OneDrive shared folder syncing has been broken for months, with no fix in sight

Well, it’s not just them. Apple has had broke iCloud syncing on Windows for years. It almost seems purposely designed to make the Windows experience worse by frustrating users with missing files, permanently high CPU usage, etc.

OneDrive is sooo broken underneath. It should be a no-brainer to pick it, a sensible default, like Edge, but Microsoft always manages to fuck it up worse somehow.<p>It either <i>just</i> manages to work for you (count your blessings) or you&#x27;ll have some cursed bit set in some forgotten Microsoft table somewhere that means you&#x27;ll be doomed to a horrible experience forever without a clear cause. Infinitely (not) syncing folders, disappearing files, cryptic or vague error messages. Even on brand-new machines.

You thought the aim of the product was to manage your files in a way convenient to you.<p>The actual goal was to lock your enterprise into Microsoft cloud services.<p>Now that this goal has been achieved, support for the product has been wound down to the bare minimum required.

Sharing a folder with my SO, and experienced this issue. Only workaround I found was to create an entirely new folder with a different name, and share that. That has been fine for a few months now.<p>But like come on, I&#x27;m actually paying for this. Yes it&#x27;s just a part of the Office 365 plan, but it _is_ a part of it.<p>Actually was considering moving to self-hosting just last week. Any recommendations for a self-hosted Dropbox&#x2F;OneDrive alternative besides NextCloud?

Microsoft needs to stop trying to make everything work with everything. It’s ends up meaning their stuff is always broken.

I use Box and am very happy with it. No Microsoft O365 issues. I use it across 2 Macs, an iPhone and an iPad.

I always find it amazing, ypy get core functionality that remains broken for months.

If you want a picture of the future, picture a stalled progress meter hanging in front of a human face, forever.