A clever techie, Rudy Ooms, has found a worrying bug in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Wipe and Fresh Start options are supposed to remove all user data from a computer but leave really obvious files behind and unencrypted. The problem is the Windows feature which is advertised as “Remove Everything: Removes all of […]
OneDrive and other cloud storage providers are dealing with a change in the Mac operating system and the result is a mess with a lot of confusion for customers. The result is a mixture of versions and features depending on what macOS version you’re using. The documentation from Microsoft doesn’t help a lot I’m afraid, […]
From 1 March 2022 OneDrive will stop working on Windows 8.1. What does that mean for Microsoft Office 365 and other Office software compatible with Windows 8.1? Can Word and other Office apps still work with documents saved on OneDrive. Windows 8.1 customers are left with unanswered questions after Microsoft’s announcement that their OneDrive app […]
OneDrive support and complete service is being stopped completely on older versions of Windows. But we’re not supposed to use words like ‘stop’, ‘drop’ or ‘end’, the preferred euphemism is ‘aligning’ even though there’s very little alignment happening. Microsoft isn’t just stopping feature and security updates. For older Windows, the OneDrive app will stop working […]
OneDrive on Mac computers won’t be supported on older macOS from mid-September 2021. The latest macOS and last two releases will continue work and be supported. Microsoft’s general policy for supporting Office on Mac computers is to support the most recent version of macOS and the two versions before that. So, from time to time, […]