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1. #Onedrive for mac says it's up to date, but it's not for windows 10
2. #Onedrive for mac says it's up to date, but it's not windows 8.1

Now that Microsoft is planning to end support for Windows 10 in 2025, it might be time to start preparing for a Windows 11 upgrade.

#Onedrive for mac says it's up to date, but it's not windows 8.1

The lifecycle for Windows 8 ended in 2016, with Microsoft halting mainstream support for Windows 8.1 in 2018 and Windows 7 in 2020. According to Microsoft, the reason for the change is “to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems, and to provide users with the most up-to-date and secure experience.”

In addition to halting updates and the ability to sync, OneDrive on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will lose support on January 1st. From here, you need to un-check the option of Use Office to sync Office files that I open and save your selection by clicking the Ok button. I was advised to uninstall the client and then reinstall the latest version, which I did, then I re-synced my entire library (100GB, so it took a while). As for systems that aren’t able to run Windows 10 or Windows 11, Microsoft says that users can still back up their files by uploading them to the OneDrive web app. If your OneDrive is not syncing, then visit its Settings and click on the Office tab. Even when my OneDrive folder says its up to date, almost all files in my OneDrive folder still show the blue syncing icon. To avoid any issues with OneDrive, Microsoft recommends upgrading to a newer version of Windows before March of next year. There are many unanswered questions about Personal Vault that will have to wait until it’s live and available for review. We’ll describe Personal Vault as we know it from Microsoft’s description. OneDrive will also no longer receive updates if it’s running on a system that doesn’t have Windows 10 or Windows 11 installed.įiles will still be accessible from the OneDrive app no matter what version of Windows you’re using - they’ll just no longer automatically upload to the cloud. OneDrive Personal Vault is a coming additional part of OneDrive storage that adds more security for important files synchronized with cloud storage.

Microsoft says OneDrive users on Windows, 7, 8, or 8.1 will be unable to sync their content to the cloud starting on March 1st, 2022, according to a blog post on its Tech Community forum.