Microsoft rolls out new Files On-Demand experience to all users of macOS 12.1 or later

Back in June 2021, Microsoft announced a new Files on Demand experience for OneDrive on macOS, which would provide a better user experience, better app compatibility, and better reliability. Microsoft announced yesterday that they have begun rolling out the new Files on Demand experience to all users of macOS 12.1 or later. This new experience is built on Apple's File Provider platform, allowing Microsoft to support new features like known folder movement.

The new Files On-Demand experience brings a number of new changes, some of which are listed below.

• The new Files On-Demand experience requires volumes formatted with APFS. HFS volumes are not supported.
• With the new Files on Demand experience, the sync root is always in the user's home directory, such as: ~/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-Personal
• To support the new experience, OneDrive is in a hidden location Maintain cache paths. This path contains a copy of the file tree that the user is synchronizing.
• In order for OneDrive to be set up using the new file provider platform, users must agree to allow OneDrive to sync.
• Files saved in the sync root directory are not counted toward disk space usage unless they are marked "Always saved on this device."
• The new Files On-Demand experience supports some existing features of APFS that were previously poorly supported by OneDrive. These include:
  • File tag
  • Last used date
  • File system flag
  • Extended attributes
  • Type and creator code
  • Symbolic links
• OneDrive now supports sync packages, or files that appear as a single file but are actually a directory containing many files and folders. Some applications specialize in creating packages.
• When you unlink your Mac or unmount a sync location, OneDrive retains the non-data-free contents of the sync root.

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