Installing Onedrive on a UWSP Computer (Mac)

Installing OneDrive on a UWSP Computer (Mac)

Microsoft OneDrive for Business is now available for installation on University owned computers. The install is managed by the Self Service application, and requires minimal input from the person installing the software.

Before you begin

Before you use OneDrive for the first time, login to the Office Portalat create a new folder using the web version of OneDrive, called "Sync.” Please see the document “Introduction to the OneDrive in Office 365” for information about how to login and perform basic tasks in the OneDrive web client. Choosing one folder to be your synced folder will allow you to only move items that you absolutely have to. Because OneDrive has 1 Tb of storage, syncing everything that you put in it could cause long sync times or problems with shared computer hard drives filling up.

Installing OneDrive

OneDrive can be installed from the Self Service application. To start Self Service, open the Applications folder from the dock, open the Utilities folder, and start the Self Service application.

From the Self Service application, select the install button next to "OneDrive for Business"

Installation progress will be indicated at the top of the Self Service application window. This should take 2-5 minutes to complete and is fully automated.

When the installation is complete, theinstallation progress information will disappear without notification.

At this point it is safe to exit the Self Service application. The installation is complete.

Setting up One Drive

Start OneDrive from the Applications folder in the dock.

Upon first start, OneDrive will display a welcome screen, click Sign In and enter your University credentials with “@uwsp.edu” (e.g. ).

OneDrive will then have you select a location on the computer to sync your files to: It is recommended to create a new folder called UWSP – OneDrive in your home folder and choose this location to sync to.

OneDrive will then have you select which folders in the cloud to sync to this computer. For your office computer, you may want to sync “All files and folders on my OneDrive”. For other computers, select “Choose folders to sync”and check only the "Sync" folder that you created earlier and click Next. Syncing only the Sync folder will make sign ins on different computers faster and keep lab and shared computer hard drives from filling up.

On the final screen, check the “Open at login so my files sync automatically” and then press the “Open my OneDrive – UWSP folder” to have OneDrive take you to your local OneDrive sync folder.

OneDrive will automaticlly start at logon and continously sync the folders you selected. When OneDrive is running, the OneDrive cloud icon will appear in the system tray in the upper right hand corner of the screen.