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Prevent from downloading files from OneDrive

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 1:38 am
by Domon
Hi,

OneDrive is able to have placeholder files in the filesystem without downloading them from the cloud.

The feature is called "Files On-Demand".
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/off ... 92438fb38e

However, when Hazel is configured to monitor a folder owned by OneDrive, OneDrive is triggered to download all files from the cloud.

This makes Hazel unusable for OneDrive folders that contain "On-Demand" files.

Is there any way to let Hazel monitor a OneDriver folder without triggering the downloading?

The "Free up space" feature was mentioned in the other thread, but that feature is probably impossible to implement unless there is a solution for this issue.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13056&p=32025&hilit=onedrive#p32018

Thanks.

Re: Prevent from downloading files from OneDrive

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:12 am
by Mr_Noodle
Files need to be local for Hazel to work on them. It's really not made for cases where the files are on a cloud server and only stubs are available on the local drive.