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In MacOS, I need to move OneDrive to an external SSD drive. The Mac is a Mac mini and the drive is located in a permanent hub connected to the desktop. The Mac is running MacOS 15.3
I did follow the procedure but there is no synchronization. SSD drive is formatted APFS, I have tried both APFS and APFS Encrypted. The same result.
What can I do?
Thank you for your response!
I did exactly what you indicated except that the system required that the destination drive should be encrypted; then, I did complete the process!
However, after I finished the process, when I tried to open one file out of the new location I couldn't! It is like the access was denied for some known reason. I re-started the computer but the problem persisted.
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Hi @Pedro Nunez
Thanks for your back and sorry for my delay.
The destination drive should be an APFS Volume that is case insensitive and not encrypted.
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Why can't APFS Volume be encrypted?
Hi @Pedro Nunez
Is there any error message during the process?
I suggest you try following steps to have a check:
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Hi:
The same situation, when I tried to activate the new location this message is shown:
If I encrypt the drive happens what I already indicated in my previous comment.
Then, I am lock here!
Thank you again for your kind advice!
Hi,
I've modified my previous answer above.
We don't try to copy the previous OneDrive folder, change the location directly and let OneDrive automatically create a new OneDrive folder on the SSD for testing.
If that still doesn't work, can your Mac OS be rolled back to BigSur? If possible, you can try this version.
Hi @Pedro Nunez
Could you please tell us how things are going?
Please let us know if there is any progress.
Hi Jiajing!
Thank you for asking!
I just got tired of trying to be honest! Neither alternative work!
I even have two different OneDrive accounts one is corporate and the other is personal in both cases the outcome is the same. I do not know, it might be the new MacOS 15.3.1 or something else.
What I can tell you, it is an important limitation that you cannot use auxiliary storage when your HD is limited. In my case, I am running a MacMini M4 Pro and the additional storage is in a Hub designed as a stand to place the computer.
I you have any new ideas I would try,
Thank you again!