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So it still looksĪt least I managed to do the upgrade to Catalina, so that is something. And it shows big files which are only online according to One Drive. But under Documents it still states I am using 180,38 GB space. When I check my storage says now 63,48 GB available of 121,12 GB - so it seems to has freed up some space.

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I tried to free up space as you suggested, now all my files are only online. If files with online-only icon still take up the local storage, we could only suggest you unlink OneDrive(click OneDrive icon on the ribbon->More->Preferences->Account->Unlink ) then delete those files, after upgrading to Catalina, you could sign in OneDriveįirst of all Happy New Year! Due to the holidays it took me a while to get back on this.

If you feel a reply works for you, please kindly vote or mark it as it will be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. If files with online-only icon still take up the local storage, we could only suggest you unlink OneDrive(click OneDrive icon on the ribbon->More->Preferences->Account->Unlink ) then delete those files, after upgrading to Catalina, Then all files in the folder would be stored online-only, and this is also to save the space for upgrading MacOS. We did a test on Mojave with a OneDrive account that contains 20GB files, after signing in OneDrive on that Mac, the total available storage didn't change, although it displays 20GB when we navigate to Manage storage page, as we discussed before, it's anĪnyway, to help determine the cause of the problem, I suggest you select and right-click the OneDrive client folder->Free up space. Files in OneDrive are 172GB, more than 121GB(the total capacity of Macintosh HD), so I think those files on-demand are not likely to take up local storage. Those folders having online-only status doesn't mean all files in that folder have the same status, otherwise, it won't display 38.7 GB on the disk.Ģ. Thanks for the updates, and we have received the info you provided.ġ. I am happy to share some screenshots if this helps - but prefer to do that in a private chat as this contains personal data. I am still on Mojave as I cannot upgrade my Mac to Catalina due to lack of storage! Also if I click in the Mac Storage screen on Manage, I seeĭocuments on my Mac that should be online stored only in One Drive. And I have no other documents stored on it.

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I have indeed most of my files as online-only files (similar to the first status in your screenshot), yet my Mac storage is really full with documents. Oliver - If you feel a reply works for you, please kindly vote or mark it as it will be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. If I misunderstand your meaning or you have any experience to share, please feel free to post back. Send Feedback and let OneDrive product team notice this behaviour, as Microsoft is committed to continuously improving your experience with our products. However, given the situation, you could also click the OneDrive icon on the upper-right corner and click more, then click Those files->info, it will show 0 bytes on disk, so we don't need to worry that the storage is being exceeded.

It most likely counts 172.298.589.945 bytes(172GB) into the whole storage, but if you right-click I think it is an identification issue between Mac Storage calculation and Files On-Demand. We have tested on Catalina, and the result matches your description. In OneDrive have the first status(Online-only), right? On the General tab, which is the very first tab, check the boxes of the types of drives (Hard drive, External disks, DVD or network drives) you want to be shown on the desktop.To confirm, you have enabled Files On-Demand feature and most of the files (Alternatively, you can also click on Finder at the top left corner of the screen then choose Preferences). Now use the Command and comma keys: press and hold the Command key then press on the, key.

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Here's how to quickly get those icons back onto the desktop.Ĭlick on the desktop, this will invoke Finder (meaning you're working with Finder directly). Without these icons, browsing for files stored on these drives or network locations can be annoyingly difficult. This can also be the case if you just upgraded your old Mac to the latest version of Mac OS.

New Macs ship with a clean desktop, meaning you won't see icons for the computer's main drive, external drives plugged into the USB port, or network drives and so on. You can put the icons for drives on a Mac's desktop by adjusting Finder's preferences.