Microsoft is either rolling out or testing a new feature for Outlook.com owners that will allow them to save any file attachments in their email directly to their OneDrive account. According to Neowin, this new Outlook.com feature is apparently available to some users, but we have been unable to check it out ourselves, This would suggest that Microsoft is either slowly rolling this...
Microsoft has pledged to improve the OneDrive experience for people that are currently checking out the Windows 10 Technical Preview, particularly the sync features that so far don't have some of the same features that are available for other platforms. In a blog post, Chris Jones, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President for its OneDrive and SharePoint divisions, wrote that the team has...
OneDrive for Windows Phone has gotten a series of updates over the last few months that brought forth a slew of new features as well as redesigned UI, and it looks like Microsoft is working on bringing an oft-requested feature to the cloud storage service: offline file access. When asked about offline availability of files for OneDrive on Windows Phone, Casey Penk, Program Manager at...
OneDrive for Windows Phone has received a big update today. Head to the Windows Phone Store and you'll see version 4.5 of OneDrive sitting there. This is the promised update that hopes to correct earlier (and polarizing) UI changes made to OneDrive on Windows Phone. Here's the full changelog for version 4.5 of OneDrive: UX updates and improvements All Photos view Search updates...
The Windows 10 Technical Preview had a significant update earlier this week with many new changes. One of them is causing a bit of a stir as it involves OneDrive and the new 'selective sync' feature. According to Microsoft's blog post on the Windows 10 changes, the OneDrive team was responding to user feedback about how OneDrive used so-called placeholders for data that was available...
While Cinemagraph users are already preparing to switch over to using OneDrive to store their cinemagraphs in January, we now know when the Nokia Memories website will shut down. Nokia Memories will be discontinued on January 12, 2015. You will need to take steps in order to keep your posted cinemagraphs that are no longer stored on your device. As previously reported, your...
It looks like the wait is over for Office 365 subscribers. The unlimited OneDrive storage that Microsoft promised has officially started rolling out. The news comes from an email that the company started sending out to those who initially signed onto the waiting list for the increased storage. As of right now, it looks like the "unlimited storage" is actually a free 10 TB, but its...
Microsoft is expected to expand OneDrive in the near future to include your music collection in the cloud. Such a move should probably not come as a surprise after all Microsoft has been very generous with storage lately, including bumping it to unlimited for Office 365 subscribers. Now, some new information has come forward to suggest that the transition to enabling this free feature...
Microsoft's free 15 GB offer of additional storage space on OneDrive is likely coming to an end this week. The company told us via a Twitter message that it believes that the 15 GB freebie will stop on Friday, October 31. Microsoft offered the 15 GB of extra space back in September for OneDrive iOS, Android and Windows Phone app owners who activated their Camera Roll feature to store...
Late last night, a rather significant update went out for the OneDrive app for Windows Phone. With the app refresh came some highly requested features like support for OneDrive for Business. However, there was also a rather large UI change too, stirring some controversy amongst loyal Windows Phone fans. Changes in app design are always a mixed bag. UI design is an art and like art,...
Microsoft is now giving all of its Office 365 subscribers free unlimited cloud storage space via its OneDrive service. The roll out will begin today and will continue over the next several months. That means people will be able to store any amount of data on OneDrive for as low as $6.99 a month with an Office 365 Personal subscription. Microsoft says, "We've started rolling this out...
Tonight OneDrive is upping it's free cloud storage to 30 GB. Microsoft is doing this to help all those folks with new iPhones needing more storage, but it applies to anyone with a OneDrive account. That means you with your Windows Phone or those using OneDrive on Android also get 30 GB as the base storage. 15 GB comes as the base, but you can unlock an extra free 15 GB using the...
Microsoft is rolling out a host of changes to OneDrive that bring the cloud sharing service's features on par with other services. The main highlights include users now being able to upload files up to 10 GB using the Windows and Mac clients (as well as the OneDrive Windows Phone app), not to mention the sharing of file links from within Windows Explorer. Larger file support is said...
Microsoft has now officially announced it has increased the file size limit on its OneDrive cloud storage service from 2 GB to 10 GB. The file size increase was noted by some OneDrive users a couple of weeks ago but today Microsoft confirmed the boost. In addition, Microsoft is rolling out some more OneDrive improvements for PC and Mac users, increasing the number of files that can...
Microsoft is prepping to drop the 2GB file size limit for OneDrive. Right now a small number of users can upload files larger than 2GB in size to OneDrive. Users on Reddit were the first to notice a change, with Microsoft sharing a statement to The Next Web to confirm the file size limit changes. Here's a statement from Microsoft on the OneDrive file size limit: "As we mentioned...
OneDrive is Microsoft's online cloud storage product. It was previously called SkyDrive, but was rebranded in early 2014. OneDrive offers 15 GB of free storage to anyone with a Microsoft account, but can purchase additional storage. Users who subscribe to Office 365 gain 1 TB of OneDrive storage that they can use across all their Microsoft products. OneDrive is built into Windows 8.1...
OneDrive for Windows Phone has just picked up a little update. Head into the Windows Phone Store and you'll find OneDrive at version 4.3.0.0. Like usual you'll find stability improvements and bug fixes in today's update, but we're also getting recycle bin access. Update to the new version of OneDrive and you'll find the new recycle bin by pulling up the app bar. At the very bottom is...
Windows Phone has been able to natively backup up photos you take for a long time. It's an option in your photo settings that allow any photo you take to save automatically to OneDrive. The feature is indispensable in case you lose your phone or if you have a device with limited storage space. Do you have it enabled? How to back up your Windows Phone photos to OneDrive Go to...
Let us not beat around the bush: Xbox Music on Windows Phone 8.1 has been a rough ride. Ever since the separation of the app from the OS, criticism for being behind not only the competition but behind Windows Phone 8.0 hangs around the proverbial neck of the Xbox Music team. Earlier this week, we spoke with Jerry Johnson, Group Program Manager and Gurpratap Virdi, Director of...
Today must be update Monday for Microsoft. We've seen a few Microsoft apps updated today for Windows Phone already. Battery Saver gained some list-sorting abilities, while Bing Translator now does voice conversion for Chinese. Now we're looking at a brand new update for the OneDrive app on Windows Phone. The last update to OneDrive for Windows Phone came in late May. That was version...