Microsoft
is
starting
to
roll
out
a
new
offline
mode
for
OneDrive
on
the
web
for
work
and
school
users.
It’s
part
of
an
ongoing
overhaul
to
OneDrive
that’s
also
seen
the
cloud
storage
service
updated
with
an
improved
UI,
folder
colors,
and
much
more.
The
new
OneDrive
offline
mode
will
let
users
of
the
web
side
of
the
service
open
files
that
have
been
marked
available
as
offline
and
navigate
to
favorite
files
and
the
home
section
of
OneDrive
without
an
internet
connection.
You
can
also
rename,
sort,
move,
and
copy
files,
and
these
will
all
be
synced
up
once
you
have
an
internet
connection
again.
You
can
select
what
files
you
want
to
be
available
offline
through
the
web
version
of
OneDrive.Image:
Microsoft
The
offline
mode
also
has
performance
improvements
even
if
you
do
have
an
internet
connection.
Microsoft
claims
there’s
up
to
3x
faster
loading
when
viewing
or
interacting
with
files
in
OneDrive
on
the
web
or
from
the
OneDrive
app
in
Teams
or
Outlook.
“Offline
mode
uses
your
device’s
local
storage
to
store
certain
file
information
such
as
file
name,
size,
author,
last
date
accessed,
etc,”
explains
Andrey
Esipov,
a
principal
product
manager
at
Microsoft.
“This
is
made
possible
through
the
OneDrive
Sync
app,
which
intelligently
stores
a
cache
of
your
files’
metadata
locally.”
OneDrive’s
offline
mode
on
the
web
won’t
be
available
to
consumers
just
yet,
but
those
using
a
Microsoft
365
business
or
school
account
can
set
up
the
new
feature
right
now.
You’ll
need
the
latest
OneDrive
sync
app
for
Windows
or
macOS;
then,
you
simply
head
into
OneDrive
on
the
web
in
Chrome
or
Edge,
and
it
will
“trigger
an
automatic
one-time
set
up
of
offline
mode.”
This
new
offline
mode
also
compliments
the
existing
Files
On-Demand
feature
that’s
available
in
OneDrive
through
File
Explorer
or
in
Finder
on
Mac.
You
can
now
control
the
Files
On-Demand
feature
within
your
browser
so
you
can
select
files
to
always
be
available
on
your
computer.
Original author: Tom Warren
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