OneDrive can also bring back previous versions of your files as well, from as far back as 30 days ago.ĭrop a file or folder into OneDrive, and it gets synced to the cloud, and your other devices.
This means that you'll need to reinstall operating systems, settings and applications should the worst happen in a catastrophic drive failure, as OneDrive only takes care of your files, and external drives and NAS drives aren't supported. What it doesn't do is provide unlimited, bare metal backup of devices. You specify the files and folders you want backed up, and they get automatically synced with copies in the cloud, along with the other computers and devices that you've got OneDrive set up on. Microsoft OneDrive works similar to other well-known consumer cloud storage options, such as Dropbox, Google Drive and iCloud. The other benefit is that you can also get at your synced files through the web. Separate client tools are available for multiple platforms that cover macOS, Android and iOS. OneDrive is quite tightly integrated into Windows 10 as seen in the image above, as well as part of the Microsoft 365 subscription package with the Office suite.
Now though, it's got a cloud storage system good enough to rival the biggest names in the business, with improvements and new features arriving regularly too. With OneDrive, Microsoft was relatively slow to catch up to the likes of Dropbox and Google Drive.
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