by any means? If not you should, or at least nfs file system or appleshare from 40 years ago). When you share a folder with dropbox.
Sync client automatically downloads that folder to local disk on shared people's drives. They are synced.
Your onedrive works like a document website. Furthermore, folder sharing is only available within organization.
For example i cannot send links for project file folder to another colleague in another university for cooperation. Just like in onedrive or google drive. I assume you are targeting such a commercial service as competitor. 3- i am the admin. I have enabled it. Would you like to have images?
I have spent several hours to make sure that it is set. Add external user menu item is not there. Followed help documents, forums etc.
What should it be so difficult. A simple admin toggle switch? You are developing an application for an operating system. You should support file naming convention of the system that you are working on.is it a joke? It is not a feature.
Worse, it is due to reckless programming practice. Do you know why windows 9 is not available?:) 4b- i did that. It is joke as well.
Why do i have to play with defaults command from command prompt? Can't you guys write a simple installer? Why do i have to tweak stuff all the time with your applications?
And leave traces and residues which i may or may not get negatively effected in future? The stuff that i say is about that version. 5- plase dear friend. Don't play word games with me. Of course i check eveything. If you still don't understand above issue then you are either defending microsoft no matter what or i don't know.
İ don't want to comment on those. You are kindly helping here after all. There is a problem.
It is not us. Do not rewrite our complaints as elaborative back questions so that it looks like us who are not understanding. I am behind what i am saying. So tell me what is the following backslashes for. Hi Mehmet, I understand this was a poor experience, and I’m sorry you were impacted. I am here to get this moving forward in order for you to have a better onboarding experience.
I went through all the points that you have highlighted and put this down as a summary with details to move forward. In case if i missed any, please refer to the information towards the end of this post for details.
OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client on Mac unable to display UTF8 charset in menu bars and directory names. (it displays backslash 00nn and so on). Action item: We can help to escalate this to our engineering team to investigate. Follow this link to share Private Information for entitlement. Displays 2014 in About box. Copyright notices used to be required to claim copyright protections where the protection started in 2014. Not that the software was released in 2014.
Skype for business external communication, skype users cannot get into contact. This works on Windows platform. Let me know if you are not seeing this. I guess you could be seeing this on Lync for Mac.
I do not have an ETA on when Skype for Business on Mac is released, but once it is shipped you will start seeing this feature. File name limitations, extension limitations, directory name length limitations The best way to influence the product is by letting our engineering team knows. I am not sending you to another forum but this is the right location where engineering team is looking at.
Share a folder and Share a file in SharePoint Online Share a folder - feature not available Share a file without login - Yes, this feature is available via guest link. Let me know if you don't see this.
You may explore docs.com as well. Hope the above gets you going on your current issues. I would also suggest that if you encounter any issues or inquiry in the future, lets raise 1 question for each issue as this will benefit other community members to identify the symptom and solution easily if they happen have the similar issue.
This thread will remain focusing on ' OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client on Mac unable to display UTF8 charset in menu bars and directory names'. We are looking forward to hear from you in Private Message so that we can raise an escalation on behalf of you. Thanks, Chee Loon. Regarding for submitting all the problems as separate messages.
Yes i can do that but here 'i am helping you' not the reverse. I can do that if i get paid you know:) i have things to do. But yes, in future i'll try to do that. Regarding your answer about copyright year display. You are wrong because microsoft office displays 2015:) which has copyright taken way before. Anyhow, i don't want to go further on that.
Its a sign of lack of maintenance and design for the software. The reason that i am bringing up these al together is that the problems are not individual problems. They are collective result of reckless programing. So, rather than taking care of each problem separately, you need to focus more on design and development cycle processes and team quality and awareness.
Then, these kind of simple but really annoying and disabling glitches will disappear. Otherwise, you fix someting today but next day some other thing will pop up. Take my word as a principle.
SharePoint Online Office for business Office 365 Admin SharePoint Server 2019 Office 365 operated by 21Vianet Office 365 operated by 21Vianet - Admin OneDrive for Business OneDrive for Business operated by 21Vianet SharePoint Online admin center SharePoint Online operated by 21Vianet SharePoint Online Small Business The new OneDrive sync client lets you sync files from your OneDrive for Business and even from SharePoint sites if your admin enabled it. (If you're the IT admin for your organization, see.). Important: If you are currently using the OneDrive Mac Store app, you must first uninstall it before installing the latest build of the OneDrive desktop app. Start OneDrive Setup. Method 1: 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. Start OneDrive by pressing cmd+Space to launch a Spotlight query and type OneDrive.
This starts OneDrive Setup. 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. Click the OneDrive cloud icon up in your Menu bar, click the three dots to open the menu, and select Preferences. Click the Account tab, and then select Add an Account to start OneDrive Setup. 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 – YourTenantName. 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). Toggle on the OneDrive Finder Integration to enable Finder overlays.
You’re all set. Open up your OneDrive folder in Finder to see overlays on your files and folders.
If you're an admin and want to enable sync icon overlays on multiple computers, you can use this Terminal command: /usr/bin/pluginkit -e use -i com.microsoft.OneDrive-mac.FinderSync Sync SharePoint sites To sync libraries and folders. Click the Office 365 app launcher, and then click SharePoint.
Click the site that you want to sync. Click Documents or navigate to the subfolder that you want to sync. Click Sync.
If your browser requests permission to use 'Microsoft OneDrive,' confirm that this is okay. Note: Your organization needs to enable SharePoint site syncing with the OneDrive desktop app for you to sync sites on your Mac. If you're the IT admin for your organization, see. If you're not the IT admin, contact your IT department. 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. Click the OneDrive icon in the menu bar. Click Preferences, and then click the Account tab. 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.) Additional resources For additional resources about the OneDrive desktop app: Title Description Learn how administrators can deploy the OneDrive desktop app on OS X to users in their enterprise environment. Release notes about the OneDrive desktop app. Knowledge base article covering limits and restrictions (such as invalid characters in file names). Need more help? Get online help See more support pages for.
For the OneDrive mobile app, see. Email support If you still need help, shake your mobile device while you're in the OneDrive app. To contact One Drive for Business support from your PC or Mac, open the activity center, select More Send feedback I don't like something. One Drive for Business Admins can also view the,. Tips Letting us know your location may help us resolve your issue more quickly. If you contacted us and OneDrive starts working again, please let us know by replying to the email we sent you.