I didn’t try to get into the nitty-gritty details, but I realized that the change had already been live from OneDrive on macOS version 12.1. Well, not anymore.Ī few searches later, I found out this is happening due to some changes Apple is making to the macOS operating system. There used to be an option to turn off Files On-Demand. I opened OneDrive’s Preferences tab from the Menu and was even more annoyed to see that the Files On-Demand feature couldn’t be turned off anymore. Suddenly, my OneDrive files were no longer available offline on my macOS disk. Somehow, Files On-Demand had been turned on. However, I was annoyed when I found out something had changed in the latest version of OneDrive. This means I will have no regrets if the internet connection is sloppy when I need a file from my OneDrive storage. Turning this off allows me to keep a local copy of everything on my computer. One of the first things I do after installing OneDrive on my Mac computers is turn off Files On-Demand.

Turn onedrive off