{"id":5679,"date":"2021-05-03T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2021-05-03T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:00:24","slug":"more-on-onedrive-and-symlinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/03\/more-on-onedrive-and-symlinks\/","title":{"rendered":"More on OneDrive, and Symlinks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent column on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/2021\/onedrive-several-problems\/\">OneDrive problems<\/a>&nbsp;brought a ton of email from readers asking for help with overcoming OneDrive\u2019s poor documentation, weak user interface, and other limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest group of questions was about using\u00a0<em><strong>symlinks<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to allow OneDrive to automatically sync and process files or folders without having to first move and fit them all into the local\u00a0<strong>C:\\\u2026\\OneDrive\\<\/strong>\u00a0folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second-most common questions involved problems resulting from Microsoft\u2019s recent renaming of the guts of OneDrive\u2019s interface, leaving some users with a&nbsp;<strong>broken half-old\/half-new setup<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on both, read the full story in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/take-control-of-your-macs-privacy\/#langalist\">AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.16.0<\/a>\u00a0(2021-05-03).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also in this issue<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>APPLE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_8066807215648922623_apple\">Take control of your Mac\u2019s privacy<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>PUBLIC DEFENDER:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_8066807215648922623_public-defender\">Microsoft Casual: it ain\u2019t all fun \u2019n\u2019 games<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>MICROSOFT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_8066807215648922623_microsoft\">How to control the privacy of your Microsoft account<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>PATCH WATCH:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_8066807215648922623_patch-watch\">Last call for 1909<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for the&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com\/fadcab1b-6abe-11ea-9648-2a7e788be8da\" target=\"_blank\">Askwoody Free<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;signup; 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