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Microsoft OneDrive update coming soon will bring native Apple Silicon support

Microsoft has announced that an update to the OneDrive Mac app is coming shortly, and it will bring native Apple Silicon support.

In a blog post, Microsoft has announced general availability for an update that will allow its desktop OneDrive app to "run natively on Apple silicon." The binary update will come with build 22.022 of OneDrive for Mac.

Previously in June 2021, an Apple Silicon-native version of OneDrive for Mac was teased by Microsoft. Users at the time were able to run an Intel-based version of OneDrive with the Rosetta 2 conversion tool built into Macs with Apple Silicon.

Apple Silicon was first unveiled at WWDC 2020 with developer kits containing the new hardware architecture shipping to app developers shortly after. The first Mac models with Apple Silicon arrived in November 2020.

Competing cloud storage provider Dropbox has also been testing an Apple Silicon-native version of their app since January 2022.



15 Comments

DAalseth 6 Years · 3067 comments

Is OneDrive available ONLY as part of Office365 or can you get it by itself?

mpantone 18 Years · 2254 comments

DAalseth said:
Is OneDrive available ONLY as part of Office365 or can you get it by itself?

At least on Windows PCs it's pre-installed. I assume it still has a basic free tier for macOS users like it had years ago when it debuted.

Of course, you could simply answer this question yourself with something called a "search of the Internet." I'm not going explain what that is nor do that for you. Neither should anyone else here.

I am happy to help people on the Internet with random tasks but one thing I balk on is to encourage them to be mindless, lazy slugs.

I hereby bow out of further discussion in this particular thread.

Best of luck.

sflocal 16 Years · 6138 comments

The fact that Microsoft (and Dropbox) have had over a year to get their cloud-synching software finished, not to mention most likely had early news as to what was coming with MacOS and Apple silicon, with nothing yet is inexcusable and pathetic.  Considering how much money these two companies make in revenue, that they allocate so little to their engineering for such a crucial piece of software.  

landcruiser 15 Years · 218 comments

Maybe they’ll get local syncing working again. Hasn’t worked since Monterey. 

crowley 15 Years · 10431 comments

DAalseth said:
Is OneDrive available ONLY as part of Office365 or can you get it by itself?

There's a free 5GB option, a $19.99/yr 100GB option, or you can get it in a bundle with either Office 365 or Microsoft 365, or in different business options.